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Hi all,
Currently applying to Path residencies, and fortunate to be interviewing at some of the "top" programs in the country. There are some old threads from many years ago that have mentioned this, but I was hoping you all could give me some updated advice. It seems like nearly all reputable programs have stopped having their residents gross biopsies (and even some placentas, etc) and have moved that responsibility to techs or PAs - the idea being that it isn't the least bit educational and takes away from valuable learning time. Well, there was a very well-respected program that I really liked, but the residents spend usually more than 1 hr every day on surg path grossing biopsies. They have PAs and techs and I think they do some of the biopsies, but the residents are still left with a lot each day.
My question is... I should be weary of this, right? An old post called this a "red flag". I know its a great program, but I am interviewing at other top programs that I like which don't make residents do that. It's not about grossing more - I would be ok with doing more bigs - but this is just not educational. Is this a big enough deal to rank this program lower in favor of other great programs I enjoyed which simply didn't do this?
Your thoughts are really appreciated, thanks in advance!
Currently applying to Path residencies, and fortunate to be interviewing at some of the "top" programs in the country. There are some old threads from many years ago that have mentioned this, but I was hoping you all could give me some updated advice. It seems like nearly all reputable programs have stopped having their residents gross biopsies (and even some placentas, etc) and have moved that responsibility to techs or PAs - the idea being that it isn't the least bit educational and takes away from valuable learning time. Well, there was a very well-respected program that I really liked, but the residents spend usually more than 1 hr every day on surg path grossing biopsies. They have PAs and techs and I think they do some of the biopsies, but the residents are still left with a lot each day.
My question is... I should be weary of this, right? An old post called this a "red flag". I know its a great program, but I am interviewing at other top programs that I like which don't make residents do that. It's not about grossing more - I would be ok with doing more bigs - but this is just not educational. Is this a big enough deal to rank this program lower in favor of other great programs I enjoyed which simply didn't do this?
Your thoughts are really appreciated, thanks in advance!