An Evaluation of Pre-Clinical Medical Education in Ophthalmic Pathology and Implementation of New Pathology Lectures

the SurveyMonkey.complatform; survey responses from each resident (100%) were compiled and Likert scores of 4 (agree) and 5 (strongly agree) were aggregated.Scores from annual pathology RISE examinations were compiled.A literature search was conducted with key words including pathology informatics, residency, education, and training.Results: A four-week, elective, basic pathology informatics curriculum was designed and implemented by faculty for pathology residents to include (1) a pretest and post-test, (2) a series of lectures by a pathologist with American Board of Pathology clinical informatics certification supplemented with textbook and journal article reading to cover key topics, (3) a required lecture given by residents on a topic of their choice, and (4) visits to various laboratory settings to review informatics implementations and tools in daily practice.During a twoyear period, six residents have participated in the elective pathology informatics rotation All residents felt that the rotation met PIER content objectives and was effective at communicating key pathology informatics topics.Compiling a lecture on a topic of their choice and visits to laboratories to see informatics principles in practice were considered effective educational activities.Documenting the effectiveness of the curriculum, resident performance increased 30-50% on rotation post-test scores compared to pre-test scores and the average score on the informatics portion of the pathology RISE examinations improved substantially.A literature review found that this curriculum implementation parallels the few residency and fellowship informatics curricula published to date.Conclusions: Informatics tools are essential for the function of the anatomic and clinical pathology laboratories.Given the primacy of informatics in pathology practice, it is critical that residents acquire a working knowledge of basic informatics topics.PIER resources provide a strong foundation from which an elective can be built.