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- Title
"Clinicians Are From Mars and Pathologists Are From Venus" Revisited: Synoptic Reports Improve Clinician Comprehension of Pathology Reports in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
- Authors
Yan, Stephanie L.; Nuen Tsang Yang; Schaberg, Kurt B.; Mao, Eric J.
- Abstract
Context.--A prior study in this journal, "Clinicians Are from Mars and Pathologists Are From Venus," demonstrated that clinicians can erroneously interpret pathology reports up to 30% of the time. After noticing reporting heterogeneity in the setting of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we speculated that a standardized synoptic report could improve gastroenterologist comprehension. Objective.--To investigate the effect of a synoptic table on gastroenterologist comprehension of IBD pathology reports. Design.--We recruited gastroenterology fellows and faculty to participate in this study. All participants were given 6 pathology reports and asked if the following were present: active inflammation, chronic inflammation, IBD, and dysplasia. Participants were also asked to rate their confidence. After a 6-week washout period, the same questionnaire was distributed with a synoptic report. We performed paired t-tests to compare the mean accuracy and confidence scores between the preintervention and postintervention responses. Results.--A total of 39 physicians participated: 9 fellows and 30 faculty. Mean accuracy scores were higher after the intervention (0.81 versus 0.86; P < .001). Mean confidence was also higher after intervention, but this was not statistically significant (3.91 versus 3.98; P = .24). Conclusions.--The improvement in accuracy scores after intervention confirms that clinician comprehension improved with the synoptic table. A synoptic report may provide a standardized way of communicating diagnostic information to clinicians in the setting of IBD and potentially other inflammatory conditions.
- Subjects
DOCUMENTATION standards; T-test (Statistics); READABILITY (Literary style); QUESTIONNAIRES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; CONFIDENCE; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases; PRE-tests &; post-tests; PROFESSIONS; PROFESSIONAL competence
- Publication
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2024, Vol 148, Issue 7, p852
- ISSN
0003-9985
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5858/arpa.2023-0068-OA