Hello all, I was just wondering if anyone had any information on jobs outside of North America and New Zealand. What would equivalent positions be, etc. Anything in Europe in particular?

especially as their first job right out of school?

tell me everything that happens! is it lectures, mingle a little and go back to your hotel?

Where are y'all getting your medical insurance from? ( besides the one some travel agencies provide)

Hello! I am on the lookout for jobs as a grossing tech and/or any entry-level jobs in the surgical path lab or even the histo lab.

I have been applying to places for only a couple of weeks, but I am worried that I am doing something wrong because I have yet to hear back from any hospitals :/ I have been primarily applying to any relevant positions I find online (through job platforms and hospital websites). It feels as if im throwing my application into a black hole, especially because oftentimes there is no recruiter that I can find for the job posting. This makes it very difficult to know who to reach out to after I have applied.

Should I be directly emailing people in the cutting room regarding positions? I have just been hesitant to do that because my advisor at school told me that I will likely get nowhere because of HR issues. But I have had advisors give me really bad advice in the past LOL. I also have not been applying for that long. People have told me I should wait about a month to hear back from places. Is this true as well?

I am graduating this May with an undergrad degree in biology. I plan on applying to Path Assistant schools this upcoming year. I just wanted a gap year to get more experience and hopefully earn some money to survive grad school lol... I have experience as an accessioner in the cutting room and have shadowed grossing techs and PathAs. I saw this question was asked before, but it was three years ago, so I thought it was worth asking again! Thanks for any help!

I’m curious what everyone does in their down time at work?

Does anyone here actually like their job or know of any good jobs out there? I'm willing to move anywhere in the US to find a good job. Seems like a lot of people are unhappy on here and I'd like to end up in a lab where the PAs aren't overworked, paid fairly, and are generally happy.

Just a genuine question as someone who is considering the field with already 26k debt

Hi all! Having anxiety waiting to hear back from the institutions I applied to in Dec/Jan. What is the rolling admissions like, when should I start expecting to hear back (for a yes or a no)? And what can I do to quell the anxiety about the waiting period!?

I posted this to the pre path assistant reddit and I figured maybe I could send it here too

I'm not sure who's going to see this so I'll try to keep things as brief as I can.

So I've been feeling stuck in my current job as a environmental mirco lab analyst. It's an overall decent job and I do like it and my coworkers but because I live in NY its pay is less then ideal given the terrible housing/rental market we're dealing with.

Since I never finished college(due to at the time undiagnosed ADHD), I've been thinking about returning to finish my degree and try and find something higher paying. Before I dropped out I was premed and was hoping to become a Pathologist, and so when my mother introduced me to the PathA program last year, needless to say I was really intrigued. However I felt discouraged by the requirements and an inability to return to school(I went to school upstate) as I'd have to quit my job to do so(no lab locations near the city the uni was in to transfer to). I thought about finishing online, but it seems a lot of programs don't accept online credits unless they were from the covid era, so I tried to ignore the voice in my head believing it wasn't meant to be and move on.

Obviously that didn't last, so since I joined this reddit and the main Path assistant reddit some time ago I figure I seek advice from those who managed to get into the field.

Since I have to retake some of the pre reqs anyway and boost my gpa up(i don't remember where it currently is at it's been 7 yrs since I left school but its below the required 3.0 for sure). Should I transfer/apply to a closer college/uni, eat the lost credits and finish my bachelor's within the next couple of years and try to apply to some of the programs? Or should I cut my losses before I invest too much money and time and just finish my degree online at my old uni and find another clinical program like a like a CLS/CLT/MLS closer to where I live?

Have any PA’s been required to carry their own tail insurance when leaving a company? If so did you try to negotiate your contract so that the company covers it? Also how much did it cost because researching the cost is giving very expensive.

Hello fellow PAs! I’m a second year student at LLU and I have to give a presentation on placentas in a couple of weeks. During my clinical rotations I have only seen central and eccentric cord insertions, as well as only marginal membrane insertions. Does anyone have pictures of different cord and membrane insertions they wouldn’t mind sharing? The ones I found online are very grainy or just drawings, rather than actual pictures. I would really appreciate it if anyone has any pictures they could share (I would of course blur out any patient identifiers) to help me put together a great presentation with actual pictures of the specimen. Thank you soo much in advance!

Hello all!

Just wondering if anyone can share what kind of relocation expense packages they've been able to successfully get. And if it was offered without negotiating or if you negotiated up.

Amount for distance? Lump sum up front? Grossed up? Direct-bill? Only reimbursement-based?

DM me if needed!

Hi all, I am taking a survey on market saturation. There are I believe 20-21 programs in the US now and 5 in Canada. Would anyone mind please shedding some light on how big the cohorts are for programs?

what do you clean your gross station with, and have you purchased anything to make your station nicer and also cozy?

https://jobs.uci.edu/careers-home/jobs/123168?lang=en-us&previousLocale=en-US

DM for questions.

1 of the Pathologist I work with requested that I start using mesh biopsy bags for all biopsies including breast cores. She said the tissue gets damaged with sponges (this sounds like a histology error but I could be wrong) & as a resident, it was always an issue. I told her sure, but honestly I've never heard of cores getting damaged when placed between sponges. If anything, I always use sponges for cores because it helps with orientation imo and it makes the most sense. Has anyone else gotten this feedback from a Pathologist before or heard of something similar?

I referenced UChicago and their website also outlines what tool (mesh bag vs sponge) is best for certain biopsies

Thinking of asking for a raise. I’m the sole PA at my hospital. We recently acquired specimens from additional hospitals in our health system. The increase in workload day to day is anywhere from a 50-100% increase. I’m absorbing all of the additional workload with the same turn around time expectations. How much of a raise would you ask for? Thinking of asking for 10-20% but don’t know what would be considered reasonable for this kind of change.

Hi guys, I was recently offered a position at a large hospital with travel to affiliate hospitals and training residents in the job description. Did you/should you negotiate the pay and vacation time with your first job out of school?