MARIA VICTORIA GUERREROTATIANA MARCELA RODRIGUEZ

CAMILA TORRES VELEZ

CONTEXT INTRODUCTION METHODS RESULTS DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS QUESTIONS

EUA: 30-40 individuals complete Forensic Pathology Training

Since 1959 Forensic Pathology Training was offered.

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In 47 years:

300-400 board-certified forensic

pathologists

To supply the need:

800-1000 board-certified forensic

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Recruit physicians into the specialty area of forensic pathology, and retain them.

The National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) is the national professional organization of physician medical examiners, medical death investigators and death investigation system administrators.

NAME was founded in 1966.

Has a Forensic Pathology Training Comittee.

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2-Page Survey made by the two principals authors.

Contact: Email all NAME members◦ 648 FP have Email◦ 552 FP responded the

Email

1. Demographics2. Education level3. Factors that influenced the decision4. Role of FP in teaching autopsy pathology5. Opinion as to best time to recruit interest

in FP6. Faculty reaction to expression of interest

in FP7. Exposure to FP8. Miscellaneous Comments

Demographics

4. In what year did you first start practicing forensic pathology?

6. In which year did you finish your anatomic pathology residency

8. Are you board certified in forensic pathology?

11. Did you ever practice forensic pathology full time?

12. What percent of your work time is now spent practicing forensic pathology?

Education level

1. When did your interest in FP as a posible career choice first emerge?

Factors that influenced the

decision2. Rank the following in order of importance (0,1,2,3,4,5) in your deciding to pursue a career in FP?

Role of FP in teaching autopsy

pathology

7. When you did your general anatomic pathology training, were there any forensic pathologists among those who taught you autopsy pathology?

Opinion as to best time to

recruit interest in FP

5. Which educational level do you think is the most appropriate one to target when trying to encourage people to go into FP?

Faculty reaction to

expression of interest in FP

10. When you informed your non-FO faculty mentors such as pathology attendings, training director, or Chairman of your interested in pursuing FP, what type of response did you experience?

Exposure to FP

3. Did you have any required exposure to FP in medical school?

9. When you did your general anatomic pathology training, were you required to spent a specified amount of time specifically dedicated to FP?

Miscellaneous Comments From multiple questions

EDUCATION LEVEL

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED SELECTION FP

FACTOR TOTAL POINTS MEAN SOME INFLUENCE

Exposure during pathology training 496 3.08 129

Influence of a professor or mentor 440 2.73 117

Doing cases as part of work duties

241 1.50 73

FP rotation in Medical School

212 1.32 62

FP lectures in medical school

201 1.25 70

Moonlighting in FP as a resident

123 0.76 42

ROLE OF FP IN TEACHING AUTOPSY PATHOLOGY

OPINION AS TO BEST TIME TO RECRUIT INTEREST IN FP

MISCELLANEOUS COMMENTS

1. Disinterest anatomic pathology faculty.2. Lack of esteem of FP3. Substandard pay and work condition4. Lack of encouragement to pursue FP as a career5. FP is on the fringe of medicine6. FP requires more pathologists

High School and college students.

Video or DVD explaining the profession for use in science classes or career days could have a positive impact.

2 hours single FP lecture in medical school.

Focusing on death certification principles would bring concepts of death to the medical students attention

Raise awareness of the need for national FP

Pathology residents do 1 month or longer rotation an accredited FP training program

Incorporate death certification and additional forensic questions into its anatomic pathology examination.

Residents could be encourage to publish forensic related case report and descriptive studies.

Alternative training pathways were suggested◦ Internal medicine plus 1 year of anatomic

pathology and 1 year of forensic pathology.

To pay better salaries

FP requires passionate commitment. The committee should not have to talk people into it.

The need to let people know the career exist and that it is a viable career.

There should not need to encourage people. Shows like CSI have them pouring in.

Pay is extremely low and the standard of work is often low.

Improve remmuneration and better working conditions are required

More emphasis on medical students with more academic approach and orientation

“This is the place where death rejoices to teach those who

live"

"Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae"

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