Cardiologist
Diagnose and treat problems involving the cardiovascular system
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What's it like to be a Cardiologist?
Cardiologists are specialist doctors who diagnose and treat problems involving the cardiovascular system, including the heart and blood vessels. Cardiologists treat heart conditions and diseases and help patients manage their heart conditions, such as those with heart disease, or those with coronary, valvular, heart muscle and heart rhythm disorders. Cardiology is a specialist area of medicine and it takes serval years to achieve employment in this area.
Tasks and duties
- Asking patients questions in order to make a diagnosis, such as finding out if the patient has experienced shortness of breath, unexplained dizziness following exertion, or tightness in their chest.
- Diagnosing and treating diseases of the cardiovascular system.
- Carrying out tests, and performing certain procedures, such as heart catheterisations (i.e. the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart), angioplasty (i.e. the surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery), and inserting pacemakers.
- Performing treadmill stress tests or calcium scoring to assess calcium deposits on a patient’s coronary arteries.
How to become a Cardiologist
To become a Cardiologist, you must first complete a medical degree at university. Medicine courses are open to anyone who is 17 and over and has completed Year 12 with appropriate prerequisite subjects, including one or more of the following subjects: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics.
- Complete the double degree Bachelor of Medical Studies / Doctor of Medicine.
- Alternatively, complete an undergraduate degree followed by a Doctor of Medicine.
- Work in the public hospital system for two years (completing both your Internship and Residency).
- Doctors interested in becoming a Cardiologist can apply to the Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners to undertake further training and ultimately receive Fellowship which normally takes at least six years of study while working as a doctor. The Advanced Training in Cardiology requires three years of full-time equivalent training. Successful trainees will be admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).
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Sep 2023
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1 – 4 years
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Small (1-19 employees)
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Working for Specialist is not as stressful as General Practice.
If you work for a pleasant Specialist you will never want to leave that postion.
The hourly rate is most time at a higher rate than Gene...
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There was nothing not to like about working for Specialist
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