Member-Only Virtual Roundtables

Virtual Roundtables are presented by the ASCP Member Councils; Pathologist Council, Resident Council, Council of Laboratory Professionals, and Council of Laboratory Management & Administration. Roundtables allow members to meet and discuss the topics most important to them. Roundtables are interactive events with a combination of live instruction and discussions; questions collected during registration are answered live by the speakers.  

Topics are sourced through annual member surveys where members tell ASCP what keeps them up at night. The most common topics are compiled into Top Ten lists and used by each council to determine Roundtable discussions.

Top 10 Topics 2025-2026

  1. Staying current/up to date with advancements in specific specialty areas
  2. Staying current/up to date with advancements in the field of pathology
  3. Staying up to date with literature (e.g., research, new advances, developments, etc.)
  4. Increasing awareness of/appreciation for the value of pathologists in patient care
  5. Increase visibility of pathologists to the greater community
  6. Increasing the visibility of pathologists to medical students
  7. Professional advancement
  8. Leveraging digital pathology
  9. Optimization of caseload to ensure patient safety and accurate diagnoses
  10. Leveraging AI in the laboratory

  1. Understanding legal implications of diagnoses and report verbiage
  2. Delivering effective presentations and effective public speaking
  3. Digital pathology
  4. Getting started with a laboratory directorship
  5. Resources for job searches
  6. Salary benchmarking/negotiations (e.g., regional and subspecialty compensation)
  7. Teaching in an academic setting
  8. Artificial intelligence (AI)
  9. Considerations for contract negotiations
  10. The technology landscape in pathology (existing and emerging)

  1. Showing other healthcare professionals how laboratory professionals add value to healthcare
  2. Showing patients how laboratory professionals add value to healthcare
  3. Improving workplace culture
  4. Advocating for working conditions in the laboratory
  5. Addressing workforce shortages
  6. Advocating for commensurate compensation
  7. How to identify opportunities for career growth and development
  8. Retaining laboratory staff/personnel
  9. Finding creative staffing solutions to balance increasing demand with resource limitations
  10. Advocating to local students for professions in the laboratory workforce

  1. Competency guidelines for laboratory professionals
  2. Ways to strengthen team morale
  3. Strategies for handling staffing shortages
  4. Succession planning: training and mentoring the next generation
  5. Ways to give meaningful team recognition
  6. Strategies for staff retention
  7. How to foster a positive organizational culture
  8. Developing training for new hires
  9. Developing core competencies
  10. Influencing the C-suite on decisions about wages, incentives, and bonuses for laboratory staff

Virtual Roundtables are held monthly and are free for members to attend. CE is provided for the Roundtables hosted by the Council of Laboratory Professionals and Council of Laboratory Management & Administration only.

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Previous Roundtables

All previous Roundtables are available on the ASCP Community Pages.

Note: ASCP members may register for ANY roundtable, regardless of whether or not it aligns with your job title or function; however, previous Roundtable recordings are ONLY available to the members in that Member Council’s community. Example, pathologists can access the Pathologist Member Community. If you are interested in an upcoming roundtable by a Council that differs from your member type, registering and attending live is the way to access the content.