After graduation
If you don't have significant electrophysiology experience in your fellowship, we'll recommend participating in a comprehensive programme that involves research and extended clinical training for two to three years (PhD programme). An optional funded year of research training (PhD programme) is possible to allow a translational animal laboratory or basic clinical electrophysiology experience.
What have you learnt?
Programme objectives
- achieve excellence in all areas of arrhythmia and pacing management;
- develop expertise in the diagnosis and management of arrhythmias disorders, including invasive and noninvasive testing, and all therapeutic modalities including medical management, device implantation and follow-up, catheter ablation and clinical cardio-genetic;
- participate in all activities of the Heart Rhythm Management Centre, at Brussels University Hospital; meet arrhythmia patients to observe, diagnose, manage, and judge the effectiveness of treatments;
- get the opportunity to assume continuing and increasing responsibility for both acutely and chronically-ill patients, to learn the natural history of a wide variety of cardiac arrhythmias and how to treat them. You will be given increasing responsibility in invasive procedures in the EP laboratory;
- participate to consult with patients with arrhythmias and implanted devices in the intensive care units and other inpatient units;
- rotate among each of the EP faculty clinics as well as the outpatient device clinic to observe and manage patients longitudinally, and acquire experience with device follow-up and management.
Are you aware that VUB sometimes looks for medical specialists?
That's right! You can build an exciting and meaningful career as a medical specialist here at your alma mater. As a large organisation we look for very diverse profiles.
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