Guest copacetic Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 what kind of procedures do general noninvasive cardiologists do? especially in a community hospital setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellow Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 yes, this is an interesting question. does anyone have any ideas? B-U-M-P! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech10 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Echo, treadmill stress tests, and diagnostic caths are commonly done by community general cardiologists, even in a large centre like Toronto. As you get further away, add in more and more procedures. ECGs and Holters are also done of course, and general internists can do these in many centres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest copacetic Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 so if there are a bunch of GIM folks in a centre, and one general Cards, who is gonna do the cards procedures? like what happens if the GIM guys have been doing the cards stuff for years and a cards guy comes along. who does what? and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech10 Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 When a new doc gets hired, if he's joining an existing department, he'll usually get some portion of the existing work. If it's a new specialist where there were none before, like in your example, it depends on the deal reached between the new guy and the administration. If the previous generalists still want to keep doing those procedures, they'll usually work out some way to split them (eg, MWF GIM does the stress testing, TTh Cards does). If they don't want to do the procedures, they'll give them up. Also, many community cardiologists have their equipment in their office outside the hospital. If they advertise well, they can get direct referrals from family docs and other internists for the procedures and bypass the need to share with the other docs in the hospital. Downside is they have to pay the capital costs for the equipment themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest copacetic Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 ive also noticed that general cards seems to be dying. everybody is sub specializing (presumably because they want to work in major cities where youre better of sub specializing). is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech10 Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Not sure. This may be due to the fact that as residents, we only see the fellows that stay on to subspecialize. Those that leave as general cardiologists are lost from sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 I was wondering.... if one was interested in pursuing a cardiology focused practice in the community, is it even necessary to do a additional 3 year cardio fellowship after IM? What is the advantage of doing a cardio fellowship if your end plan is to work in a community practice? I was under the impression that general internists can also have a cardio focused job in the community. Is it that the only advantage of doing a cardio fellowship is to be able to work in a university centre with cath, imaging, etc facilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 http://rcpsc.medical.org/residency/GIM_faq_e.pdf The above document describes how general internal medicine specialists are better able to focus on a subspecialty versus the 4 year IM trained people. General internal medicine will require 5 (3+2) years soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome88 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 http://rcpsc.medical.org/residency/GIM_faq_e.pdf The above document describes how general internal medicine specialists are better able to focus on a subspecialty versus the 4 year IM trained people. General internal medicine will require 5 (3+2) years soon. What do you do if you want to specialize in Cardiology? Would it be after GIM or after IM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebouque Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 What do you do if you want to specialize in Cardiology? Would it be after GIM or after IM? After IM: 3 years IM + 3 years cardio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome88 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 After IM: 3 years IM + 3 years cardio Deleted...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebouque Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 I don't know what you deleted but i just realized that my post might be confusiong. You do cardio after the 3 years of core IM. Therefore : 3 years of IM + 3 years of cardio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome88 Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 I don't know what you deleted but i just realized that my post might be confusiong. You do cardio after the 3 years of core IM.Therefore : 3 years of IM + 3 years of cardio Thanks, I got it. I just decided to make a new thread instead of posting my questions here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholastica Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 You will have to apply for a cardiology fellowship during your 3rd year of core internal medicine training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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