#Forensic pathology serial#

It wasn't until about the 30th patient that died under this particular nurses care in a relatively short period of time that someone became suspicious and a proper autopsy was conducted only do detect arsenic poisoning as cause of death in that patient. Everyone kept assuming the patients died because of what they were there for in the ICU.

#Forensic pathology serial#

This thought process is what allowed a serial killer nurse murder about 30 ICU patients with arsenic poison via IV. Now I actually think I know what you mean and not accusing you of suggesting we can assume what killed a homeless man is -blank- I think you mean to say some autopsies are mundane or meaningless because the cause of death seems so obvious. Surely if a college student was found dead on campus or it was one of your relatives you would not say the autopsy is meaningless. What do you mean homeless found down? I hope you don't mean to imply that an autopsy on the homeless is meaningless! This kinda statement devalues a human worth and deprives them of dignity. A very few are dropping the requirement that you do the 10 year recertification through ABP, so long as you maintain something like from NBPAS, but that does not have wide acceptance at this point (yet?).

Every reputable job requires getting at least initial certification in FP by the American Board of Pathology (almost all state 'within 2 years of hire', on the assumption that you can start the job as a newly finished fellow, but still have to go on and pass the FP exam). Most people still do 4 years in order to get combined anatomic & clinical pathology there are a few reasons for that, including pressure from residency programs (most want you to stay 4 years, as it helps them with their service obligations), hedging bets on the possibility you won't end up doing FP in which case having CP is generally believed to be considered a bonus by employers, etc., then of course the 1 year FP fellowship.

It's definitely a unique niche, and is not for everyone.Īs for requirements, you have to at least do 'anatomic pathology' which is a minimum of 3 years of residency. The same can be said of most specialties & subspecialties, IMO. Some are unsatisfying in that a good conclusion can't be reached. While it's not inaccurate to say that most cases are fairly 'routine' and at their core not particularly difficult, there are also questions that are harder to answer even in routine cases, and of course there are the difficult ones. I also agree that the best way to figure out if it's for you is to do a substantial rotation in it. Having said that, there are still *always* multiple advertised jobs in decent offices all around the country, and salaries have continued to creep up while accreditation is becoming more popular and generally leading to the pursuit of *lower* individual case loads, while other areas of pathology/medicine are taking hits. The reality is that many underserved areas don't really care and aren't trying to do anything about it.

While I would caution that although there is a massive calculated shortage of FP's, that's not the same as saying there are jobs for every single calculated underserved area. Pretty much ditto to most of the above in regards to competitiveness & job market.