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So I just finished a peds cardiology elective in my 3rd year and my thoughts this as a possible career were definitely confirmed by the elective as I loved it.
My question is what is everybody's thoughts about peds vs. med/peds for peds cardiology.
Peds is obvious, so I'll give the reason why I'm thinking med/peds. In addition to liking both IM and peds clerkships, I liked the adults with congenital patients who I saw on my elective. This population is exploding and they have their own interesting issues.
My school has a special section of the peds cardio department that sees these patients. One of the faculty was a person who did med/peds before peds cardiology fellowship. However, there were other peds cardiologists who saw the adults with congenital who were not med/peds trained so one can clearly do this field without being med/peds trained.
Med/peds definitely makes sense to me if one was planning a primary care or hospitalist where you can see adults and kids. However, do you guys think it makes sense to do med/peds when I know I want to go into peds cardiology? (even with the adult congenital stuff)
What do yo guys think?
My question is what is everybody's thoughts about peds vs. med/peds for peds cardiology.
Peds is obvious, so I'll give the reason why I'm thinking med/peds. In addition to liking both IM and peds clerkships, I liked the adults with congenital patients who I saw on my elective. This population is exploding and they have their own interesting issues.
My school has a special section of the peds cardio department that sees these patients. One of the faculty was a person who did med/peds before peds cardiology fellowship. However, there were other peds cardiologists who saw the adults with congenital who were not med/peds trained so one can clearly do this field without being med/peds trained.
Med/peds definitely makes sense to me if one was planning a primary care or hospitalist where you can see adults and kids. However, do you guys think it makes sense to do med/peds when I know I want to go into peds cardiology? (even with the adult congenital stuff)
What do yo guys think?