pathology

Pathology is defined as a branch of medical science that studies the nature, effects, causes and consequences of disease.

Preparing to Be a Pathologist

• A person must go to school for a medical degree plus an additional three to four years, concentrating solely in the field of pathology.

• There are also many sub-specialties in the field of pathology that a pathologists can choose to concentrate on when studying.
• Pathologists are required to be board certified in the field of pathology once they have completed schooling.

• Most pathologists choose to become either clinical pathologists working in a lab or anatomical pathologists who practice in a sub-specialty of anatomical pathology.

• Pathologists work in hospital or private practice settings, looking at samples of tissue, blood, and fluid to identify abnormal factors of the samples and make a diagnosis of a patient’s condition and the disease that is causing their bodies to behave abnormally.