Public perceptions on pathology: a fundamental change is required.
diagnosis
education
hospital
medical
medical laboratory science
pathology department
Journal
Journal of clinical pathology
ISSN: 1472-4146
Titre abrégé: J Clin Pathol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0376601
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
22
06
2020
revised:
19
09
2020
accepted:
07
10
2020
pubmed:
25
10
2020
medline:
30
11
2021
entrez:
24
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pathology has been mostly invisible for the public. The missing recognition affects the pathologists' reputation, and efforts with recruitment and advocacy. Our survey with 387 respondents confirms that the public knowledge on the role of the pathologists has not improved despite campaigns and advocacy efforts. Pathology was identified as a medical specialty by 79.1% of the respondents. Only 34.8% assumed that it takes more than 8 years of post-high school training to become a pathologist. Most commonly, another medical specialist was identified as the ultimate diagnostician on Pap tests (gynaecologist), breast biopsies or malignant surgical excisions (oncologist), gastrointestinal biopsies (gastroenterologist) or prostate biopsies (urologist). The experience gained by undergoing these procedures had minimal impact on understanding the pathologists' role, since they were identified as ultimate diagnosis makers by the minority of these patients (13.8%-36.4%). The integration of pathologist-interactions into patient care may be a potential solution with benefits beyond improved perceptions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33097589
pii: jclinpath-2020-206873
doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206873
pmc: PMC8606462
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
812-815Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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