Forty-two percent of physicians reported feeling burned out last year, according to Medscape's 2021 Physician Burnout Report published earlier this year. And not surprisingly, COVID 19 appears to have increased levels of physician burnout.  While 69% of physicians said they were somewhat or very happy in 2020 before the pandemic started, this figure fell to 49 percent during the pandemic, according to that same Medscape survey. 

Like most physicians, many pathologists find it challenging to balance professional and personal responsibilities. While this balance can be particularly difficult for pathologists early in their careers, there are some methods to improve efficiencies both at home and at work, as Yasmeen Butt, MD, FCAP, and Jaclyn Rudzinski, MD, FCAP discuss in this CAPcast episode.

Why Work/Life Balance is a Challenge Worth Tackling to Be a Better Pathologist

Technical and investigative advances have greatly expanded pathologists’ knowledge in the field of hematology. To help pathologists and laboratorians keep up with these changes, the CAP Press has just released the second edition of the Color Atlas of Hematology, an expanded version of the first with new content focusing on peripheral blood pathology. In this CAPcast, senior editor Dr. Eric Glassy and co-editor Dr. Katherine Galagan discuss this edition’s new content and how pathologists and laboratorians can best implement this vast resource of information into their practice. Learn more about the book: https://capatholo.gy/2rqUzOx.

How to Tap into the Now and Future of Hematology? With a Field Guide

Both networking and publishing are important for academic pathologists to succeed, according to Dr. Roseann Wu, a staff pathologist and assistant professor of clinical pathology & laboratory medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia. In this CAPcast, Dr. Wu discusses why networking and publishing are so vital and how membership in the CAP can benefit academic pathologists. Dr. Wu’s recently wrote a blog on the issue, "CAP Membership for the Academic Pathologist," now posted on CAP.org: https://capatholo.gy/2AqanZA.

Tips on Networking & Publishing for the Academic Pathologist

In the current pandemic, the microbiology laboratory plays a central role in testing.  To meet the demand for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing, many laboratories have expanded testing capacity by adding multiple molecular instruments. However, this has left laboratories with questions regarding proficiency testing (PT) requirements for these additional instruments, as two CAP members, Dr. Bobbi Pritt and Dr. Lauren Pearson, explain in this CAPcast interview. Dr. Pritt is the Chair of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and a Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She currently serves as chair of the CAP Microbiology Committee. Dr. Pearson is Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Utah and Laboratory Director of University of Utah Health Sciences Center Clinical Laboratories. She serves as chair of the CAP Instrumentation Committee.

If your laboratory could benefit from the Quality Cross Check program discussed in this interview, more information is available on the CAP web site. Go to cap.org and click on the “SHOP” link in the upper right corner to visit our online store. The program code is COV2Q. Interested participants can enroll for 2020 participation; the shipping date will be October 26. For 2021 enrollment, interested laboratories can add this program to their 2021 PT order renewal. For description: https://capatholo.gy/2FBbSal.

Quality Cross Check SARS-CoV-2 Testing

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