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Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 2009, Vol. 11, No. 6
Copyright © 2009 American Society for Investigative Pathology & Association for Molecular Pathology
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2009.090040

Special Article

Competency-Based Education for the Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow

A Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology Training and Education Committee

Michael L. Talbert^*, S. Terence Dunn^*, Jennifer Hunt^*, David R. Hillyard^*, Imran Mirza^*¶, Jan A. Nowak^*||, Vivianna Van Deerlin^*** and Cindy L. Vnencak-Jones^*

From the Molecular Genetic Pathology (MGP) Competencies Working Group of the Association for Molecular Pathology Training and Education Committee, * Bethesda, Maryland; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Alberta, ^¶ Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Evanston Hospital–NorthShore University HealthSystem, ^|| Evanston, Illinois; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, ** Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

The following report represents guidelines for competency-based fellowship training in Molecular Genetic Pathology (MGP) developed by the Association for Molecular Pathology Training and Education Committee and Directors of MGP Programs in the United States. The goals of the effort were to describe each of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies as they apply to MGP fellowship training, provide a summary of goals and objectives, and recommend assessment tools. These guidelines are particularly pertinent to MGP training, which is a relatively new specialty that operates within a rapidly changing scientific and technological arena. It is hoped that this document will provide additional material for directors of existing MGP programs to consider for improvement of program objectives and enhancement of evaluation tools already in place. In addition, the guidelines should provide a valuable framework for the development of new MGP programs.