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 How does the field of pathology relate to medicine? Pathology is the study dedicated to understanding and exploring the character and nature of disease. It endeavors to understand and explain the changes as a result of the disease to cells, tissues, and organs. Pathology is also important for understanding how these changes will be observed in patients. In contrast to pathology you have medicine which seeks to apply knowledge gathered from training to understand diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Pathology and Medicine go hand in hand with one another. Pathology is the scientific arm of medicine so to speak. Meaning underneath every diagnosis and prognosis is an extensive pathology work up concerning that disease the focuses on the process and mechanism of action. Pathology provides the framework for the scientific understanding of disease. Pathology is essential in ensuring proper diagnosis and developing treatment/treatment plans which is the most important role of a medical care provider. Both pathologist and those who are directly involved with patient care are essentially running after the same goal. They are both looking to better understand disease and how that understanding can affect someone life. Although one might be considered to be more direct than the other both work in tandem to care for those in need. 1 Peter 4:10, states “ God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. NLT” In order to practice medicine efficiently, safely, and in the best way possible pathology is more than just vital it is necessary for the success of medicine.  What is the difference between a medical examiner and a pathologist? A medical examiner and pathologist on the surface may appear to be one in the same but there is some nominal difference that have to be considered when referring to each. A medical examiner is a physician who although not necessarily trained in pathology is tasked with examining a body postmortem to determine the cause and manner of death. Not all medical examiners are trained pathologist but are trained physicians unlike coroners. A major difference between a medical examiner and pathologist is the extensive additional training that a pathologist would have obtained. A pathologist has a detailed and extensive understanding of anatomy, physiology, histology, cellular biology, biochemistry, genetics, etc. Their understanding of all these different body studies is applied to understanding the process of disease. A pathologist is interested in the how and why of disease, while a medical examiner is interested in the how and why death. A medical examiner can also be a pathologist which would allow for an extensive evaluation of how and the why of death and its underlining causes. Both a medical examiner and pathologist are interested in understanding and coming to a conclusion on cause and manner of death. One might think it more beneficial to have a medical examiner who is also a trained pathologist for the extra detailed