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The American Society for Clinical Pathology offers online instruction in 5
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American Society for Clinical Pathology
e-courses
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...15 courses offering 1.5 to 4.0 hours (most are 2.0 hours; total
of 32 hours).
Awarded by....American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Cost...........Most are about $15-20 per hour.
Instruct. Type....(Probably) Slide-Video.
Target Audiences....PATH.
Educ. material last updated....2009.
Financial support...None Stated.
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Some current courses include: A How-Should-I Guide to Laboratory Quality Control; An Overview of Chemical Terrorism Agents; A Practical Approach to Dermatopathology of Inflammatory Skin Disease: Inflammatory Diseases of the Dermis and Subcutis; A Practical Approach to Dermatopathology of Inflammatory Skin Disease:
Inflammatory Diseases with Prominent Epidermal Change; Confessions of a Laboratory Safety Officer;
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Does It Matter? Clinical Implications of Pap Test Interpretations.
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American Society for Clinical Pathology
AJCP CME (Journal Articles)
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...35 articles each offering 1.0 credit.
Awarded by....American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Cost...........$15-20 per hour.
Instruct. Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....PATH.
Educ. material last updated....2009.
Financial support...None Stated.
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Each month several AJCP articles are offered to readers to earn CME/SAM credit (one credit per article). Some recent articles include:
Laboratory Medicine Quality Indicators: A Review of the Literature; Combined Small Cell Lung Carcinomas: Genotypic and Immunophenotypic Analysis of the Separate Morphologic Components; Challenges and Pitfalls of Morphologic Identification of Fungal Infections in Histologic and Cytologic Specimens: A Ten-Year Retrospective Review at a Single Institution; Factitious Biochemical Measurements Resulting From Hematologic Conditions;
and Direct Measurement of Free Copper in Serum or Plasma Ultrafiltrate.
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American
Society for Clinical Pathology Online Case Studies
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...160 cases each offering 1.0 credit.
Awarded by....American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Cost...........$15.
Instruct. Type....Not stated; probably Text-and-Graphics or Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....PATH.
Educ. material last updated....2009.
Financial support...None Stated.
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Some current topics include: The Medicolegal Investigation of Recreational Diving Deaths; Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and Treatment; Crescentic Glomerulonephritis, Differential Diagnosis; Malaria Diagnosis: Microscope to Molecular; Plasma Cell Myeloma (Multiple Myeloma);
and Evaluating Errors in Cytologic-Histologic Correlation: A Practical Application of Root-Cause Analysis.
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American Society for Clinical Pathology
Cytology eLearning Modules
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...5 modules (==>) each offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by....American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Cost...........$25.
Instruct. Type....Not stated; probably Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....PATH.
Educ. material last updated....2009.
Financial support...None Stated.
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Choose from eLearning Modules in five content areas: GYN, Non-GYN, FNA, Technical/Ancillary Studies, and Laboratory Management & Administration
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American Society for Clinical Pathology ASCP CheckSample
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Maximum of 70.
Awarded by....American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Cost...........About $35 per credit (discounts for group orders).
See order form.
Instruct. Type....Not stated; probably Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....PATH.
Educ. material last updated....2009.
Financial support...None Stated.
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Choose one or several of these topics: Clinical Chemistry, Cytopathology, Forensic Pathology, Hematology, Microbiology, Surgical Pathology I (with glass slides), Surgical Pathology II
or Transfusion Medicine; or choose the 8-Series Complete Package.
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Forensic Drug Abuse Advisor (FDAA)
Last visited...5/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...13.0.
Awarded by...American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and the Forensic Drug Abuse Advisor.
Cost.........$197.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....PATH.
Educational material last updated....Monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
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you should be able to: Identify the latest developments in the forensic toxicology of abused drugs; Interpret recent developments in drug-related forensic pathology; Describe new techniques and new regulations in workplace drug testing including: hair, urine, sweat,
and saliva; Evaluate which products are appropriate for use in pre-employment and on-site testing; Discuss and explain the medical consequences of drug abuse; Identify and explain newly discovered problems with existing testing modalities; Explain new techniques and approaches in forensic drug testing methodology; Analyze the pitfalls, difficulties, and unique problems associated with postmortem toxicology; Define the issues associated with Doping in Sports (Drugs in Sports) including: testosterone, anabolic steroids, erythropoietin, human growth hormones, etc., and the problems of detection; and Identify and rank the current trends in drug use in various parts of the country.
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