medenv Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hello everyone I really cannot find any information about Hematology on this site. Can anyone out there shed some light on the field? 1) Does it have any procedures? 2) Is there a lot of lab work or is it all patient work? 3) Type of work: what are the bread and butter cases? 4) Lifestyle: hours/week, call?, pressure 5) Compensation: range of expected salary in big cities and community, more than GIM?, overhead. 6) Competitiveness 7) Job opportunities (also can they work in rural areas?) I see it is more popular than Med Oncology (looking at number of applicants), any reason for that? Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medenv Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Are there no hematology or IM residents here that know answers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 i'm not qualified to answer your questions... but here are some links to what hematology is about... http://sites.google.com/site/queenshematologyprogram/ http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/abbasalsaeed/Pages/Whatdoesahematologistdo.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematology perhaps this will get the ball rolling. from personal experience, my fiancee's hematologist has never once had to do a serious clinical procedure with her... it seems like they are more scientists than clinical practitioners (this is based only on our interactions regarding my fiancee's specific treatment). she does have clinic days where she sees patients, does physical exams, discusses test results and adjusts treatment plans... and she is on the bone marrow and transplant team so she is involved in transplants, but to what capacity i'm not sure... from everything i've read it seems to be more of a hands off field... again, i have no real solid information other than what i've read and gleaned from interactions with my fiancee's hematologist. i also don't think they bill... i could not find my fiancee's hematologist listed on the msp billings for any of the last few years so they may be contracted by the hospitals they work for. good luck in your quest for information. have you ever thought of emailing a program at a school to see if they can provide you with the information... just to see if they will actually respond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2MD Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 You can also find info here: http://www.cma.ca/index.php?ci_id=53559&la_id=1 (scroll down) and here: http://rcpsc.medical.org/information/index.php?specialty=430&submit=Select C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech10 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hello everyone I really cannot find any information about Hematology on this site. Can anyone out there shed some light on the field? 1) Does it have any procedures? 2) Is there a lot of lab work or is it all patient work? 3) Type of work: what are the bread and butter cases? 4) Lifestyle: hours/week, call?, pressure 5) Compensation: range of expected salary in big cities and community, more than GIM?, overhead. 6) Competitiveness 7) Job opportunities (also can they work in rural areas?) I see it is more popular than Med Oncology (looking at number of applicants), any reason for that? Many thanks. 1 - bone marrow biopsies and reviewing blood films are pretty much it 2 - a mix of both 3 - anemia, venous thromboembolism, and leukemia/lymphoma are the major clinical entities 4 - lifestyle is generally excellent, call is benign 5 - compensation is on the lower end of medical subspecialties, except for those who do large thrombosis clinics 6 - moderately competitive, but fluctuates significantly from year to year 7 - few jobs in rural areas, in fact, few in community hospitals in general. Often some clinical overlap with the oncologists. Most jobs are in academic centres, quite specialized, and research often a significant component. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 1 - bone marrow biopsies and reviewing blood films are pretty much it2 - a mix of both 3 - anemia, venous thromboembolism, and leukemia/lymphoma are the major clinical entities 4 - lifestyle is generally excellent, call is benign 5 - compensation is on the lower end of medical subspecialties, except for those who do large thrombosis clinics 6 - moderately competitive, but fluctuates significantly from year to year 7 - few jobs in rural areas, in fact, few in community hospitals in general. Often some clinical overlap with the oncologists. Most jobs are in academic centres, quite specialized, and research often a significant component. it's funny, because the bone marrow biopsy my fiancee got was not done by her hematologist... the hematologist reviewed the results of the tests that were run, but was not a part of the actual procedure. perhaps she's the exception not the norm. p.s. a bone marrow biopsy sucks big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech10 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 They're not difficult, and general internists also do them frequently. Agreed, they don't look like fun on the receiving end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK81 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 How does the compensation compare with GIM? Is it uncommon to do Heme/Onc like in the US? There are very few pure hematologists in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamak Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 How competitive is it to match to a spot in Ontario in R4? Do most people back up with another subspeciality? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gb35 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 How competitive is it to match to a spot in Ontario in R4? Do most people back up with another subspeciality? thanks +1 I'd like to know this as well. Hematology rrreally interests me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liszt Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 How competitive is it to match to a spot in Ontario in R4? Do most people back up with another subspeciality? thanks According to the 2010 R4 match statistics there were 30 people who ranked hematology as their first choice discipline for 34 total spots (not sure what the "particulier" spots are all about -- maybe someone else does?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 It varies from year to year, usually most people apply to 3-6 programs, but not super competitive to require back-up with oter programs (IM). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamak Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 It varies from year to year, usually most people apply to 3-6 programs, but not super competitive to require back-up with oter programs (IM). Thanks for the info, do you know what the top three programs are for hematology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchepsout Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 How does the compensation compare with GIM? Is it uncommon to do Heme/Onc like in the US? There are very few pure hematologists in the US. I don't know about the rest of Canada but in Quebec most oncologists did hematology and then a fellowship in oncology. Therefore hemato-oncologists have patients with hematologic cancers but also all the other cancers and they are responsible for the chemo treatments. It's ususally 9-5 schedule (but very busy) and the onco-hematologist I talked to said that regarding the calls, they split it within the group, which is made up of 12 hematologists in her hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebouque Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Are you sure it's 2 years heme + 1 year fellowship in med onc? Or is it a 3 years combined subspecialty (not including fellowship)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchepsout Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm not sure about it. You might be right because the md I was talking to did a fellow at UofT at the blood bank for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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