DMT151-24 - CME/CMLE - Videomicroscopy Tutorial (VMT): Enhancing Cytopathologists’ Roles in Patient Care: Molecular-Genetic Correlation

Course Description

Cytomorphologic determination of certainty (i.e. atypical vs. suspicious vs. malignant) and diagnostic specificity can be challenging. Absolute certainty and specificity have traditionally been the purview of histopathologists, and cytologic-histologic correlation has served as a diagnostic “gold standard." In response to increasing availability of molecular testing, this paradigm has begun to shift. Molecular diagnostics may provide prognostic, predictive, or diagnostic information (or a combination thereof), and they have, in some cases, even changed the diagnostic criteria for some entities for which morphology alone had been sufficient in the past. Furthermore, the knowledge base in molecular pathology is increasing rapidly. In this case-based education session, the faculty will reexamine those situations in which molecular testing is and is not valuable and, more specifically, delineate how the expanding landscape of molecular cytopathology will provide diagnostic and/or predictive information that is either not possible or not advisable to provide by cytomorphology alone.

Faculty/Authors

Hamza Numan Gokozan, MD, FASCP
Jonas Heymann, MD

Physician Competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, Interpersonal Skills Communication

CME/CMLE Credit: 1.0
Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity

Accreditation Statement: The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

Credit Designation Statement: The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Instructions

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Faculty Disclosure

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 09/06/2024
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 03/06/2025

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Credit Offered:	1 CME/CMLE Credit