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Optometry vs Cardiac physiology

I have offers for both, pros and cons of both please thanks so much
Original post by Moon12”
I have offers for both, pros and cons of both please thanks so much


Shift patterns - will you work nights and weekends for cp?

Reply 2

I actually don’t think no it’s more of a 9-5 thing can be occasional on call from what I’ve seen

Reply 3

Optometry has more opportunities for self-employment. Most are employed in high street / retail opticians, you have to ask yourself is this something you are interested in? Would you find helping large volumes of people with vital routine eye care fulfilling, or would it be monotonous for you?

There seem to be fewer available jobs in cardiac physiology. Presumably, it is harder to get into as one of the PTP streams? What's the career pathway like? Do you need to do the STP to progress in the field?
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Original post by FourLeggedFriend
Optometry has more opportunities for self-employment. Most are employed in high street / retail opticians, you have to ask yourself is this something you are interested in? Would you find helping large volumes of people with vital routine eye care fulfilling, or would it be monotonous for you?
There seem to be fewer available jobs in cardiac physiology. Presumably, it is harder to get into as one of the PTP streams? What's the career pathway like? Do you need to do the STP to progress in the field?


I think for CP it’s just an undergrad degree and to specialise into like echo it’s an ETP program I know Optom has more opportunities but I think I need a better understanding on CP I can’t find alot on it

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