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CAP Residents Forum

• Noel Brownlee, M.D., Ph.D.
• Johns Hopkins University Hospital
• Vice Chair, CAP Residents Forum

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Who Does the CAP Residents Forum Represent?
Current number of Junior (Resident/Fellow)
Members approximately 3,000Current Number of
Pathology Residency Programs 158 Pathology
Residency Programs with full appointment of
delegates to the CAP Residents Forum
104 Current number of Residents Forum Delegates
221 - one delegate for every 10 CAP junior
members in residency program

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Who Does the CAP Residents Forum Represent?
Total of states represented in RF, including US
military branches (4 military residency programs)
and four Canadian provinces (8 residency
programs) 49 Record high attendance at last
two Residents Forum meetings held at CAP06 and
USCAP 2007 meetings CAP 06 122
delegates USCAP 07 105 delegates CAP 07
105 pre-registered as of 7/16. On target for
another record

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Residents Forum Resolutions on Fellowship
Topics1997 Fellowship Application and
Acceptance Guidelines Subspecialty Fellowship
Application and Acceptance Guidelines
2000 Subspecialty Fellowship Match2001 Subspecia
lty Fellowship Match2005 Standardization of
Pathology Fellowship Application
Process Fourth-Year Surgical Pathology
Fellowship Investigation Fellowship
Application Database Formation
History A Recurring Theme

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Current Fellowship Application Process
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College of American Pathologists Residents Forum
Standardized Application for Pathology Fellowships
Collee

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Standardized Application Form

• Comparison of multiple applications from Mayo
  Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest,
  Indiana, Duke, Harvard programs, and others
• Reviewed by fellowship program directors and the
  CAP Graduate Medical Education Committee for
  completeness
• Currently, residents may complete 30 different
  fellowship applications

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Suggested Fellowship Application Timeline

• Beginning 1.5 years before fellowship start date
  (assuming July 1)
• December 1 deadline for receipt of completed
  Residents Forum Standardized Fellowship
  Application and all supporting materials
• March 1 Deadline for fellowship program to
  make offer to applicants

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Acknowledgements

• CAP Membership Division
• - Sandra Grear, Vice President
• - Geoff Jaroch
• - Jan Glas
• CAP Graduate Education Committee
• Drs. Talbert, Lepoff, Powell, Horowitz,
  Ashwood, Clark, Otis
• CAP Residents Forum Executive Committee