Tannenbaum Alex P, Lilley Cullen M
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA.
Acad Pathol. 2023 Oct 4;10(4):100094. doi: 10.1016/j.acpath.2023.100094. eCollection 2023 Oct-Dec.
The field of pathology is facing an inflection point where the demand for pathology services is not being met by a corresponding rise in recruitment into the field. Many of the myths about the field of pathology have been dispelled elsewhere, but there have not been many formal accounts of the experience medical students' face when finding their path to pathology. Because of challenges in the visibility of pathology as a specialty and not simply a subject required for United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1, students tend to fall into one of two categories: early differentiators or late discoverers. Here, we provide anecdotal accounts of these two paths at institutions with different curricular designs and provide a first-hand account of the challenges we faced and opportunities discovered in our journeys to pathology. Based on these experiences, we offer suggestions for ways to address some of the issues medical students must navigate when trying to explore pathology in curricula not built for such exploration.
病理学领域正面临一个转折点，即对病理学服务的需求并未随着该领域招聘人数的相应增加而得到满足。关于病理学领域的许多误解在其他地方已被消除，但对于医学生在寻找通往病理学之路时所面临的经历，却没有太多正式的描述。由于病理学作为一个专业（而不仅仅是美国医师执照考试第一步所需的一门学科）的知名度存在挑战，学生往往分为两类：早期分化者或晚期发现者。在此，我们提供了在不同课程设计的机构中这两条路径的轶事描述，并 firsthand 讲述了我们在通往病理学的旅程中所面临的挑战和发现的机会。基于这些经历，我们针对医学生在并非为此类探索而设计的课程中尝试探索病理学时必须应对的一些问题，提供了应对方法的建议。 （注：“firsthand”疑有误，可能是“first - hand”，意为“第一手的”，这里按“第一手的”翻译更通顺，但因原文如此，保留疑问供你参考）
