Downsides to Pathology 

I went into thoracic surgery for a year. So I didn't have the opportunity to operate of course but as a 1st year resident I was responsible for the patients' post-surgery care. And man it's a lot of work. Anyway the one thing I noticed about myself is how much I don't care about being thanked for the care I provided. Because for every patient I put a lot of effort and it really drained me. I never felt good after I was thanked. I got into surgery because I thought it would be fullfilling for me but it turns out it wasn't. So now I'm looking into pathology.

You're so right about true pathology not being taught until residency. When I started learning true pathology on my own for my research job, I was astounded at how many science concepts I had never heard of before!

The point about the steep learning curve is spot on. For any M4s or PGY-1s, don’t get discouraged if the first rotations are a bit of a struggle!

I'm a clinical biochemist in Turkey. I understand you totally ❤ about don't want to speak, touch etc. to the patients. When I was my clerkship I want to do gynecology, phychiatry😅 . After internship and general practioner(we work after medical school in emergency services ) I decided to enter Clinical Biochemistry. I'm very happy now

These cons are absolute pros for me as a person and Doc❤

There are slash proof gloves you can wear under your latex gloves that will protect your hands. I wore them during my forensics rotation where you will do over 50 autopsies. I am also a practicing GI pathologist, in one of the largest academic hospitals in the country. For me the two biggest downsides are 1) you literally sit down for 8+ hours a day and 2) the workload has gone up exponentially with the introduction of many new biomarkers per case. For example, when I started 9 years ago, for gastric adenoca we just had to do HER2, now it is HER2 + MMR + PD-L1 and very soon Claudin 18. These additional tests (many get referred in from community hospitals as well) add hours of workload to an already busy day.

Sent out my path application to programs yesterday. Thank you for this!

Thank you very much Cindy, for invaluable information and experiences you shared!

Showing up every day ! Wish I would have run. Got me to Hawaii however. Aloha !

Thank you

I’m actually applying to Path this season😅

No1 is not a Con, it’s a Pro 😁

I don't have any pathology rotations in my course. Do you have any advice for medical students who are interested in the specialty but are unable to get exposure/ letters for residency applications?

I've been a Histology Tech for over 17 years, I really wanted to advance my career but don't know if Med school is for me. Is a PhD in pathology worth it? Or should I go into Cytology?

Is it difficult securing a job in private practice coming out of residency or fellowship?

I am a 4th year medical student from South Africa, and I want to specialize in pathology but as you've mentioned, true pathology and what's being taught in med school are very different, so I wanted to ask, which resources(textbooks,websites,etc) you would recommend that could bridge that gap for someone like me who is still being fed med school, pre-residency "non-true" pathology?

Hi, I didn't see if you had an instagram or anywhere I could send you a DM. First I want to say thank you for these videos. I have probably watched most of your videos. I am a second year med student, studying for CBSE and Step 1 right now. Is there anything I can do to show my dedication to pathology that resident directors would want to see? For reference, I want to go into Forensic Pathology So far I only have President of Pathology Club at my school and member of the Digital Pathology Association online.

Is the last con valid for clinical pathology too?

Would it be possible to be a pathologist with a treadmill desk or an exercise bike workstation? I have heard some pathologists do have standing desks. What do you do if you get vertigo for 72 hours after looking through a microscope for only an hour? Is this something people get desensitized to? I am interested in pathology, but am nervous about the sitting ( I want to be able to move/walk around during the day) and am afraid about the motionsickness I experience when I look through the microscope with both eyes. Are there any options to these issues?

Hi maam can i ask what math do you need to learn to get in as a pathologist?

Can you tell more about breathing toxic chemicals like Formalin and other dyes with which technicians paint the slides. You definitely breath them while walking around even though you are not the one directly working with the dyes. Isnt Formalin cancerogenic? I have also heard that the dyes used in pathology can cause cancer too by breathing them. Do you have more information about them?

Is it possible to get into path residency after 10 years grad?

How can you do a private practice as a pathologist? Who are your customers?

3:00 It's ok that's the closest I get to become Batman lol :-)

How hard is it for non-US IMG pathologists to enter sub-specialty fellowships like GI pathology? Are non-US doctors used for the dirty and less payed work in pathology? Greetings from Germany

except for the last one， the other cons are all pros for me😂

If you are HIV or Hep B/C positive would you be considered eligible for applying for specialisation pathway as a pathologist?

OMG IDK IF I CAN HANDLE THE DEAD BODY AUTOPSIES HELPPP :(((((((((((( BBUT MAYBE ILL JUST DO IT CUZ ITS WORTH IT!! T_T

love that 3d printed Eeveee

Hi, what kind of degree do you need to become a pathologist? #1 isn't a con for me, I don't want anything to do with the patients. That's the doctor's job! But you can write prescriptions for people as a pathologist? Do you need a doctor to approve prescriptions you write for people? I don't want that responsibility of giving out medicines to people -- leave that to the doctors! I just want to work in a lab and be left alone to do my job. I don't need a super high salary. $150,000 is awesome! That's about what many doctors make!