Hey, patho prodigies!

[wersclubby]

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I hope I get a reaction from you folks...

I took a couple of years off after med school to...um...find myself...But ever since then, it's been all about doing everything in the name of matching to a patho program (2007)...

I'm interested in pursuing forensics (despite what I've read about it on this forum, although I must admit that I'm seriously reconsidering...good point about making as much as a nurse after years and years and years of commitment)...

Currently, I'm at a cytogenetic technology training program because several pathologists thought that it would be an interesting CV builder (plus I need a job while I try to match, a job which by the way, if everything goes as planned with regards to where I plan to work, would pay me about 1.75x what a PGY1 would make, taking into account a lot of overtime, I see myself getting lazy and qutting all this matching craziness)...

I'm planning to take step 3 in July in the hopes that passing it would only help my application...

What else do I need to do? I'm at an institution whose patho dept does about 500 autopsies/year, should I try to get involved somehow (by trying to assist a pathologist or assist the assistant of the pathologist?) I'm not interested in research so much, but if you guys tell me to, I'll bug one of the many researchers in the path/lab medicine dept...Or do you guys have any other ideas...something that you guys wish you would have thought of before you were at whatever point you are in your careers...

Ok, this is getting too long. I wouldn't read it. I'd appreciate any input...even from you LADoc. I guess I'm feeling a bit masochistic right now.

 

[yaah]

I think the most important thing you can do is to try to get reference letters from pathologists. Since you have been out awhile, they will want to know what you have done and what your aptitude and skill sets are. More experience in pathology is always good, whatever the type, but at the same time a lot of residents who match into pathology haven't had much experience in it given the structure of US med school education.

 

[wersclubby]

I think the most important thing you can do is to try to get reference letters from pathologists. Since you have been out awhile, they will want to know what you have done and what your aptitude and skill sets are. More experience in pathology is always good, whatever the type, but at the same time a lot of residents who match into pathology haven't had much experience in it given the structure of US med school education.

Thanks for the reply, yaah. Let the schmoozing begin!