IACP Online Publication

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Last Update: April 30, 2005

    The International Association of Chinese Pathologists-Online Publication (IACP-OLP) was launched in July 2005. The IACP-OLP is a not for profit and free educational program provided by the International Association of Chinese Pathologists (IACP). The objectives are to provide internet based educational material for pathology trainees. Two educational programs are currently provided. A large part of this program is still under construction. The Anatomic Pathology Quiz (IACP-APAQ) is a multiple choice quiz type program that provides sets of questions in different areas of anatomic pathology. Each question set contains 20 to 30 questions and covers a small area of anatomic pathology. The level of difficulty is set at the residency/fellowship level. The Teaching Case in Anatomic Pathology (IACP-TECAP) provides a case study format educational material in anatomic pathology. We aim at including unusual cases with classic presentations or common pathologic entities with unusual presentations. A spectrum of cases with different levels of difficulties will be included. Any physicians and medical professionals are welcome to use the material in IACP-OLP for non-commercial, educational purposes. Pathologists and pathology trainees worldwide regardless of whether they are of Chinese origin or lineage are invited to contribute and to join the editorial board. Contributors and editors are not necessary members of the IACP.

Editorial Board

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    The Editorial Board of the IACP-OLP is responsible for the production of online material published by the IACP. The published materials reflects only the view points, standing, and opinions of the contributing authors but not the view points, standing, and opinions of the IACP or her sponsoring institutions or organizations. The editor-in-chief and editors of the editorial board are required to be practicing pathologists and expected to have the qualification of or equivalent to a diplomat of (board certified by) the American Board of Pathology. Trainee editors must be pathology residents and fellows currently enrolled in a training program. The Editorial Board will maintain the highest possible standard for her publications.

    The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the overall production and maintenance of the IACP-OLP website. The editors are responsible for reviewing the adequacy of the contributed material that are relevant to their subspecialty. The trainee editors are responsible for proof reading the contributed material before online publication and for offering opinions and comments from the position of a trainee. The editorial board includes the following personals:

    Editor-in-Chief:

        Kar-Ming Fung., M.D., Ph.D. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Editors:

        Jiaoti Huang, M.D., Ph.D. University of Rochester       

        Jianyi Li, M.D., Ph.D. Long Island Jewish Hospital

        Ling Li, M.D. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, and University of Maryland

        Cheng Z. Liu, M.D., Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

        Jiang Qian, M.D., Ph.D. Albany Medical College     

        Beverly Y. Wang, M.D. New York University

        Matthew M. Yeh, M.D., Ph.D. University of Washington

        Zhongxin Yu, M.D., M.S. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centger

To Contribute

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    Language: All materials must be submitted in English and will be published in American English.

    Submission: All submitted materials must be privacy protected and comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) of the United States of America. All text must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word ^® format or rich text format  with or without the company of a printed copy. Photographs, images, and diagrams must be of professional quality. We prefer to receive high quality, high resolution electronic images in TIF or JPEG format. However, other formats can be accepted. Accompanying printed copies of the photographs, images, and diagrams are not necessary. The editorial office can accept photos, images, diagrams in printed formats not accompanied by digitized files and provide photographic service for glass slides if necessary. The images must be of high quality.

    Hard copies, Discs, and CD-ROMs should be submitted to:

        Kar-Ming Fung, M.D., Ph.D.

        Rm. 451, 940 Stanton Young Blvd.

        Department of Pathology

        University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

        Oklahoma City OK 73104

        U.S.A.

    Electronic submission should be sent as attachments to:

        karmingfung@hotmail.com

    Communications, questions, and comments should be forwarded to:

        Kar-Ming Fung, M.D., Ph.D., IACP-OLP Editor-in-Chief

        (405)271-5653 (Voice) (405)271-5653 (FAX) or karming-fung@ouhsc.edu

    Copyright: The submitted material must be original or with written permission of the person, company, institution, or organization that owns the copy right of the submitted material. Copyright will be transferred to the IACP upon acceptance for publication. However, a contributor is entitled to use the materials that he or she has submitted to IACP-OLP for non-commercial, academic activities.

    Review process: The submitted material will be reviewed by at least one editor, one trainee editor, possibly outside reviewers, and the editor-in-chief before being accepted for publication.

    To avoid overlap: For APAQ, each question set should contain about 20-30 questions with not more then 10 images. The scope of the question sets should be reasonably limited, vide infra. Contributors should check the  Pre-existing and upcoming Question Sets  and to browse through the existing questions before they start to set their questions.before they set their question sets to avoid overlap. Contributors who are plan to submit a case to TECAP are encouraged to go through the titles of the  TECAP-List by Diagnosis   to avoid overlap. Contributors are also invited to contact the  editor-in-chief for any questions on this regards.

    Anatomic Pathology Quiz (APAQ): The level of difficulty should be appropriate for residency-fellowship level rather then medical student level. We accept only three formats of multiple choice questions and each question should have only answer. The three formats are illustrated by following examples:

	1.   The microorganism being shown here is most consistent with:   A.  Plasmodium falciparum. B.  Toxoplasma gondii. C.  Naegleria fowleri. D.  Cryptococcus neoformans. E.  Cytomegalovirus.
	1.   The numerical aperture of the optical pathway of a microscope is: 1.      Limited by the numerical aperture of the objective. 2.      Affected by the condenser diaphragm. 3.      Limited by the medium of the optical pathway. 4.      Determined and limited by the type of illumination (i.e., whether it is bright field, dark field or fluorescent).   A.  1, 2, and 3 are true. B.  1 and 3 are true. C.  2 and 4 are true. D.  Only 4 is true. E.  All of the above.
	1.   Glioblastoma is a histologic grade IV tumor in the Classification of the World Health Organization (WHO):   A.  True. A.  False.

    Scope of question sets: We would like the scope of individual question set be limited to a reasonably small area in anatomic pathology (e.g., pediatric CNS tumor, B-cell lymphoma, neurodegenerative disease, cytologic diagnosis of space occupying lesion of the thyroid, inflammatory lesions of the skin, and et cetera). In general, we recommend that you limit the scope of your question set to a particular organ, system or anatomically defined region. The following are some of our suggestions:

     After the contributor has determined the anatomic region, he or she should further restrict the scope of their question sets within one of the following pathologic scopes:

• Inflammation and infection

• Tumor and tumor-like lesion (neoplasm and pseudotumor)

• Malformation

• Pediatric

• Cytopathology

• Miscellaneous (such as vascular, pediatric, metabolic diseases, nutritional diseases, degenerative diseases, and et cetera)

    In general, this is only our suggestions and obviously this system would not fit every fields of anatomic pathology (forensic pathology is the best example). As far as the scope of a particular question set is limited, the ways to set these questions are only limited by imaginations.

    Teaching Cases in Anatomic Pathology (TECAP): Any cases with educational value can be considered for publication. The discussion should be limited to the case under discussion. In general, cases with classic histology but unusual presentation or rare cases with classic presention are most educationa. The basic structure of a teaching case should include a brief history, radiologic or ultrasound images if necessary, gross and microscopic images, a short description of the pathology, the diagnosis, a short discussion, and relevant reference materials. There is no real limitat on the length of the teaching. Contributors should check the  TECAP-List by Diagnosis  and to communicate with the editor-in-chief before they submit a case to avoid overlap.

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