People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 93: Kristine McCluskey – Theory of Education in Pathology, and the AAPA Preceptor Program
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Kristine McCluskey
What we discuss with Kristine:
- How she discovered the pathologists’ assistant field and her experience in training
- How she was inspired to start teaching and why this appealed to her
- The Interesting Gross Case Workshop she started at Baylor, the paper that was published from that
- The All City Anatomical Pathology Symposium in 2017
- Her role in the AAPA Preceptor Program
- How the Preceptor Program is organized, and some of the topics
- How studying High Reliability Organizations can benefit pathology education
- Why she chose to earn a Doctorate in Education and how she is applying that knowledge
Links for this episode:
Kristine McCluskey on Twitter
Interesting Gross Case Workshop to Remedy Disconnect in Surgical Pathology Curriculum
Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pathology and Immunology
Pathology Teaching and Quality Improvement Tools
High Reliability Organizations
American Association of Pathologists Assistants
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Episode 92: Dr Phoebe Hammer – One Hundred Years of the Pathology Medical Student Fellowship
Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Phoebe Hammer
What we discuss with Dr Hammer:
- How she became interested in science and medicine
- Her path to entering medical school
- How she heard about the pathology medical student fellowship, and her experience in this program
- Her experience as a tutor for medical students
- The research for the paper One Hundred Years of the Pathology Medical Student Fellowship, and some of the findings she found most interesting
- Her thoughts on subspecialties and future fellowships
Links for this episode:
Dr Phoebe Hammer on Twitter
One Hundred Years of the Pathology Medical Student Fellowship
Stanford Department of Pathology
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Episode 91: Nikki Johnson – Forensic Photography, Death Under Glass, and Unseen at the Mutter Museum
Today my guest is Forensic Photographer Nikki Johnson
What we discuss with Nikki:
- Her education in art and photography
- How she got started in the photography field and some of her early work
- How she entered the forensics field, and what her work involves
- Meeting Dr Marianne Hamel and starting Death Under Glass
- The Unseen exhibit at the Mutter Museum and the process of putting that together
- Her photo series during the pandemic of New York City
Links for this episode:
Nikki Johnson on Twitter
Nikki Johnson on Instagram
Nikki’s Website
Unseen at the Mutter Museum
2022 Mutter Calendar Featuring Unseen
Nikki Johnson’s Photographs of the Pandemic
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Episode 90: Hatice Beseren – Macroscopic Technician in Turkey
Today my guest is Macroscopic Technician Hatice Beseren
What we discuss with Hatice:
- Her training to become a macroscopic technician
- How cytology in integrated into her job duties
- Her role in remote frozen sections
- Standardization and certification efforts in Turkey
- The use of Twitter for education
- Her role in teaching
- Her efforts to form an association of macroscopic technicians
Links for this episode:
Hatice Beseren on Twitter
Macroscopists and Cytotechnicians – The Pathologists Counterpart
Hatice Beseren on the 2020 Pathologist Power List
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Episode 89: Bruce Koepp – Pathologists‘ Assistant and Author of Pitfall
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Bruce Koepp
What we discuss with Bruce:
- How he discovered pathology and the pathologists’ assistant field
- His experiences in the early part of his career
- How he came to specialize in autopsies
- His interest in trail running and how that influenced his first book
- How he started writing and the authors from whom he drew inspiration
- His latest book, Pitfall, and how he developed the story
- How being a pathologists’ assistant influenced his writing style
- His future writing projects
Links for this episode:
Contact Bruce Koepp here
Order Pitfall from Amazon, or Barnes and Noble
American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants
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Episode 88: Dr Walter Kemp – Forensic Pathology and Anthropology, Medical Education, and Teaching Methods
Today my guest is Forensic Pathologist Dr Walter Kemp
What we discuss with Dr Kemp:
- How he discovered pathology and how observing an autopsy led to forensic pathology
- Why he decided to earn a Masters and PhD in anthropology, and how that work applies to forensics
- How he got started in teaching and some of his mentors
- The book Make It Stick and how it influenced his teaching style
- The methods he uses for teaching
- The online platforms that he uses to educate students about pathology
Links for this episode:
The Pathology Grand Tour Episode 2: Pathologists’ Assistants
Dr Kemp on Twitter
Pathology Review Image Questions on Amazon
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