ASCP’s Lab Medicine is looking for residents to serve in a variety of capacities for a one, two, or three year term as Assistant Editors (must be a 3rd or 4th year Resident). These positions involve soliciting and reviewing cutting-edge research and practical information for Lab Medicine’s revamped print journal and website. Volunteers are needed to write and solicit articles for the journal and the web, as well as to moderate podcasts, review online articles and contribute enhanced content to the Lab Medicine’s website, etc. Email betty.sanders@ascp.org for information.
ASCP Resident Council
Each spring, candidates are considered by the Nominations Committee for the Resident Council. Qualified candidates must be ASCP Resident Members in good standing. A call for nominations is published ineNewsBriefs and posted on the ASCP Web site. To apply, send a copy of your curriculum vitae and a one-page personal statement that briefly highlights the reasons for your interest and participation in ASCP activities to betty.sanders@ascp.org.
The Resident Council meets face-to-face for one full day, twice per year and 2–3 times per year via conference call. The spring Council meeting is held in conjunction with the USCAP Meeting and the fall meeting with the ASCP Annual Meeting.
Approximate Resident Council time commitments
Resident Council Chair
- One face-to-face Resident Council meeting
- Three face-to-face Board meetings
- One face-to-face Commission on Membership meeting
- Monthly Resident Council Chair/Chair-Elect conference call-One hour/per month
- Various workgroup conference calls-Two hours/per month
- Resident Representative Network duties-Two hours/per month
- Quarterly Leadership message in Critical Values-One hour/per month
- Delegate or Alternate Delegate to AMA Resident Fellow Section
o Two face-to-face meetings (AMA Annual Meeting and Interim Meeting)
Approximate hours/month (excluding meetings): 10
Meetings: 5-7 per year
Resident Council Chair-Elect
- One face-to-face Resident Council meeting
- Three face-to-face Board meetings (optional)
- One face-to-face Commission on Membership meeting (optional)
- One face-to-face APC/PRODS (program chairs and program directors) meeting
- Monthly Resident Council Chair/Chair-Elect conference call-One hour/per month
- Various workgroup conference calls-Two hours/per month
- Resident Representative Network duties-Two hours/per month
- Delegate or Alternate Delegate to AMA Resident Fellow Section
o Two face-to-face meetings (AMA Annual Meeting and Interim Meeting)
Approximate hours/month (excluding meetings): 10
Meetings: Approximately 2-4 per year (up to 8)
Resident Council Member-at-Large
- One face-to-face Resident Council meeting
- Various workgroup conference calls-Two hours or less/per month
- Resident Representative Network duties-Two hours/per month
- One member:
o Delegate or Alternate Delegate to AMA Resident Fellow Section
§ Two face-to-face meetings (AMA annual meeting and Interim meeting)
Approximate hours/month (excluding meetings): 4
Meetings: 1 per year
ASCP Resident Representative Network
All pathology residency programs in the United States and Canada are invited
to name an ASCP Resident Representative. (A current list of the pathology
residency programs in the United States and Canada and their respective resident
representatives can be found at the bottom of this page.)
Resident Representatives are the voice of ASCP resident members and have made a
commitment to facilitate communication between residents at the grassroots level
and the members of the Resident Council.
The following are some of the roles and responsibilities of ASCP Resident
Representatives:
- Serve as a liaison between the residents in their program and the ASCP
Resident Council
- Promote the benefits of ASCP membership to colleagues in their residency
programs
- Encourage resident involvement with ASCP
- Convey any local issues to ASCP to be addressed at a national level
- Serve as a mentor to residents, students interested in the profession of
pathology and other Resident Representatives
Becoming involved as a Resident Representative or member of the Resident
Council are two excellent ways to demonstrate your initiative as well as
position yourself for future leadership. Serving as a Resident Representative
offers a great opportunity for you to become proactively involved with your
professional organization, explore the pathology profession outside of your own
program, and to make a significant impact on your career.
Contact your Resident Representative to start building your own professional network or consider volunteering to serve as a Resident Representative if your program has not yet appointed one. Each program can have multiple Resident Representatives. To volunteer, please fill out the attached form and email it to Betty Sanders at betty.sanders@ascp.org. For questions or more information about this program call 312-541-4978.
ASCP committees are comprised of the most talented, devoted and professional
volunteers in the field of pathology and laboratory medicine. It is through our
volunteers that we are able to provide the scope of high quality programs,
products and services that result in ASCP being recognized as one of the most
respected societies in the profession.
There are currently 16 residents serving on ASCP committees. Residents are
given a one-year term with the option of renewing twice, for a total of three
years. Calls for committee nominations are sent via the Resident Council
Representative Network and posted on the Residents’ page of the ASCP Web site.
To see a list of current ASCP committees and residents serving on them, click here.
Writing Opportunity
ASCP Case Reports is an online peer-reviewed educational publication of case reports in the areas of clinical chemistry, cytopathology, forensic pathology, hematology, microbiology, pathology informatics, surgical pathology, and transfusion medicine.
Residents may serve as authors provided they are mentored by an attending who agrees to serve as coauthor.
Please see the author instructions for requirements.
Payment
Upon publication of your paper, an honoraria of $250 (plus an additional $250 if it was submitted on time) will be awarded to the chosen recipient, or it may be divided if preferred.
Get Started
To propose a case, please e-mail a short description and the learning objectives, as well as the author names, to casereport@ascp.org. Your proposal will be reviewed and, if the editors are interested, you will be invited to submit the paper for consideration. [Please note that once you submit your manuscript, it can take several months to a year before it is accepted, owing to the triple-tiered review process and other factors.]
For more details and an Author Guidelines PDF, click here.
