Joining the AAPT

The AAPT represents members who work in both hospital and public mortuaries and is acknowledged as the guiding body to represent the healthcare science field of anatomical pathology technology.

The AAPT offers 3 levels of membership for Anatomical Pathology Technologists and a grade for those who wish to be affiliated to the AAPT:

Fellow
To apply for the Fellow grade, a technologist will hold as a minimum requirement the Royal Institute of Public Health Diploma of Anatomical Pathology Technology. The Council of the AAPT will consider a non-UK educational equivalent to the Diploma for those technologists working and qualified from overseas.

Member
To apply for the Member grade, a technologist will hold as a minimum requirement the Royal Institute of Public Health Certificate of Anatomical Pathology Technology. The Council of the AAPT will consider a non-UK educational equivalent to the Certificate for those technologists working and qualified from overseas.

Student
To apply for the Student grade, an individual will be employed as a trainee technologist and be working towards the qualifications required to be a Member of the AAPT.

Affiliate Member
This grade is for those who wish to be affiliated to the AAPT. For example: pathologists, histopathology biomedical scientists or technologists working overseas without equivalent qualifications to the Diploma and Certificate.

At all membership levels, an application must be supported by a signed proposal from a full member of the AAPT or pathologist.

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Why join? Membership benefits of the AAPT

Last updated: July 2008