BIOL3190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fine-Needle Aspiration, Anatomical Pathology, Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test
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Post mortems is typically part of this field -> more just in forensic pathology because people don"t need it in hospitals any more. Undergrad -> 4 years doing a bachelor of liberal science. Was overseas -> didn"t really practice for the gamsat. She didn"t get offered a position in med school. Worked as a receptionist/secretary at a medical practice. Loved emergency medicine -> didn"t like not knowing what happened to the patients. Tells students they need to look at what comes at the end of the training -> the job as a senior doctor is quite different to the one you begin with. But ended up going for pathology -> she can find the answer. You don"t have to make a decision in a split second -> can confer with colleges, look it up and really take their time, they are the last point of call. In the act, pathologists do perinatal post mortems.
