5 Groundbreaking Research Hospitals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAcademic Requirements for Aspiring Pathology Assistants<\/h3>\n
There are currently 10 pathologists\u2019 assistant programs that are accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). All but one of these programs requires a bachelor\u2019s degree in a science or science-related field; the rest require a master\u2019s degree. Aspiring pathology assistants can expect to take prerequisite undergraduate courses in English composition, mathematics and statistics, organic\/biochemistry, general chemistry, microbiology, and biological sciences, preferably physiology and human anatomy. Pathology assistants may seek voluntary certification through the American Society for Clinical Pathology\u2019s (ASCP) Board of Certification. Although not required, certification demonstrates that a pathology assistant\u2019s knowledge is up-to-date and that his or her skills meet the field\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n
Many health professionals choose to return to a college or university in order to become pathology assistants. Common first careers include hospital corpsman or military medics, autopsy technicians, anatomic pathology technicians, cytotechnologists, medical laboratory technicians, clinical laboratory specialists, and histotechnologists. Those interested in a career as a pathology assistant may join the American Association of Pathologists\u2019 Assistants, but to do so as a student requires enrollment into an NAACLS-accredited program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A pathology assistant is a highly trained allied health professional who is responsible for providing anatomic pathology services under the supervision and direction of a board-certified, licensed pathologist. Pathology assistants are qualified to perform all of the autopsy and surgical functions of a pathologist leading up to, but not including, the diagnosis. Pathology assistants are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":197,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793\/revisions\/807"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.besthealthsciencedegree.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}