Selective pathology?

[ViergeEnnuyeuse]

I was doing a search on FREIDA and saw that there were a lot of listings for "selective pathology" under the subspecialty/fellowship column. What exactly is this?

 

[Gene_]

To my knowledge it refers to all pathology fellowships that don't end in eligibility for board certification in that specialty. Examples are GI, breast, GU, and surg path.

 

[deschutes]

The term "selective" when used to prefix a pathology fellowship title also tends to imply ACGME accreditation for that fellowship. In other words, not all general surg path/subspecialty surg path fellowships are ACGME-accredited.

Part of the reason these non-boardable fellowships sought ACGME accreditation was because of J-1 'shippers who needed to be in ACGME-accredited training programs, or would otherwise face being kicked out of the country.