Forensic pathologist involves working in a lab examining dead bodies, blood samples, and other evidence to determine causes of death. The work requires extensive education, including a bachelor's degree, medical degree, and 4-5 years of residency training. Starting annual salaries are around $70,000, increasing up to $170,000 with experience. While the field is growing at a normal rate, employment is best in large cities with high crime rates where detailed analysis is most needed.
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4. Where does work take place? Work takes place in a forensic lab.
5. Working conditions Working conditions: you would be working inside in a forensic lab, working with dead bodies (frown), and other various things involving the lab such as blood sample tests and DNA.
6. What is the size of the occupation ? There are actually two different fields that you could go into, but your best choice would be medical
7. Training needed Education starts out at a bachelors degree followed by a medical degree and 4-5 years residency.
8. Possibilities of moving to higher position In the field of forensics it is about as high as you can get in the field, but you can go higher in pathology
9. What can you expect to earn when you start? Y o u c a n e x p e c t t o m a k e $70,000 a n n u a l l y , b u t a s t i m e p r o g r e s s e s y o u c a n m a k e u p t o $170,000 What can you expect to earn when you start?
10. Future prospects of the job. The field is growing at a normal rate. I would have to move to a big city and a place where there is a high crime and death rate.
11. You would use a lot of writing and reading because you would have to read files and reports. You would have to write a lot because you must write your own reports and findings.
12. Forensic Pathology Forensic pathology helps a lot with figuring out the cause and time of death and can put families at ease knowing what actually happened. That is my reasoning behind wanting to do this, not because I like dead people.
