http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23627449

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013 May;137(5):603-5. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0301-ED.

Transformation of pathologists: responding in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment.

Hernandez JS, Allen TC.

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From the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona (Dr Hernandez); and the Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center Tyler (Dr Allen).

For pathologists to prepare themselves appropriately for the VUCA world, a better understanding of the challenges and possible coping mechanisms of each of the VUCA environments—volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—is necessary.