Resident Question Bank (RQB) Committee

The ASCP Resident Question Bank (RQB) Committee develops a study tool for pathology residents providing both residents and practicing pathologists with access to hundreds of case-based multiple choice questions, including images, educational feedback and references to self-assess their pathology competencies, skills, and knowledge.

Requirements

  • ASCP Member in good standing
  • Complete annual CME Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships, Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality forms
  • Have expertise related to the module(s) they are developing
  • Create an objective self-assessment online practice tool/module(s) to help pathologists and residents identify performance and knowledge gaps to meet patient needs
  • Create/solicit a minimum of 10 questions per year, ideally 80% of which should be case based with 50% containing images.  Questions developed to test fundamental knowledge of current clinically validated, practice-related knowledge, information new (within the last 5-10 years) to the field, and practice environment topics
  • Serve on subcommittees as needed and/or desired
  • Meet deadlines defined by the Committee and/or Committee Chair

Time Commitment

  • Participate in continuous review of questions throughout the year
  • Participate in committee’s annual 2 day meeting to review, edit and select questions for their respective content areas
  • Participate in annual quality assurance review of the  Resident Question Bank in member's respective content area(s), usually in December prior to being published
  • Participate in conference calls as needed.

Committee Composition

  • Chair/ Co-Chair – Serves a 1 year term renewable up to 5 times
  • Members serve a  2 year term renewable up to 2 times for a maximum of 6 years
  • 30 - 35 members as a group representing pathology expertise in the following:
    • AP - Autopsy, Forensics, Bone/Soft Tissue, Breast, Cytopathology Gynecological and Non-Gynecological, Dermatopathology, Gastrointestinal/Liver, Genitourinary, Head and Neck, Medical Renal Pathology, Molecular Pathology Cancer and Cytogenetics, Neuropathology, Obstetrics-Gynecologic, Pediatric, and Thoracic Pathology.
    • CP - Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, Coagulation, Hematology/Hematopathology, Bone Marrow, Lymph node/Spleen, Flow Cytometry, Microbiology, Chemistry/Immunopathology. 

Terms

  • Terms are typically from September 1-August 31

Meet the Resident Question Bank (RQB) Committee

Chair

Daniel Fajardo, MD, PhD, FASCP

Committee Members

Nichole K. Allen, MD, FASCP
Neuropathology

Jose G. Mantilla Arango, MD, FASCP
Bone and Soft Tissue

Alexandra Bryson, PhD, D(ABMM)
Microbiology

Darya G. Buehler, MD, FASCP
Bone and Soft Tissue

Richard L. Cantley, MD, FASCP
Cytopathology

Hao Chen, MD, PhD, FASCP
Obstetrics/Gynecology

Jonathan Davick, MD, FASCP
Pediatric Pathology

Nicole Kandalaft DeSimone, MD, FASCP
Coagulation

Franklin Samual Fuda, DO, FASCP
Hematopathology

Suntrea T.G. Hammer, MD, FASCP
Gastrointestinal, Liver Pathology

Sarah K. Harm, MD, MS, FASCP
Transfusion Medicine

Kenneth Hughes, MD, FASCP
Thoracic Pathology

Jian Jing, MD, PhD, FASCP
Thoracic Pathology

Kelly W. Kruse, MD, MPH, FASCP
Autopsy/Forensic Pathology

Sheng-Ying (Margaret) Lo, MD, PhD, DABCC
Clinical Chemistry

Andrea McGonigle, MD, FASCP
Transfusion Medicine

Diana M. Morlote, MD, FASCP
Molecular Pathology, Hematopathology

Andrea Moy, MD, FASCP
Dermatopathology

Selvaraj Muthusamy, MD, PhD, FASCP
Renal Pathology

Mirna B. Podoll, MD, FASCP
Breast Pathology

Mobeen Rahman, MD, FASCP
Head & Neck Pathology

Cara Randall, MD, FASCP
Hematopathology

Nima Sharifai, MD, PhD, FASCP
Gastrointestinal, Liver Pathology

Judith Jebastin Thangaiah, MBBS, MD, FASCP
Cytopathology

Adam Wood, DO, MS, FASCP
Hematopathology

Min Yu, MD, PhD, DABCC
Clinical Chemistry

Mahmut Akgul, MD
Genitourinary

Christof Erickson, MD
Dermatopathology

Laura Filkins, PhD, D(ABMM)
Microbiology

Jason A. Gregory, MD
Neuropathology

Elena Lucas, MD
Obstetrics/Gynecology Pathology

Willmar D. Patino, MD
Dermatopathology

Aishwarya Ravindran, MD
Hematopathology

Madhuchhanda Roy, MBBS, PhD
Breast Pathology

Christopher Webb, MD
Coagulation

Staff

Jay Wagner, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM
Director, Department of Assessment, Measurement, Evaluation, Examinations and Outcomes

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