r/Path_Assistant

How long did you stay at your first job?

I’m a recent new grad and have been working at my first job for a few months, but I’m already considering moving on within a year. There aren’t major issues (thankfully) and I have a really great salary, but it’s mostly the fact we are quick to catch up on surgical cases, and I spend over half to 3/4 of my shift doing grossing tech level work which isn’t the most fun and not exactly what I went through all that schooling for. My clinical site was a large academic hospital and I adored it, and would love to go back to one as soon as possible. I’m just feeling a bit guilty already at the thought of possibly moving on within 9-12 months from starting this job, especially since my coworkers and my manager are nice people.

So I just wanted a feel for how long you stayed at your first job, advice for how to handle telling your current job when the time comes, etc!

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u/Patient-Stranger1015 — 7 hours ago

Shoe Recs - High Instep + High Arches

What it says on the tin. I have moderately high arches + a very high instep and am wondering what shoes work for others with this foot type. Any help would be appreciated!

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u/eelkell — 2 days ago

"Hands on" pathologists

How "hands on" are the pathologists at your sites? I have a pathologist who requires that he see all complex specimens and basically directs the entire grossing (down to size of tissue in the block). I make essentially 0 decisions and I feel like a grossing tech rather than a PA. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it common to work with doctors like this?

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u/FlakyFix6851 — 5 days ago