You may know that becoming a doctor requires a lot of education. In the US, that generally includes an undergraduate degree followed by a 4-year professional school (MD/DO, DVM/VMD), which may be then followed by an internship and residency to allow for specialization.

What happens after the formal training ends? More learning! Medical knowledge, from the basics of disease through the most cutting-edge way to treat disease, is expanding exponentially so practitioners need to be learning throughout their entire career.

There are many avenues for continued learning in veterinary pathology! Some include:

• Journals such as Veterinary Pathology, Toxicologic Pathology, and Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation publish peer-reviewed manuscripts relating to animal disease with a focus on pathology and diagnostics
• Other journals such as Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animals, and Comparative Medicine publish peer-reviewed manuscripts relating to veterinary medicine and animal disease in domestic and laboratory animal species
• Conferences and seminars planned by professional organizations including the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, the Society of Toxicologic Pathology, and the Davis-Thompson Foundation
• Online pathology repositories including Noah’s Arkive and Noah’s Slidebox (hosted by the Davis-Thompson Foundation), and Veterinary Systemic Pathology and Wednesday Slide Conference (hosted by the Joint Pathology Conference)