Survey of UK histopathology consultants' attitudes towards academic and molecular pathology.
Scarlet F BrockmoellerCaroline YoungJessica LeeMark J ArendsBridget S WilkinsGareth J ThomasKarin A OienLouise JonesKeith D HunterPublished in: Journal of clinical pathology (2019)
The survey reveals that the academic workforce is skewed towards senior individuals, many of whom are approaching retirement, with a missing cohort of 'junior consultant' academic pathologists to replace them. Most pathologists stop formal research activity at the beginning of a consultant career. While molecular pathology is an increasing part of a pathologist's workload, the majority of consultant cellular pathologists have not received any formal molecular training.