PIER and API

Pathology Informatics Essentials for Residents (PIER)

PIER Announcements
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**ANNOUNCING PIER RELEASE 5**

The PIER curriculum has been updated and streamlined to make implementation easier for residency programs. Major improvements include:

  • Curriculum in one document
  • Improved practical exercises
  • Reduction in amount of topics, learning objectives, and resources
About PIER

Getting Started

PIER Curriculum

PIER Essentials     Resident Assessment Tool

What is PIER?

PIER is a research-based instructional resource developed by the Association for Academic Pathology, Association for Pathology Informatics, and College of American Pathologists that presents training topics, implementation strategies and resource options for PRODS and faculty to effectively provide informatics training to their residents and meet ACGME informatics milestone requirements. For further information, see PIER At-A-Glance.

New - Recommended Resource for the PIER Curriculum
The College of American Pathologists has agreed to make a book chapter from the second edition of their publication, “Laboratory Administration for Pathologists” available as a free teaching resource to support pathology residency education in informatics. This chapter, authored by James H. Harrison Jr, MD, PhD, FCAP, is titled, “Management of Pathology Information Systems” and explains many key topics and concepts that are covered in the PIER Essentials. 

This book chapter and its content may be shared to support pathology residency informatics education.  Use in conjunction with the PIER curriculum is recommended but not required.  Please make note of the following terms of use:  1) any references to content in this book chapter must include the appropriate attribution, 2) this book chapter and its content may not be used for commercial purposes, and 3) if modified, the modified material may not be distributed. 

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Publications

Pathology Informatics Essentials for Residents: A Flexible Informatics Curriculum Linked to Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones
Henricks, WH et al.

PIER Leadership Committee

The committee is comprised of GME and informatics experts representing AAPath, API, and CAP in addition to resident members.

Representing AAPath, Program Directors, GME Education
Marie C. DeFrances, MD, PhD, Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Laura Greene, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center
Deepthi Rao, MD, University of Missouri-Columbia

Representing CAP, API, Informatics Experts
Mehrvash Haghighi, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Evita Sadimin, MD, FCAP, City of Hope®

Representing Residents
Omar Z. Baba, MD

Acknowledgments

Questions or Comments?

Contact: Sarah Bootz, PIER Project Lead at [email protected]