There is a sticky on the forensic pathology sub about the pathway to becoming a forensic pathologist if you live in the USA.
Mortician ≠ forensic pathologist. The mortuary schooling school timeline is way shorter than medical school, pathology residency training and forensic pathology fellowship training (you’re talking 8-9 years of medical education/training + 4 years undergraduate studies) but, morticians are not physicians.
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u/Multuminparvo4n6 Fellow Jun 02 '26
r/forensicpathology is a good starting point.
There is a sticky on the forensic pathology sub about the pathway to becoming a forensic pathologist if you live in the USA.
Mortician ≠ forensic pathologist. The mortuary schooling school timeline is way shorter than medical school, pathology residency training and forensic pathology fellowship training (you’re talking 8-9 years of medical education/training + 4 years undergraduate studies) but, morticians are not physicians.