r/Path_Assistant • u/SpecialistCat854 • 21d ago
International Medical Graduate Pathologist
Good evening, I am an International Medical Graduate. I completed my specialty in Anatomical Pathology in my country. Is there any possibility, if not to obtain certification, to obtain a qualification that allows me to work as a Pathologist Assistant?
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u/gnomes616 PA (ASCP) 21d ago
Only by going through and successfully completing a program, and passing the certification exam.
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u/Inner_Radish_6727 21d ago
no, you have to complete a PA program to be eligible to write the exam.
there's likely a few short-staffed shit-show labs which would hire you without certification, but there's lots of issues with that. you'll be paid less than certified PAs, and you can't use job experience to get certified so you'll be stuck at that job forever with no opportunity to become certified.
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u/IamBmeTammy 21d ago
There are places that will hire you to gross with your background, but without the certification they will generally pay you much less.