What *exactly* does a morgue assistant do? Salary, education for, etc.? As different than a medical examiner?

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Please feel free to bring up any information about the job that I have not specifically asked for (such as hours, internships, etc.), if you are privy to such information.

Also, notwithstanding the guidelines of NAME (name.org), how much work and what type of work (really!) does the assistant do (for less pay) as opposed to the medical examiner/ forensic pathologist?

Thanks!

Any other "job titles" for this same job?

Answer 1

If you are really investigating this profession, you need to know that the term "diener" (pronounced dee-ner) is used more often among people in the industry. It has fallen out of favor due to the fact that it is the German word for "servant" or "slave", and traditionally, many of the dieners were black men, and thus the term was deemed offensive. It is still quite often used, nonetheless.

Dieners require no formal education, only on the job training. They clean and take clothing off the body, they move it to the autopsy table. They prepare the instruments. In many places, they actually cut the body open and remove the organs. In some offices, the pathologist does that. In almost all places, they open the head and remove the brain. They pretty much work the same hours as the pathologists do, which in many places is 8-5 with some weekends.

The pathologist dissects the organs, looking for disease or injury. He/she also prepares the autopsy report, and looks at the microscopic slides, signs death certificates, and testifies in court, in depositions and does a lot of public speaking. To be a pathologist, that requires completion of med school, pathology residency (5 years) and forensic path fellowship (1 year), in addition to passing all sorts of national standardized tests or board exams.

If you want something in between, there are four colleges in the US that offer degree's programs for pathology assistants. Those are four year programs, after high school. In many places, degrees path assistants take on much of the work, like examining surgical specimens grossly and selecting the areas for microscopic exam. They basically do much of the work, but the pathologist reviews and signs the report. Degreed path assistants are hot property and you will always have job opportunities.

Answer 2

Morgue Assistant

Answer 3

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What *exactly* does a morgue assistant do? Salary, education for, etc.? As different than a medical examiner?
Please feel free to bring up any information about the job that I have not specifically asked for (such as hours, internships, etc.), if you are privy to such information.

Also, notwithstanding the guidelines of NAME (name.org), how much work and what type of work (really!) does the assistant do...

Answer 4

Autopsy Technician Salary

Answer 5

In my experiences speaking with th techs, their pay is not very good at all, (that coming from techs in both Baltimore and Pittburgh city morgues). The average salary was about $27,000, whereas the salary for the pathologist was $120,000. Of course, the patholgist is a doctor with 7 years of schooling, ans the techs usually are trained on the job or have minimal college education. The techs make the incisions and remove and weigh the organs, the pathologist dissects and analyzes them. Hope this helps, take care!

Answer 6

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You need to go to medical school and specialize in anatomical pathology. 4 years undergrad 4 years med schools 5 years training

Answer 7

In my years in pathology, the morgue assistant placed the body on the table and prepared the instrument tray. When I finished, he disposed of the bowel and sewed the other organs back in the body. He was essentially an orderly and his salary and training was of this kind. Taking a black man fresh off the street he learned the job in one day.