People of Pathology Podcast
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Episode 118: Dr Ralph Hruban – A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men And Women Who Reinvented American Medicine
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ralph Hruban
What we discuss with Dr Ralph Hruban :
- The original idea for his new book, A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men And Women Who Reinvented American Medicine, and why he chose to write it at this time
- How the book grew from his Hopkins at Home lecture series
- Why he chose to include those with a connection to Johns Hopkins
- The writing process, and some new things he learned while researching the book
- Why it was important to show how some of the people in the book faced racism and sexism
- Why it was important to highlight not only accomplishments, but flaws as well
- How the stories of the fight against Yellow Fever and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic have parallels to the fight against COVID-19
- How his perspective of history changed as a result of writing this book
- His thoughts on what may be his next project
Links for this episode:
A Scientific Revolution on Amazon
The Great Influenza on Amazon
Lessons For Today From Nine Greats Lecture Series
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Episode 117: Harry Gaffney – Rural Medicine and Dispelling Myths About Pathology
Today my guest is Medical Student Harry Gaffney
What we discuss with Harry:
- How he was inspired to become a doctor at a young age
- His interest in microbiology
- His experience with parallel rural curriculum in medical school
- Joining the Royal Flying Doctor Service and some stories from that experience
- How he decided that pathology was the field for him
- Some of the major misconceptions about pathology and how to dispel them
- Some other ways to dispel myths about pathology and raise awareness for the field
Links for this episode:
Harry Gaffney on the Royal Flying Doctor Podcast
Harry on the Destination Medicine Podcast
Harry on the Taking Care Podcast
Parallel Rural Community Curriculum: is it a transferable model?
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Episode 116: Dr Olaleke Folaranmi – The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Olaleke Folaranmi
What we discuss with Dr Folaranmi:
- His early education and youth service that inspired him to become a doctor
- How he became interested in pathology, and his subspecialties of interest
- A typical day for him at Ilorin Teaching Hospital
- How he was interviewed for an article called Educating Beyond Borders
- The article he co-authored, The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria, and the purpose of writing this article
- Some examples of social media being used for networking and mentorship
- Some difficulties in widespread adoption of Twitter in low and middle income countries
- The potential of using social media for international collaboration
- How Twitter could be used as a model for more a formalized collaboration system
Links for this episode:
Dr Folaranmi on Twitter
The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria
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Episode 115: Dr Jonathan Jacobs – Pathology Trainees as Laboratory Consultants
Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Jonathan Jacobs
What we discuss with Dr Jacobs:
- How he switched from engineering to medicine
- Working as an EMT
- Starting in Internal Medicine and transferring to Pathology
- How he became interested in cytopathology
- Why a social media presence is important for pathology residency programs
- The paper he co-authored, Pathology Trainees Gain Clinical Pathology Experience as Lab Consultants Through Auditing Myeloid Mutation Panel Send-Out Tests, and the project on which it was based
- The response from clinicians about this project
- How the pathology residents felt about the experience they gained from this
- How this idea could be used to audit other lab tests
Links for this episode:
University of Maryland Pathology Residents:
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Episode 114: Lou Mendes Kramer – Forensic Pathology and the Pathologists’ Assistant
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Lou Mendes Kramer
What we discuss with Lou:
- How she discovered the pathologists’ assistant field and forensic pathology
- Her experience as a PA student
- Working as a Medical Investigator
- Her previous teaching experience and how that led to her teaching at Wayne State
- How she became program director of the Wayne State PA program and some highlights so far
- Teaching methods and how they were adapted during the pandemic
- The AAPA Forensic Task Force and her role
- Attending NAME and IACME meetings as part of the task force
- The poster she presented at the 2021 NAME meeting and how it was received
- Some thoughts on what needs to happen for PAs to be more utilized in forensic pathology
Links for this episode:
American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants
Wayne State Pathologists’s Assistant Program
National Association of Medical Examiners
International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners
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Episode 113: Dr Kurt Schaberg – Pathology Education and Kurt’s Notes
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Kurt Schaberg
What we discuss with Dr Schaberg:
- Why he decided to become a doctor of the specialties that were of interest to him
- How he became interested in pathology
- Why he chose to do AP only, and how he chose his fellowships
- His interest in teaching and his roles in residency programs
- Why he started Kurt’s Notes and the original intent of the site
- Some of the features of the site, including quizzes and quick diagnostic reference guides
- His method for creating new content and how long it takes
- Some ways Kurt’s Notes can be used to study for boards
Links for this episode:
Dr Kurt Schaberg on Twitter
UC Davis Department of Pathology
The Practice of Surgical Pathology
Atlas of Gastrointestinal Pathology
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