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Hi everyone,
Today I was fortunate enough to shadow a private practice interventional cardiologist and saw a whopping 8 cases in one day.
In the few minutes of lunch break we had, I tried really probing my mentor for a ten year outlook in terms of research and expansion in intervention but he was quite vague mentioning perhaps valve replacements and septal defects...
I also ran into an EP but he didn't go into specifics either for his field...
So overall, I don't really have a sense of what the field could be like in 10 years (when I would actually start working).
I want to be in something that will constantly grow, expand, and change (academic setting as well). So I am currently in between cards and hem/onc but sort of towards hem/onc after today.
Summary - two questions
1) What is your overall standpoint on the ten year outlook for interventional and EP cards individually in terms of research and expansion?
2) Where does a low life medical student try to find editorials/reviews/big picture thinkers of the respective fields?
Thank you for your opinions and information.
Today I was fortunate enough to shadow a private practice interventional cardiologist and saw a whopping 8 cases in one day.
In the few minutes of lunch break we had, I tried really probing my mentor for a ten year outlook in terms of research and expansion in intervention but he was quite vague mentioning perhaps valve replacements and septal defects...
I also ran into an EP but he didn't go into specifics either for his field...
So overall, I don't really have a sense of what the field could be like in 10 years (when I would actually start working).
I want to be in something that will constantly grow, expand, and change (academic setting as well). So I am currently in between cards and hem/onc but sort of towards hem/onc after today.
Summary - two questions
1) What is your overall standpoint on the ten year outlook for interventional and EP cards individually in terms of research and expansion?
2) Where does a low life medical student try to find editorials/reviews/big picture thinkers of the respective fields?
Thank you for your opinions and information.