Optometry vs Cardiac physiology

Moon12”

I have offers for both, pros and cons of both please thanks so much

Reply 1

normaw

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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

Moon12”

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

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?

Reply 4

S.I.

Hi there,

What did you decide to do? What swayed you to do one over the other? I'm in a similiar position, and really would appreciate any insight into both of these careers.

Thanks alot.

Reply 5

normaw

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by S.I.

Hi there,

What did you decide to do? What swayed you to do one over the other? I'm in a similiar position, and really would appreciate any insight into both of these careers.

Thanks alot.

The best way to decide if it is right for you is to gain some shadowing experience for both roles. Try to organise some as soon as possible.

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Reply 6

Moon12”

Original post

by S.I.

Hi there,
What did you decide to do? What swayed you to do one over the other? I'm in a similiar position, and really would appreciate any insight into both of these careers.
Thanks alot.

Hi, I decided on cardiac physiology both are good careers there’s more progression and specialties in CP in my opinion pay wise optom is typically better however if u go locum CP it does match that. If you have any specific questions I can answer them

Reply 7

leosoj

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by Moon12”

I have offers for both, pros and cons of both please thanks so much

Hello I am in year 13 and i want to do optometry but i want to do cardiac physiology as a backup. My predicted grades are 3 As and i don't know how to write a personal statement for both. Also could you tell me how you wrote yours and tell me what you got predicted and what you got in the end and the offers you got and the universities. This would help so much.

Reply 8

Moon12”

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by leonasoji

Hii,

I write two separate personal statements and agreed with the uni to send my optometry one on separate

Also I ended up going for cardiac physiology
I applied for optom at Bradford tees and Ulster and got offers

And for CP man met and Leeds and both offers came in