Pursuing Pathology: A Career As A Pathologist

Around two years ago, my mom went in for her annual mammogram and her doctor saw something unusual. A few days later, she had to go back to the doctor to get another screening and have a biopsy done. After her tests concluded, my mom and I sat in a comforting room with pink ribbon decor everywhere. Thankfully, when the doctor came in with the test results they were negative. But, my mom would still have to return more frequently for mammograms. The doctor fully explained everything to us and gave us peace of mind. Just like the doctor, I aspire to have that amount of support and knowledge. I want to be able to deliver the comforting news to a family who is scared and treat those whose results were not as positive. I don’t know exactly what field of medicine I would like to go into, but that’s what I hope Michigan will help me discover.

The best way I can understand what Pathology is or does is to acknowledge that pathology blocks the ability to overcome strengths. Strengths and Empowerment in contrast means to acknowledge, uncover, and utilize ones capabilities to their advantage in such a way that it creates solutions and motivation. When one recognizes the improvements of their situation it influences their view of self-competence and facilitates a positive change

.I am trying to put together my future by planning out my future. I was put to the task to find a career after getting out of high school. I’ll also need to find a house or apartment and transportation that I can handle with my salary. This also includes paying bills.

The career that I researched was forensic pathology. The job of a pathologist is to determine a person’s cause of death by examining tissues and fluids from the body. A forensic pathologist does this as well, but they are trained to examine people who died unexpectedly or violently and to recognize other things that a regular pathologist might not, such as recognizing something as intentional rather than accidental. They have to determine who the person is, the time of death, the manner of death, and if it was accidental, the instruments which caused the death.

I felt motivated about the knowledge of semiology and pathology of diseases the internists possess. In the same way I truly enjoy diagnosing challenging medical conditions.

Before attending Agnes Scott, I believed that I wanted to pursue a career in the medical field as a doctor. During my high school years, I considered several different areas of medical practice and settled upon oncology due to my interest in the complex nature of cancer. I heard a lot about cancer growing up, but I never learned what it was or what mechanisms were being used to treat cancer. I chose to major in biochemistry to learn about cancer in multiple lights and understand cancer in its simplest forms. After taking different biology classes such as Biology 111, where I learned the different steps required for cancer to develop and the current methods being researched to treat cancer, I began to consider a career in

After reading Dr. Melinek article, it really gave me a thorough description of what a typical day looks like in the workforce. It took me by surprise to see the number of hours a typical pathologist spends working. From 8-12 hours a day is normal for a general pathologist, which is a little more than I was expecting. Honestly, the extra practice and school a pathologist has to go through does not seem worth it. A pathologist will go to school from fourteen to eighteen years yet, they will make less than an actual doctor. A typical day for a forensic pathologist usually involves them with some sort of diligent meeting where they explain the case of the deceased. After that the pathologist begins the autopsy as well as any other test that are

The ability to see things in black and white with ever evolving research horizon made Pathology very attractive for me as a prospective career. Attention to detail by use of various modern and advanced techniques enabled me to quench my intellectual

Walking into school, a little boy is scared to talk to his classmates because he stutters . He is not getting good grades because he has trouble understanding information and communicating. His parents want to help him ,but do not know how. That is when speech and language pathologists come to the rescue. Speech and language pathologists help kids, teens, and adults overcome their oral and mental difficulties. They specialize in the field of helping the physically impaired, mentally impaired and behavioral disorders. The main issues they deal with are stuttering, mispronunciation, troubles communicating with others, troubles sharing thoughts, and troubles articulating (Connelly 44). Speech pathologists are required to attend many years of school to receive their Masters Degree and are paid a good amount, and their career gives them a rewarding prize of being able to strengthen their students minds to help them understand and learn better.

Communications, Human Health management, and Human development are a list of the different majors I attempted to pursue in my undergraduate career. The uncertainty of a specific career option was the reason for my reluctance to pursue those fields. However, upon a lengthy and quite informational introduction to the Communicative Disorders program by one of my suitemates in the dorms during my sophomore year, she piqued my interest in the field. Upon extensive research and observations of the Speech Language Pathology field, I found the field to be a perfect medium between my desire to work with individuals from a diverse background all while incorporating my love for simply interacting with people. After not only completing, but passing the toughest introductory classes to the major, to my surprise,  I suddenly grew a strange passion for this field.

I know all of you have a large amount of work that is time sensitive and really needs to be completed ASAP. Below I have come up with a schedule for everyone to have at least 1 hour a day off the phone( abandonment rate must remain under 6%). With so much work that everyone is assigned to, it can become a little overwhelming. Raquel Hayes will be training Pam today in Oncology. Pam has generously agreed to begin her training in Oncology early, to assist the group with the overwhelming work.

Pathologist is a valuable resource for all other doctors and physicians, who provides necessary and needed information for every patient on a daily basis to ensure appropriate and well patient care and help.

Throughout my numerous years in grade school, science had always been a subject that fascinated me. In my mind, I always knew that I wanted to pursue a career dealing with science, but I was unsure of which aspect that I wanted to pursue. However, during my senior year in high school I was allowed to select the science course that I took that year and due to my curiosity for the functions of the human body, anatomy was a no brainer. As I got deeper and deeper into the anatomy course, I became more and more fascinated and knew that I had found my passion; the human body and the functions of the numerous parts. It was in this course that I began to understand what was happening to some of my loved one's bodies as they tried to fight cancer, an idea which I was completely unfamiliar with at the time.

What I appreciate most about pathology are the diagnostic dilemmas and discussions, and being the final decision

Thank you for taking your time out of your busy schedule to meet with me on January 12. I really enjoyed speaking with you about living in Philadelphia and the importance of residency training as the core knowledge of a Pathologist. Every single resident I met was really happy to be there and that says a lot about the Program. Additionally, I was impressed by how much experience the residents gain during their training as well as their fellowship placements.