Are we better than cardiologists at reading EKGs?

I've realized over the years that I read an inordinate amount of EKGs throughout my shifts. Alot of these are ordered out in triage and unecessary in my opinion but we still have to read them. I wondered if with all of these reads this makes us more competent than any other specialty in reading EKGs. I would assume a cardiologist doesn't order an EKG on every single patient in the clinic. Obviously it's difficult to make a statement that just because we read more we are therefore better... Read more
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