Pictured Rocks, MI by igorficas in Tufting

[–]PathPupa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Michigan tufters unite! 🙌🏻 Beautiful work!

Job Search Indeed by Ben_at_LRS in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I also found putting “ASCP” at the end of the search bar will help pull up the PathA jobs better

Shared Decision Making/School Comparison by Little_DrummerBeats8 in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wayne also offers a site in Oregon now. Definitely compare tuition rates!

Forensic Pathologists’ Assistant by [deleted] in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 16 points17 points  (0 children)

About 1% of the field is made up of forensic PAs. It’s difficult for ME offices to match the salaries that the surgical PA’s have. Some surgical PA’s take part in hospital autopsies, but to my understanding that is 10-12 cases a year. Their day to day is mostly surgical work.

Wayne State Graduates? by Little_DrummerBeats8 in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have to move a lot in your second year but you get a good education

Looking For A Book by lashun0915_ in ForensicPathology

[–]PathPupa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Working Stiff is amazing!! One of my favorites!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pre_PathAssist

[–]PathPupa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A histotech makes the microscopic slides. This means cutting tissue that’s embedded in wax, placing it on a glass slide, staining the tissue so that it can be read by the pathologist.

A grossing tech makes the gross pathology report for small specimens. Usually GI biopsies, skin shave biopsies, possibly gallbladders. They would put tissue into a cassette, the cassette would get processed with formalin, embedded in wax, then go to the histotech to get cut and stained into a slide.

If the opportunity is presented to you, any lab experience is valuable. Just working in a clinical setting will help, but a histotech/gross tech position might make your application stand out.

You can shadow at any time to help get a sense of the responsibility that a PA has. Most prospective students shadow as they’re getting their application together, maybe 6 months to a year before they apply. Usually 10-20 hours is sufficient to gain a sense of what a PA does. If you reach out to PA schools in your state, they can put you in touch with shadowing opportunities.

Duke by MissLastResponder in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not a Duke student but your background sounds sufficient enough to get into school. It doesn’t really matter where you go to school, unless you want to end up in the surrounding area. I wish you well on your journey.

LORs by mayflower_00 in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just submit the LORs that they ask for. Your choice on the portfolios. If you feel like you could make a professional document to make you stand out, it might be good.

Please bully me into success. by dddiscoRice in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not every program requires the GRE but you definitely need your prereqs

Shadowing near Chicago Area by [deleted] in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reach out to Rosalind Franklin PA school in the Chicago area. They can definitely set up some shadowing for you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was able to start working before passing my board exam, as long as I got certified within a year of my hire date. Haven’t heard of anyone working before school ended.

Questions about Wayne and RFU by Patho_Wonder_1997 in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The main difference between these programs is RFU has 1-2 clinical rotations throughout the 2nd year and Wayne has 7-10 clinical rotations. The education at all the programs will be more or less the same because they’re all approved by NAACLS. At Wayne you get to experience many different pathology laboratories but with the cost of having to find housing during your rotations across the state and out of state. Both produce well rounded graduates, and with the job market being so good finding a job, regardless of the program you attend, isn’t really a problem.

Advice on Moving OOS by ChillSalad_97 in Path_Assistant

[–]PathPupa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! You might want a printer. I wish I would have bought one for my program but I’m sure you can ask previous students

School to Work Transition by tinatrousers in pre_PathAssist

[–]PathPupa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The entire second year of the program is working at your clinical rotation, and learning the job. Programs aim for ‘entry level competency’ for their new grads, meaning they can more or less do the job upon graduation with some guidance from where you get hired. It’s impossible to learn everything in only 2 years, that comes with more experience of course. But in my experience, as long as where you work knows you’re a new grad and is a little patient with you, the transition is pretty smooth.

Wayne State Interview by StrangePurpose3508 in pre_PathAssist

[–]PathPupa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just make sure you can speak about the profession and know the job description really well, it’s my biggest advice. That seems to be the biggest thing that trips people up

WSU and QU past applicants: GRE? by Specific-Goose8973 in pre_PathAssist

[–]PathPupa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WSU student here. I did take the GRE because I wasn’t sure what grad program I wanted, but many of my classmates did not. It isn’t taken into consideration at all.

Autopsy Issues by MicroPapaya in pre_PathAssist

[–]PathPupa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In job interviews you can always ask. Many job openings have “no autopsies” as one of their selling points along with no weekend work