@@canadianpathassistant9066 they are incredibly helpful i just got a position here in Ireland at a large hospital in the morgue and lab as a pathologists assistant, they are quite positions here as rarely come up...so I'm over the moon as it's all i want to do ...so as well as being very excited I'm trying to watch read as much as i can before i start ...your videos are incredibly clear concise and helpful and i appreciate greatly the time and effort given to post them ...kind regards Christina
Hello! I loved your video, it was very helpful as this is something I'm currently contemplating as I'm in my undergraduate at university. Right now I'm leaning towards the Pathologists Assistant route but I was wondering; if later on I decided to become a pathologist, is it a shorter route having been a PA or would I have to go through the MD + residency + specialization? (for context I go to a university in Canada)
Thanks for watching! If you did decide to become a pathologist you would still need to go through med school and residency but you would probably find some aspects of school easier having already learned some of the material in PA school. That said med school covers a lot more than PA school does so you’d still be working quite hard to learn everything during training.
You will have to go to any PA program's website and see the application requirements for that school's program. Generally the requirements are similar between programs but there are differences here and there. Submit your application to the schools you are interested in/qualified for. A list of currently accredited PA programs can be found at www.naacls.org/Find-a-Program.aspx
Hi, I've a job interview for trainee anatomical pathology technician which they will be sending to school for 2 yrs. Any tips on what to read up on. Be very grateful 🙏
I'm not quite sure what you mean by the best studying type, whether you mean what to study or how to study. If you meant how to study, I think the best thing you can do is instead of highlighting or rereading your notes, make practice questions out of the material you are trying to learn. Then go over those practice questions and test yourself repeatedly. I would review my questions the first day after making them, 2-3 days after, a week after and then a month and by then things felt like they had stuck pretty well.
I'm assuming you're asking this as if the doctor were an IMG? Yes they can but some provinces may require them to carry a PA certification (Alberta for example requires this of all PAs). The details of certification as an IMG can be found here www.cap-acp.org/application_Guide.php#:~:text=minimum%20required%20education-,PATHOLOGIST%20%2D%20INTERNATIONAL%20MEDICAL%20GRADUATE,-Pathologist%20%2D%20International%20Medical Employers outside of AB may not require this certification and you would need to check with them individually. I do know at least one doctor that worked as a PA before getting accepted into a pathology residency program.
I was considering a career as a Pathologist but the autopsy and evisceration portion was something I would prefer not to do. You stated that some pathologists dont do them at all and instead just diagnose surgical specimens. Does it just depend on the hospital in how they run things or does the Pathologist have a sort of say so in the matter?
I think it's partly up to the hospital and but also partly up to the staff. At my site, those that are interested in it still participate in autopsy but this is a small number compared to the total number of pathologists working there. Also, other hospitals in my city don't have any autopsy service as it's centralized at one site. And pathology residents don't get a choice and must complete an autopsy rotation regardless of their interest level.
