Cardiologists
Description: What do they do?
Diagnose, treat, manage, and prevent diseases or conditions of the cardiovascular system. May further subspecialize in interventional procedures (e.g., balloon angioplasty and stent placement), echocardiography, or electrophysiology.
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Projected Growth: Average
Projected Openings: 600
Percentage Employed by Industry: 93%
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Typical Tasks: What You Might do in a Day
- Administer medical substances for imaging or other procedures.
- Advise communities or institutions regarding health or safety issues.
- Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment.
- Calculate numerical data for medical activities.
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
- Conduct diagnostic tests to determine patient health.
- Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
- Confer with clients to discuss treatment plans or progress.
- Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.
- Develop medical treatment plans.
- Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
- Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
- Monitor patients following surgeries or other treatments.
- Operate diagnostic imaging equipment.
- Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
- Operate on patients to treat conditions.
- Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
- Prescribe medications.
- Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
- Record patient medical histories.
- Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
- Supervise patient care personnel.
- Test patient heart or lung functioning.
- Train medical providers.
- Treat medical emergencies.
Interests
- People who work in this occupation generally have the interest code: IRS.
- This means people who work in this occupation generally have Investigative interests, but also prefer Realistic and Social environments.
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- Allergists and Immunologists
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
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STEM Occupation
This Occupation is a part of STEM Occupations.
Description: This occupation is a STEM career. That means it is heavy on Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics.
Job Family: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
STEM Occupation Type:
- Research
- Development
- Design
- and Practitioners
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