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Current state of cytopathology residency training: a Korean national survey of pathologists

BACKGROUND: Although the Korean Society for Cytopathology has developed educational goals as guidelines for cytopathology education in Korea, there is still no systematic approach to cytopathology education status for pathology residents. Furthermore, satisfaction with cytopathology education and wi...

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Autores principales: Cho, Uiju, Kim, Tae Jung, Kim, Wan Seop, Lee, Kyo Young, Yoon, Hye Kyoung, Choi, Hyun Joo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Pathologists and the Korean Society for Cytopathology 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10028013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36950811
http://dx.doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2023.01.06
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author Cho, Uiju
Kim, Tae Jung
Kim, Wan Seop
Lee, Kyo Young
Yoon, Hye Kyoung
Choi, Hyun Joo
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Kim, Tae Jung
Kim, Wan Seop
Lee, Kyo Young
Yoon, Hye Kyoung
Choi, Hyun Joo
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description BACKGROUND: Although the Korean Society for Cytopathology has developed educational goals as guidelines for cytopathology education in Korea, there is still no systematic approach to cytopathology education status for pathology residents. Furthermore, satisfaction with cytopathology education and with the outcome of the current training/educational program has not been investigated in Korea. This study aimed to obtain comprehensive data on the current state of cytopathology education for residents and evaluate education outcomes. METHODS: An online survey was conducted in December 2020 for the board-certified pathologists and training residents registered as members of the Korean Society for Cytopathology. The questionnaire comprised questions that investigated the current status of cytopathology at each training institution, the degree of satisfaction with the work and education related to cytopathology, outcomes of cytopathology training, and educational accomplishments. RESULTS: Of the participants surveyed, 12.3% (132/1,075) completed the questionnaire, and 36.8% (32/87) of cytopathology residents participated. The mean overall satisfaction with cytopathology education was 3.1 points (on a 1- to 5-point scale, 5: very satisfied). The most frequent suggestion among the free description format responses was to expand educational opportunities, such as online education opportunities, outside of the individual institutions. CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that cytopathology training in Korea needs further improvement. We expect that this study will inform systematic training of competent medical personnel armed with broad cytopathology knowledge and strong problem-solving abilities.
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spelling pubmed-100280132023-03-22 Current state of cytopathology residency training: a Korean national survey of pathologists Cho, Uiju Kim, Tae Jung Kim, Wan Seop Lee, Kyo Young Yoon, Hye Kyoung Choi, Hyun Joo J Pathol Transl Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Although the Korean Society for Cytopathology has developed educational goals as guidelines for cytopathology education in Korea, there is still no systematic approach to cytopathology education status for pathology residents. Furthermore, satisfaction with cytopathology education and with the outcome of the current training/educational program has not been investigated in Korea. This study aimed to obtain comprehensive data on the current state of cytopathology education for residents and evaluate education outcomes. METHODS: An online survey was conducted in December 2020 for the board-certified pathologists and training residents registered as members of the Korean Society for Cytopathology. The questionnaire comprised questions that investigated the current status of cytopathology at each training institution, the degree of satisfaction with the work and education related to cytopathology, outcomes of cytopathology training, and educational accomplishments. RESULTS: Of the participants surveyed, 12.3% (132/1,075) completed the questionnaire, and 36.8% (32/87) of cytopathology residents participated. The mean overall satisfaction with cytopathology education was 3.1 points (on a 1- to 5-point scale, 5: very satisfied). The most frequent suggestion among the free description format responses was to expand educational opportunities, such as online education opportunities, outside of the individual institutions. CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that cytopathology training in Korea needs further improvement. We expect that this study will inform systematic training of competent medical personnel armed with broad cytopathology knowledge and strong problem-solving abilities. The Korean Society of Pathologists and the Korean Society for Cytopathology 2023-03 2023-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10028013/ /pubmed/36950811 http://dx.doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2023.01.06 Text en © 2023The Korean Society of Pathologists/The Korean Society for Cytopathology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cho, Uiju
Kim, Tae Jung
Kim, Wan Seop
Lee, Kyo Young
Yoon, Hye Kyoung
Choi, Hyun Joo
Current state of cytopathology residency training: a Korean national survey of pathologists
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title_full Current state of cytopathology residency training: a Korean national survey of pathologists
title_fullStr Current state of cytopathology residency training: a Korean national survey of pathologists
title_full_unstemmed Current state of cytopathology residency training: a Korean national survey of pathologists
title_short Current state of cytopathology residency training: a Korean national survey of pathologists
title_sort current state of cytopathology residency training: a korean national survey of pathologists
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10028013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36950811
http://dx.doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2023.01.06
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