TY - JOUR AU - Wilson, Michael L. AB - AJCP / Editorial A New Approach Michael L. Wilson, MD From the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Services, Denver Health, Denver, CO, and Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. DOI: 10.1309/AJCP7QCKMQ2JDVME In this issue of the Journal, we present the second article What, then, can be done to save or, at the least, improve in our special series on education and training in pathol- rounds? Providing some structure to an inherently unstruc- ogy and laboratory medicine. In this article, Spicer and col- tured event is one approach, because with structure one can leagues describe the use of case-based teaching vignettes in much more easily define goals and objectives, develop objec- clinical microbiology rounds. Both approaches to teaching tive ways to assess effectiveness (ie, what works and what will be familiar to readers of the Journal: case-based teaching does not), prevent unnecessary repetition of topics, ensure that has been a mainstay of medical education for decades, par- a breadth of topical content is covered over a given period, ticularly as an exercise in small-group teaching. In the same and facilitate scheduling for faculty members with particular way, laboratory rounds have been used as an effective TI - Teaching Rounds JF - American Journal of Clinical Pathology DO - 10.1309/AJCP7QCKMQ2JDVME DA - 2014-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/teaching-rounds-Ofj4o2ikO1 SP - 300 EP - 301 VL - 141 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -