Hello Foundation members and friends. Dr. Giuseppe Giglia, an Italian board-certified veterinary anatomic pathologist and post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy is conducting research on the systematic reporting and data analysis of pathology diagnostic findings and causes of death in animals in the context of their regional animal cancer registry. One of his research lines involves examining how diagnostic uncertainty and levels of diagnostic confidence affect reporting practices in veterinary diagnostic pathology. To better understand the challenges faced in this field, his lab has designed a short (10-minute) survey aimed at veterinary pathologists and residents. The survey explores the (patient, sample, and pathologist-related) factors that influence diagnostic confidence and uncertainty in our daily diagnostic practice. The collected data will be analyzed and insights gathered in a scientific publication intended for submission to Veterinary Pathology to share the results and insights of the survey with all the colleagues. These findings and insights on the variables influencing the diagnostic uncertainty in routine veterinary pathology diagnostic practice may help identify areas where further support to pathologists, or resources, or residency training initiatives could be implemented to reduce their impact on the diagnostic uncertainty. All data will be fully anonymized before the data analysis. The requirement to add an email address to send the form is solely to prevent duplicate entries (this will be deleted when checking the dataset for duplicates before analysis). This and other measures are in place to preserve the validity and integrity of the survey results. Additionally, while questions about society or college memberships may appear specific, they serve only to help us relate the sampled population (sample size) with a known denominator. This allows us to assess whether a representative sample has been reached or whether limitations should be kept in mind for the representativeness of the survey on some aspects. If you would like to participate, please click on The Survey Link<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpVvpL3r-wgimnqYvTHLC3eluPVFHE3lip...> Jey Koehler, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVP Professor and Tyler & Frances Young Endowed Chair in Pathology Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine President, Davis-Thompson Foundation www.davisthompsonfoundation.org<http://www.davisthompsonfoundation.org/>