Forensic Pathology: what degree do i need?
Thread Starter
Forensic Pathology: what degree do i need?
Follow
5 hours ago
5h ago
Quote:
Originally Posted by Democracy
Histopathology is the branch of pathology which looks at tissues - both at a macroscopic and microscopic level to identify disease processes e.g. cancer, inflammation, scarring, etc in order to help arrive at a diagnosis. A lot of histopathology is based on molecular biology and genetics nowadays, as well as more traditional tissue staining and microscopy.
Histopathologists don't usually see patients directly, but they do provide advice to the doctors looking after the patient. There may be contact with other professionals too including coroners, the police, law courts etc.
There are several different branches of pathology - the samples you've mentioned wouldn't typically go to a histopathology lab though.
The RCPath link I sent you has lots of case studies and "a day i...
Source: The Student Room - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Deon2000 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
More News: Biology | Cancer | Cancer & Oncology | Forensic Medicine | Genetics | Men | Molecular Biology | Pathology | Students | Study | Universities & Medical Training