Our flag­ship med­ical recruit­ment event – the annu­al Meet and Greet – was held at our West­mead edu­ca­tion­al precinct this month and was big­ger and bet­ter than ever.

More than 50 trainees, junior doc­tors and med­ical stu­dents heard from cur­rent trainees about what to expect from a career in Anatom­i­cal Pathol­o­gy and Foren­sic Pathology.

AP Train­ing Coor­di­na­tor, A/Prof Lisa Park­er says each of the more than 20 train­ing lab­o­ra­to­ries gave a short pre­sen­ta­tion on job oppor­tu­ni­ties at NSW Health Pathology.

“It was great to see such inter­est and enthu­si­asm, and we look for­ward to receiv­ing appli­ca­tions from prospec­tive can­di­dates who are keen to pur­sue pathol­o­gy as a career,” Lisa said.

“One of the things I real­ly like about this role is see­ing the trainees grad­u­ate. As I arrived at the Meet and Greet event this morn­ing, I ran into one of the grad­u­ates from last year.

“She’s now work­ing here at West­mead Hos­pi­tal as a new con­sul­tant and she’s real­ly enjoy­ing it. It’s real­ly reward­ing to see that.”

Lisa says becom­ing an anatom­i­cal pathol­o­gist is a great career option for peo­ple who love prob­lem solving.

“It’s a bit like being a detec­tive, a bit like doing cryp­tic cross­words – so any­body who enjoys that intense prob­lem-solv­ing activ­i­ty will enjoy this as a career.”

Staff Spe­cial­ist Dr Ang­ie Har­ris is an anatom­i­cal pathol­o­gist with a spe­cial inter­est in pae­di­atrics based at Prince of Wales Hos­pi­tal and spoke to the trainees at the event.

“It’s a great chance to find out what goes on behind the lab doors and dis­cov­er that pathol­o­gists are actu­al­ly real and inter­est­ing peo­ple and tell them a lit­tle bit about our day to day work­ing life,” she said.

“I love my job work­ing in pathol­o­gy so it’s always a real treat to share that.

“The num­ber of appli­cants for the train­ing pro­gram is grow­ing each year and there seems to be greater inter­est in pathol­o­gy, which is great to see.”

NSW Health Pathol­o­gy employs between 20 and 30 new trainees in Anatom­i­cal Pathol­o­gy across the state each year.

Find out more about our Anatom­i­cal Pathol­o­gy train­ing pro­gram here.

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