Table 3.

Hematopathology Entrustable Professional Activity 2: Identify and Communicate Critical Values and Clinically Urgent Results.

Skills

Rendering clinically urgent diagnoses triggered by microscopic or ancillary test review of any specimen type

Communication of critical values, including interdisciplinary communication

Documentation of clinically urgent communication

Knowledge areas

Disease mechanisms and clinical course of acute leukemias, consumptive coagulopathies, and systemic infections; morphologic/immunophenotypic recognition of these entities as applicable, and confirmatory testing for these entities as applicable

Concept and rationale of critical laboratory results

Principles and techniques of transition of care/handoffs

Example scenarios

Identify and communicate acute promyelocytic leukemia, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, blasts in cerebrospinal fluid, organisms in cerebrospinal fluid

ACGME Hematopathology Milestones version 2.0

Patient Care 1: Interdisciplinary consultation

Medical Knowledge 6: Clinical reasoning in hematopathology and hematology

Systems-Based Practice 1 and 2: Patient safety and quality improvement (levels 1-3), systems navigation for patient-centered care

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement 2: Reflective practice and commitment to personal growth

Professionalism 1, 2 and 3: Professional Behavior and ethical principles, accountability and conscientiousness, self-awareness and help-seeking

Interpersonal and Communication Skills 1, 2 and 3: Patient and family-centered communication, interprofessional and team communication, communication within health care systems

Abbreviation: ACGME, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.