Attracting the next generation of top pathologists is high on NSW Health Pathology’s list of priorities, particularly in hard to recruit fields like forensic and anatomical pathology.

Each year NSW Health Pathol­o­gy holds events to give Junior Med­ical Offi­cers (JMOs) a chance to con­sid­er a career in these disciplines.

More than 75 JMOs attend­ed the July Meet & Greet event at West­mead to hear first­hand from the experts.

Med­ical Work­force Man­ag­er Sam Veasey said it was one of the largest num­ber of par­tic­i­pants to date.

“We engaged them in inter­ac­tive activ­i­ties and with pre­sen­ta­tions that includ­ed advice and encour­age­ment from doc­tors at lat­er stages of their train­ing in anatom­i­cal or foren­sic pathol­o­gy and senior pathol­o­gists,” Sam said.

Anatom­i­cal Pathol­o­gy Train­ing Coor­di­na­tor, Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Lisa Park­er said the train­ing recruit­ment pro­gram typ­i­cal­ly attracts 55–65 aspir­ing AP and foren­sic pathol­o­gists each year.

“We believe aware­ness and inter­est in the pro­gram is grow­ing which could explain why we are receiv­ing more appli­ca­tions from JMOs each year,” Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Park­er said.

“We work in close part­ner­ship with the Roy­al Col­lege of Pathol­o­gists of Aus­trala­sia to ensure the events give JMOs the best oppor­tu­ni­ty to assess whether a future in pathol­o­gy will suit them.”

The Med­ical Work­force Team has more events planned for 2026 that will focus on the cur­rent cohort of AP and foren­sic trainees.

Junior Med­ical Offi­cers inter­est­ed in par­tic­i­pat­ing in NSW Health Pathology’s anatom­i­cal pathol­o­gy and foren­sic pathol­o­gy pro­gram can con­tact [email protected]

Peo­ple inter­est­ed in pur­su­ing a career in pathol­o­gy or foren­sics can find out more at our Study Hub.

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