The pathology milestones and the next accreditation system

Wesley Y Naritoku1, C Bruce Alexander, Betsy D Bennett

  • 1From the Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Dr Naritoku); the Department of Pathology, University of Alabama Birmingham (Dr Alexander); the American Board of Pathology, Tampa, Florida (Dr Bennett and Johnson); the Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston (Dr Black-Schaffer); the Hematopathology Division, Joint Pathology Center, Silver Springs, Maryland, and Washington, DC (Dr Brissette); the Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond (Dr Grimes); the Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Dr Hoffman); the Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock (Dr Hunt); the Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville (Dr Iezzoni); the Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (Dr Kozel); the Department of Pathology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina (Dr Mendoza); the Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (Dr Post); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Powell); the Department of Molecular Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Procop); the Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (Dr Steinberg); and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, Illinois (Ms Thorsen and Dr Nestler).

Summary

New pathology milestones offer a national standard for evaluating resident competency. This system tracks trainee progress in key areas, improving graduate medical education outcomes.

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