Cytopath CME courses

[caffeinegirl]

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I'm in the process of getting ready for the real world..which includes a job that has general surg path and cytology responsibilities. Since it's been a really long while from when I did cyto as a resident, I'm in the market for a good cytology CME course.

Anybody have any experience with the USCAP Diagnostic cytopath course?

http://www.uscap.org/newindex.htm?dc2010/index.htm

Any other suggestions?

 

[yaah]

That's a pretty good course. I went to it a couple of years ago, it was pretty useful. You get a lot of handouts which are helpful, although I think it spent a little too much time on rare specimens and diagnoses instead of focusing on practical stuff. Some institution (I think MGH but I'm not sure) offers one you can get by mail - it has DVDs and handouts. Not sure how good it is. What is really needed is a course that teaches you how to deal with problematic specimens (few atypical cells, etc, threshold cases).

Most cytopath instruction (textbooks included) deals with cases you don't often see in the real world. Like most cytopath CME on thyroid cytology doesn't much mention thinprep, but in the real world a lot of thyroid cytology is done solely by thinprep. And urine cytology courses go through all these criteria for identifying UC, but they don't ever discuss at what point something becomes too atypical to ignore, or conversely how to push a case into the "negative" category.

 

[caffeinegirl]

Thanks for the feedback yaah...

In the real world, it's the borderline cases that are the most difficult...and maybe it's tough to teach that in a course, rather than one on one.

Anywho, MGH, BWH, and UCSF also have cyto CME courses. I'm familiar with MGH, my residency program, which is a great course (and currently sold out! it's next weekend)...but I'm looking for a different perspective and more of a review course to brush up before diving into cyto.

Any other feedback?