title: Training and career appointments in the pathological sciences in the United Kingdom.
abstract: Pathologists usually receive initial training in clinical work, or in general pathology, or in academic work, followed by speciality training as a senior registrar or lecturer. Consultant status is generally achieved by the age of 34, now almost always in a single discipline. The distribution of pathologists between disciplines, in National Health Service and university posts, is tabulated: there are many unfilled appointments.
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006280:Health Workforce; D006405:Hematology; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology; D010336:Pathology / Q000193:education*; D013038:Specialization; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities