For this quarter, there were 58 job postings for full time or part time pathologists at PathologyOutlines.com, which form the basis for the statistics below. We have excluded postings that were only for locum, PhD, residency, fellowship or non-Pathologist positions. Of the 58 postings, 54 were for 1 position, 1 was for 2 positions and 3 were for an unspecified number of positions greater than one. One ad specified 2 distinct positions with different features, so for the statistics below, we are assuming that there were 59 ads.
Of the 59 ads, 28 (47%) were for academic positions, and 31 (53%) were for non-academic positions. We define academic as an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor position at a University.
For this quarter, jobs were posted from 24 of 50 states in the US and 4 provinces in Canada. New York had 8 ads and California had 5 ads.
Totals by regions: (click here for map of US regions):
Regions:
| USA - Midwest | 12 | 20.3% |
| USA - Northeast | 16 | 27.1% |
| USA - South | 14 | 23.7% |
| USA - West | 13 | 22.0% |
| Canada | 4 | 8.9% |
| Totals | 59 | 100.0% |
Almost all ads required board certification or eligibility. 69% of postings required AP or AP/CP Board certification/eligibility.
Minimum requirements (board certified/board eligible):
| AP | 23 | 39.0% |
| AP/CP | 18 | 30.5% |
| AP or CP | 9 | 15.3% |
| CP | 5 | 8.5% |
| Not indicated | 4 | 6.8% |
| Totals | 59 | 100.1% |
Most jobs required fellowship training or strong subspecialty experience. For this period, the most common subspecialties listed were Hematopathology, Cytopathology, Surgical Pathology of some type and GI / Liver. To determine the statistics below, we tried to determine from the text of the ads what fellowship training was essential for a Pathologist, or what the type of position was (Director, Medical Director).
Required training (experience):
| None specified | 14 | 23.7% |
| Hematopathology | 10 | 16.9% |
| Cytopathology | 9 | 15.3% |
| Surg Path fellowship | 6 | 10.2% |
| GI / Liver | 5 | 8.5% |
| Transfusion medicine | 4 | 6.8% |
| Clinical Path | 3 | 5.1% |
| Dermatopathology | 3 | 5.1% |
| GU | 3 | 5.1% |
| Molecular | 3 | 5.1% |
| Pediatrics | 2 | 3.4% |
| Breast | 1 | 1.7% |
| Chief | 1 | 1.7% |
| Gyn | 1 | 1.7% |
| Medical Director | 1 | 1.7% |
| Neuropathology | 1 | 1.7% |
| Renal | 1 | 1.7% |
| Research | 1 | 1.7% |
| Totals | 69 |
Twenty seven of the 59 ads also listed one of more subspecialties that would be "an asset" or otherwise helpful. The most common were Breast, Molecular and Research (for academic institutions).
Other desired specialities:
| Breast | 9 | 15.3% |
| Molecular | 5 | 8.5% |
| Research | 5 | 8.5% |
| GI | 4 | 6.8% |
| Gyn | 4 | 6.8% |
| Cytopathology | 3 | 5.1% |
| Hematopathology | 3 | 5.1% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 3.4% |
| Dermatopathology | 2 | 3.4% |
| Surg Path fellowship | 1 | 6.2% |
| GU | 1 | 4.6% |
| Bone & Soft Tissue | 1 | 1.7% |
| Clinical Path | 1 | 1.7% |
| Coagulation | 1 | 1.7% |
| Informatics | 1 | 1.7% |
| Lung | 1 | 1.7% |
| Renal | 1 | 1.7% |
| Transfusion Medicine | 1 | 1.7% |
| Totals | 46 |
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