Pathologist Staffing Survey March 2010

March 2010
Total # of responders to the survey : 16

A. Surgical accessions the past calendar year:

Mean 35,163

< or = 20,000 - 6 departments

>20,000 but < or = 40,000 - 4 departments

>40,000 but < 50,000 - 5 departments

>100,000 - 1 department

B. Number of pathologist FTE's per department:

Mean 12.48 (range,3-43)

C. Number of surgical accessions per pathologist FTE:

Mean 2,818 (range 1,291-6,087)

D. Optimum number of Pathologist FTE's per department:

Mean 13.6 (range 3-43)

***Fourteen people responded to this question, and 10 of them thought there should be more FTE's in their AP department than they have currently.***