In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with Emily Shaffer, D.O., a resident physician in pathology and laboratory medicine for Northwell Health in Roslyn, New York, to talk about her experience participating on a laboratory inspection team.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

00:53 What is your origin story for becoming a pathologist?

02:06 What was your experience like participating in a laboratory inspection?

03:18 Was there any kind of prep beforehand that you did, or what was the actual inspection day(s) like? How did that unfold?

05:34 Were there people at your home laboratory that were taking you through what that might look like, or questions you might ask?

07:03 Was the lab you inspected a bit similar to your home laboratory? What was that like?

08:20 Was this a one-day inspection, or did it lead into two days?

09:12 I’m kind of curious about that mentorship that happened; was that something the site leader discussed with you ahead of time?

10:56 What is your reflection on what you took away from this experience? 

12:54 Do you have any reflections on having gone through this experience now, is there one or two ways you think the listeners who are educators might think about improving the way we teach quality and regulatory in our programs?

14:17 Can you mention the steps on approaching the College of American Pathologists (CAP) to do an inspection for those who are interested?

15:24 Outro