Welcome to vetpathcareers.com

This site started as a career guide to newcomers to the discipline, but I am now trying to expand the scope to provide some support to those already following careers in veterinary pathology.

I get quite a number of enquiries, every year, from veterinary practitioners and students that are thinking of following a career in pathology and this site is intended to be a starting point. These introductory comments are made in the light of the majority of queries that I receive.

Veterinary pathology takes years of training

From the outset, I think it is important to realise that veterinary pathology is a specialty that demands years of training and experience to achieve a reasonable level of expertise and it is far from a 'soft option". It is a little like the martial arts. Beginners often think that the first Dan grade (black belt) is an end in itself, when it is only the end of the beginning. In veterinary pathology, the training period and professional exams can be regarded similarly.

Diagnostic pathology is also not a discipline that can be taken up without a primary veterinary degree, as it is covered by the Veterinary Surgeons Act. There are no shortcuts into veterinary pathology.

Research pathology and supporting disciplines (e.g. microbiology, toxicology, molecular pathology etc.) can be undertaken without veterinary qualifications but the career path may prove more arduous than for veterinarians.

Input from users

For any web site to remain useful, it needs input from the users. If no-one provides feedback, it is likely to stagnate. I know that there is a relatively healthy number of people that look at our site each month and it would be nice to get some feedback, so that I can include any features you might wish to find.

Even some straightforward feedback would be encouraging. Just click on the contact button and send a simple email.

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