(Hons) Clinical Physiology (Cardiac Physiology) University of Plymouth

Overview

Graduates of the (Hons) Clinical Physiology (Cardiac Physiology) degree from the University of Plymouth work in a range of healthcare settings to deliver quality assured tests, diagnostic investigations and interventions for patients/clients.

Career

• Physiological scientists

Physiological scientists investigate the functioning of body systems to diagnose abnormalities, providing key scientific and technological roles in the prevention, diagnosis and monitoring of disease. Using specialist equipment, advanced technologies and a range of different procedures in the course of their work, physiological scientists provide therapeutic intervention and long-term patient management and care.

• Clinical physiologists

Clinical physiologists work closely with patients, to monitor heart and lung function in patients with chronic diseases. We focus on understanding the medicine underpinning human health, and the development of processes that result in different disease states. There is a key emphasis on the clinical pathology and diagnosis of human disease, and available treatment strategies. Clinical physiologists are key members of multi-disciplinary NHS clinical teams, working to inform and support cardiologists, doctors, nurses, cardiac surgeons, clinical perfusionists, anaesthetists, and operating theatre practitioners, to deliver diagnoses, treatment and patient centred care.