Volunteer Opportunity for Medical Students
Are you a medical student who needs published material on your resume? Then get involved with ASCP
Case Reports!
What is ASCP Case Reports?
ASCP Case Reports, formerly known as CheckSample, is an online publication of case reports in the areas
of clinical chemistry, cytopathology, forensic pathology, hematology, microbiology, pathology
informatics, surgical pathology, and transfusion medicine.
Used primarily for continuing professional development, this publication may also be used as a
reference tool in the lab. Readers can receive credit hours toward CME, CMLE, and SAM, as well as fulfill
MOC and CMP requirements. Read it online, print it out, or save it to your computer as part of your own
digital library.
Do I Get Compensated for My Work?
Yes! You get $250 plus an additional $250 if you submit it on time. Plus, it looks great on your resume.
What Kinds of Topics are Well-Received by the Editors?
Here is a list of suggested topics, but other topics are welcome too:
1. Risk management and the phlebotomy lab
2. Bath salts
3. Thyroidectomy with abnormal calcium post-op
4. Molecular pathology in non-small cell lung carcinoma
5. Molecular diagnostics and cytogenetics in the practice of hemepath
6. EBV and lymphoproliverative disorders in immunosuppressed patients
7. Hemoglobinopathies
8. Coagulation abnormalities
9. Informatics (most anything, e.g. case that illustrates patient safety issue, pre-analytical variation, etc)
10. parvo B 19 with heme path
11. Schistosomal infection or some other parasitic infection (micro with surg path)
12. Sonicated implant infections combined with surg path (frozen sections)
13. Mucormycosis with surg path
14. H. pylori and MALToma
15. Iatrogenic cases leading to adverse outcome
16. HCG falsely elevated by a neoplasm leading to false diagnosis of pregnancy
17. High grade Barrett's esophagitis leading to carcinoma
18. Coagulation abnormalities leading to transfusion problems
19. Plasma exchange with multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (with chemistry abnormalities or with DIC)
20. Parasitology (any interesting/unusual case)
21. Mycology (any interesting/unusual case)
22. Practice gaps in surgical pathology, e.g. newly-described entities, cases with diagnostic
overlap/uncertainty, etc
How Do I Sign Up?
Residents may serve as authors provided they are mentored by an attending who agrees to serve as
coauthor.
To propose a case, please e-mail a short description of the case as well as the author names to
casereport@ascp.org.