Beyond the Stethoscope - Episode 2: Choosing a sub-specialty: Interventional cardiology and Electrophysiology.
Building a career in interventional cardiology and overcoming barriers to procedural training:
· How to decide if interventional cardiology is the right fit for you.
· Why women often receive fewer procedural opportunities and how to recognise it.
· Practical strategies to increase cath lab exposure and gain operator confidence.
· How to know when a subspecialty isn't the right fit and when it's okay to change direction.
· Advocating for yourself professionally without creating conflict.
· Advice for trainees considering intervention.
Electrophysiology as a career and creating equitable procedural training:
· What attracts trainees to electrophysiology and who is best suited to it.
· How consultants can actively create equitable procedural training opportunities.
· What makes a trainee stand out in the EP lab.
· Building confidence in procedural environments.
· Advice for trainees considering EP.