Kinley FinkeMrs. SouthLanguage 618 February 2014A career in pathologyA pathologist is a doctor who studies diseases. They work in laboratories and examine tissue and other samples to diagnose diseases. When they make a diagnosis, they share the results with the doctor responsible for caring for the patient with the disease. With diseases and conditions that are difficult to examine, a pathologist learns something new every day. To become a pathologist, it takes four years of college and then four years of medical school. After medical school, they require at least four years of pathology training. The four years of training after medical school is called residency training. After residency training, some pathologists decide to do additional training called fellowship training which can last another couple of years (Training Requirements and Career Summary). Pathologists spend their workday in the laboratory, which is where tissues or organs are delivered after they are removed from the laboratory. patients in the operating room or at the doctor's office. It is in the laboratory that pathologists examine these samples. The first step is to observe the sample without a microscope and describe its characteristics. This is a process called “grossing”. The pathologist examines the sample and then selects the tissue, which will be processed and placed on slides so the pathologist can view it under a microscope. By examining the tissue, the pathologist can make a diagnosis. The diagnosis is then reported to the doctor responsible for caring for the patient. Pathologists typically work during a normal working day, for example from eight in the morning to five in the evening. However, the path... center of the paper... tologists are trained to take their place. Additionally, as the U.S. population ages, there are more diseases to diagnose, so the need for pathologists increases. These two things combine to make pathology a good career choice for the future” (Finke). Bibliography Educational requirements and career summary. 2003.BB. February 18, 2014.Finke, Jean Meredythe. "A career in pathology". A career in pathology. Kinley Jean Finke. Columbia, February 15, 2014. Kumar, Robbin, and Contran. Pathological basis of the disease. 5th. Pennsylvania: WB Sauders Company, 2009. Sifferlin, Alexandria. Doctors' salaries: who earns more and who less? April 27, 2012. February 18 2014 .