Bailey David N, Cohen Stanley, Gotlieb Avrum, Lipscomb Mary F, Sanfilippo Fred
Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Acad Pathol. 2018 Oct 22;5:2374289518807397. doi: 10.1177/2374289518807397. eCollection 2018 Jan-Dec.
The 2018 Association of Pathology Chairs annual meeting included a panel discussion of Association of Pathology Chairs senior fellows (former chairs of academic departments of pathology who have remained active in Association of Pathology Chairs) about the type of advice that current (sitting) pathology chairs ask them. To inform the panel discussion, information was obtained from the senior fellows by e-mail and subsequent conference call. Of the 33 respondents, 24 (73%) had provided consultation advice (9, <5; 11, 5-10; 2, 10-20; and 2, >20). Most (>75%) of the consultations were provided face-to-face and outside the framework of Association of Pathology Chairs, with 70% of those seeking advice being well known by the consultant(s). Of the senior fellows providing advice, 71% had themselves sought consultation from former pathology chairs and 75% from nonpathology chairs. Modest correlation was found between the number of consultations senior fellows sought when they were chairs and the number of consultations they subsequently provided. The most frequent topics of consultation were strategic planning, balancing the missions, setting department priorities, recruitment of faculty and staff, conflict management, issues specific to new chairs, and resource (money/space) issues. Those who had provided such advice the longest and to the most people indicated that there was no significant change in the type of questions asked over time. Former department chairs can be a valuable source of counseling for current chairs, and organizations of department chairs should consider formalizing the use of these individuals as consultants to sitting chairs.
2018年病理学主席协会年会举办了一场小组讨论，参与讨论的是病理学主席协会的资深会员（曾任病理学学术部门主席且仍活跃于病理学主席协会的人士），讨论内容是现任（在职）病理学主席向他们寻求的建议类型。为给小组讨论提供信息，通过电子邮件及随后的电话会议从资深会员处获取了相关信息。在33名受访者中，有24人（73%）提供过咨询建议（9人，少于5次；11人，5至10次；2人，10至20次；2人，超过20次）。大多数（超过75%）咨询是面对面进行的，且不在病理学主席协会的框架内，寻求建议者中有70%为咨询顾问所熟知。在提供建议的资深会员中，71%自己曾向病理学前任主席寻求过咨询，75%曾向非病理学主席寻求过咨询。研究发现，资深会员担任主席时寻求的咨询次数与他们随后提供的咨询次数之间存在适度相关性。最常被咨询的主题包括战略规划、平衡各项使命、确定部门优先事项、教职员工招聘、冲突管理、新主席特有的问题以及资源（资金/空间）问题。那些提供此类建议时间最长且人数最多的人表示，随着时间推移，所提问题的类型没有显著变化。前任部门主席可以成为现任主席宝贵的咨询来源，部门主席组织应考虑将这些人作为在职主席的顾问进行正式利用。
