What would you do on a day to day basis?
It is something few medical students are aware of.
Anticipated thank you.
It is something few medical students are aware of.
Anticipated thank you.
Describe me a day of practice as a Clinical Pathologist
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Which fellowship?
I am not an expert , but I would say: Hematopathology, Chemistry, Molecular, Microbiology and Imunology,
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It really depends on the setting and the fellowship you select. A clinical pathologist can go the researcher track, academia/instructor, large community hospital, blood center, or even a corporate scientific liaison for instrument vendors. It's a choose your own adventure career that requires a lot of internal motivation.
I would like to know the day to day in a large community hospital.
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Lots of meetings and lab directorships. People skills are a must as well as strong knowledge in blood bank, chemistry, hematology, microbiology, coagulation, immunology, and toxicology.
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Also, reviewing/signing procedure manuals, signing off on CAP stuff (PT/Educational challenges, etc...), validation studies, competency assessments, answering random questions, etc...It can be pretty variable.
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In large community hospitals the clinical pathologist is often not doing clinical pathology as a full time job. It varies. Some hospitals have a person whose only job is the CP, but many do not.
I do a lot of CP and it involves meetings (both hospital-wide with other specialties, and intradepartmental), reviewing quality data, procedures, refining procedures, addressing problem cases (this is a big one on certain days - one phone call about a problem can take an hour to resolve), not to mention the continual learning that goes on and staying on top of trends, clinical recommendations, and literature.
Heme is such a hybrid because it can involve things that many consider part of AP like bone marrows, lymph nodes, flow, molecular. Heme can involve a lot of slide reviews in addition to the above things.
I do a lot of CP and it involves meetings (both hospital-wide with other specialties, and intradepartmental), reviewing quality data, procedures, refining procedures, addressing problem cases (this is a big one on certain days - one phone call about a problem can take an hour to resolve), not to mention the continual learning that goes on and staying on top of trends, clinical recommendations, and literature.
Heme is such a hybrid because it can involve things that many consider part of AP like bone marrows, lymph nodes, flow, molecular. Heme can involve a lot of slide reviews in addition to the above things.
