combine surgery and medicine?

[James]

You will need and MD or PhD, relevant to Cardiology. Your BMedSci will be worth nothing.

[Dr Noodle]

Originally Posted by sai7608

BTW theres really good research going on with stem-cells and the heart at the mo, and in the future i feel, stem cells will play a big part in alot of medicine!

feel free to correct me if im wrong!

If religion doesn't get in the way...

[clc26]

[quote=sai7608;612834]Further degreeS? Im about to get one in biomed, then hopefully medicine and then i have to get anotherone? Well i would have thought that would be enough to put some people off! lol

And yeah the heart is pretty straight forward to learn, the diseases arent too bad to remember either (i got a whole module on cardiovascular diseases next semester) and the treatments sound pretty straightforward".



yeh as someone has mentioned, to get ahead in the field of cardiology and indeed even to get a specialist training post, you had to do an MD at least or phd. with the system changing they sought to change this so ppl wouldnt have to necessarily get further degrees but the fact remains if you want to get ahead then you need to research!

and yes the heart as one organ with its blood vessels is "straightforward" but this doesnt mean cardiology is an easy or straightforward speciality. in fact its one of the most difficult subjects i have come up against! its bloody hard trying to hear some murmurs let alone know which type. and then there is all the arrhythmias! very difficult, and the treatment is tricky to; it involves mapping out the abberant pathways/tissue and burning it. and you can be in theatre for 4-5 hours tring to do this :-(

but ont he whole, the bread and butter stuff is MIs, heart failure, isheamic heart disease and common arrhytmias like atrial fibrillation, which are not too difficult.

[sai7608]

Originally Posted by James

You will need and MD or PhD, relevant to Cardiology. Your BMedSci will be worth nothing.

Ok, bit harsh!
I know in terms of cardiology it will be worthless but i heard that i get an extra mark on my FY1 application? Maybe three years for one mark maybe worth something in the end!

[sai7608]

Originally Posted by clc26

yeh as someone has mentioned, to get ahead in the field of cardiology and indeed even to get a specialist training post, you had to do an MD at least or phd. with the system changing they sought to change this so ppl wouldnt have to necessarily get further degrees but the fact remains if you want to get ahead then you need to research!

and yes the heart as one organ with its blood vessels is "straightforward" but this doesnt mean cardiology is an easy or straightforward speciality. in fact its one of the most difficult subjects i have come up against! its bloody hard trying to hear some murmurs let alone know which type. and then there is all the arrhythmias! very difficult, and the treatment is tricky to; it involves mapping out the abberant pathways/tissue and burning it. and you can be in theatre for 4-5 hours tring to do this :-(

but ont he whole, the bread and butter stuff is MIs, heart failure, isheamic heart disease and common arrhytmias like atrial fibrillation, which are not too difficult.

So in that sense it would be wise to do an intercalated MSc in cardiology in say 4th year to get a head of the pack?

BTW CLC2, have you done much on OBN/GYN? Im doing a unit on human reproductive biology, and its pretty good, so was quiet interested in OBN/GYN. Any insight anyone?

[sai7608]

Originally Posted by Dr Noodle

If religion doesn't get in the way...

lol religion doesn't get in the way, people do! and these people aren't always religious. "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind" said by the great one himself!

[James]

sai7608 don't waste your time doing an MSC in cardiology at your stage. You may love the subject now but who knows if you will feel the same way in 5 years. Concentrate on passing med school, getting a good F1/2 job and obtaining a specialist training post in medicine. Then most importantly get MRCP. If, at that point, you still want to be a cardiologist then go off and do an MD/PhD.

[clc26]

if you wish to intercalate then yeh an MSc in cardiology would stand you in good stead (or a iBSc like i did in cardiovascular sciences) but iv not heard of being able to do an MSc in caridology as an intercalation............

yes i am doing my obs and gynae block presently. wat do u want to know specifically?

[Dr Noodle]

Originally Posted by sai7608

lol religion doesn't get in the way, people do! and these people aren't always religious. "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind" said by the great one himself!

Ha! Good catch, my bad