Purpose: This document is supposed to serve as a quick EPA guide for residents that are applicable to the daily task being performed each day. This will allow the resident to identify which EPA(s) they would like to address whereupon they can then reference the uOttawa AP website for the key features and relevant milestones associated to their EPA. Residents can print out this document and have it at their workstation for reference to ensure they are prepared before each clinical activity and when they are triggering assessments with their clinical coaches.
Laboratory Medicine Rotation (Biochemistry/Hematopathology/Microbiology/Surgical Pathology) - PGY1s
D-1 Participating in basic specimen handling
D-2 Summarizing relevant clinical information for clinicopathologic correlation
D-3 Demonstrating basic skills in microscopy
Gross
C-1 Initiating ancillary studies at the time of specimen receipt
D-1 Participating in basic specimen handling
D-2 Summarizing relevant clinical information for clinicopathologic correlation
• F-1 Performing gross dissection of simple surgical specimens from accessioning to submission of blocks
• C-2 Performing gross dissection of routine surgical specimens
• C-3 Performing gross dissection of complex surgical specimens
• C-14 Teaching health care professionals and colleagues (Resident Gross Review Rounds)
• C- 15 Participating in quality management activities
• C-17 Maintaining personal learning and career plans
• TTP-2 Supervising, teaching and assessing junior learners
• TTP-3 Participating in laboratory management activities, in the role of junior staff
Sign out Days
D-2 Summarizing relevant clinical information for clinicopathologic correlation
D-3 Demonstrating basic skills in microscopy
F-2 Microscopic reviewing and reporting of simple surgical specimens
• C-1 Initiating ancillary studies at the time of specimen receipt
• C-4 Generating diagnostically accurate and complete pathology reports for routine surgical pathology cases
• C-5 Generating diagnostically accurate and complete pathology reports for complex surgical pathology cases
• C-9 Selecting, interpreting, and integrating molecular test results
• C-10 Selecting, interpreting and integrating ancillary diagnostic techniques other than molecular pathology
• C-15 Participating in quality management activities
• C-17 Maintaining personal learning and career plans
• TTP-1 Managing the daily workload of an anatomical pathologist including surgical pathology, intraoperative consultations, cytopathology and autopsy
• TTP-2 Supervising, teaching and assessing junior learners
• TTP-3 Participating in laboratory management activities, in the role of junior staff
• TTP-5 Liaising with clinical services regarding the diagnostic, prognostic and predictive implications of molecular pathology test results
Intraoperative Consultations (Frozen Section)
These EPAs are for frozen sections at the General, Civic and Riverside Sites
• D- 2 Summarizing relevant clinical information for clinicopathologic correlation
• C-13 Conducting intraoperative assessments
• C-14 Teaching health care professionals and colleagues
• C-15 Participating in quality management activities
• C-17 Maintaining personal learning and career plans
• TTP-2 Supervising, teaching and assessing junior learners
• TTP-3 Participating in laboratory management activities, in the role of junior staff
Cytology
D-1 Participating in basic specimen handling
C-9 Selecting, interpreting, and integrating molecular test results
C-10 Selecting, interpreting and integrating ancillary diagnostic techniques other than molecular pathology
C-11 Managing cytopathology specimens within the preparation laboratory
C-12 Assessing and reporting cytopathology specimens
C-14 Teaching health care professionals and colleagues
C-15 Participating in quality management activities
TTP-2 Supervising, teaching and assessing junior learners
TTP-3 Participating in laboratory management activities, in the role of junior staff
Autopsy
Autopsy encompasses Hospital (Medical), Forensic and Pediatric/Fetal/Perinatal autopsies
D- 2 Summarizing relevant clinical information for clinicopathologic correlation
C-1 Initiating ancillary studies at the time of specimen receipt
F-4 Performing basic tasks in autopsy pathology
C-6 Performing medical autopsies and generating complete and diagnostically accurate reports
C-7 Performing routine forensic autopsies and generating complete and diagnostically accurate reports
C-8 Performing routine pediatric, fetal/perinatal autopsies
Research
C-16 Conducting scholarly work
C-17 Maintaining personal learning and career plans
TTP-2 Supervising, teaching and assessing junior learners
Teaching
• C-14 Teaching health care professionals and colleagues (Resident Gross Review)
• C-17 Maintaining personal learning and career plans
• TTP-2 Supervising, teaching and assessing junior learners
• TTP-4 Developing and implementing a personal learning plan geared to setting of future practice
Full Academic Day
• C-14 Teaching health care professionals and colleagues
• C-16 Conducting scholarly work
• TTP-2 Supervising, teaching and assessing junior learners
Multidisciplinary Rounds (MDR)
D- 2 Summarizing relevant clinical information for clinicopathologic correlation
• C-9 Selecting, interpreting, and integrating molecular test results
• C-14 Teaching health care professionals and colleagues
• C-18 Participating in direct patient care activities that highlight clinicopathological correlation
• TTP-6 Representing Anatomical Pathology in multidisciplinary teams
• TTP-5 Liaising with clinical services regarding the diagnostic, prognostic and predictive implications of molecular pathology test results