AI Article Synopsis

  • * This review highlighted the needs of over 15,000 learners annually and uncovered challenging topics like molecular pathology, emphasizing areas that require more focus, such as quality and patient safety.
  • * By applying HRO principles, USCAP was able to gain valuable insights into learner requirements and enhance decision-making for future national pathology education strategies.

Article Abstract

The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) leadership undertook a high level, global review of educational product outcomes data using high reliability organization (HRO) principles: preoccupation with failure; reluctance to simplify; sensitivity to operations; commitment to resilience; and deference to expertise. HRO principles have long been applied to fields such as aviation, nuclear power, and more recently to healthcare, yet they are rarely applied to the field that underpins these-and many other-complex systems: education. While errors in education are less calamitous than in air travel or healthcare delivery, USCAP's educational products impact over 15,000 learners a year, and thus have important implications for the future practice of pathology. Here we report USCAP's experiences using HRO principles to evaluate our keystone educational product, the "USCAP Short Course." Following this novel method of data review, USCAP leadership was able to better understand diverse learner needs based on practice venue, training level, and course topic. Unexpected lessons included the identification of specifically challenging educational topics, such as molecular pathology, and a need to focus more resources on emerging fields such as quality and patient safety. The results allow USCAP to assess educational product performance using HRO tools, and provide strong data-driven decision support for future national pathology education strategy.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9429554PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2022.100048DOI Listing

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