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Update 3/21/2017: I ended up matching into general surgery. I didn't decide on what I wanted to do until the end of 3rd year. I actually enjoyed every rotation during 3rd year (except psychiatry), but surgery was the best fit for me. So looks like the results were fairly accurate, at least for me.

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For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, SDN has a pretty interesting quiz that matches certain specialties with your personal characteristics/goals/interests/ambitions/etc:

How to Choose a Medical Specialty

As someone about to start medical school, I'm curious to see how my interests will change over time. The results of the quiz were pretty much as I would have expected (more procedure-based specialties towards the top). I set an alarm in my Google calendar that will send me multiple emails at various stages of medical school, so hopefully I'll be able to return to this thread periodically and comment on if and how my interests have changed.

So, to anyone reading: what specialties do you think you might be interested in? Do your results surprise you in any way?

And to make it clear: I'm well aware that I can't possibly know what I'll eventually specialize in. That's the point of starting this thread. To track my interests from someone essentially naive to all but a couple of specialties to a medical student making an informed decision.

Edit: A thread with a link to this quiz has been posted in the hSDN forum, but I thought it would be interesting to get feedback from others about to start medical school, and to update it over time (i.e. hopefully it's distinct enough to avoid the :lock:).

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Diagnostic rads 86% personality match. Yup, I'd say that's about right.
 
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I thought it was a little silly....

Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 99% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 97% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 96% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 96% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine 96% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 95% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 95% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 94% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 94% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 94% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 93% Personality Match
Surgery - General 93% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General 92% Personality Match
Pathology 92% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 92% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 91% Personality Match
Family Medicine 91% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 90% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 90% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 90% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 89% Personality Match
Urology 88% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 87% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 86% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 84% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 83% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 82% Personality Match
Neurology 82% Personality Match
Ophthalmology 80% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 80% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 79% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 79% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 78% Personality Match
Psychiatry 78% Personality Match
Dermatology 74% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 73% Personality Match
Pediatrics 72% Personality Match
 
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IM - Oncology : 63%

Yeah, I don't know what I want. Yet.
 
I thought it was a little silly....

Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 99% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 97% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 96% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 96% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine 96% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 95% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 95% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 94% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 94% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 94% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 93% Personality Match
Surgery - General 93% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General 92% Personality Match
Pathology 92% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 92% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 91% Personality Match
Family Medicine 91% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 90% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 90% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 90% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 89% Personality Match
Urology 88% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 87% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 86% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 84% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 83% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 82% Personality Match
Neurology 82% Personality Match
Ophthalmology 80% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 80% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 79% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 79% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 78% Personality Match
Psychiatry 78% Personality Match
Dermatology 74% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 73% Personality Match
Pediatrics 72% Personality Match

Vascular surgery was probably 115%, so it didn't display properly.
 
Surgery or bust for me.
 
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I'll join ya. Probably will just edit this post as time goes on. Not that I take any stock in this at all, but it's fun nonetheless.

Radiology - Radiation Oncology 82% Personality Match
Pathology 79% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 78% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 78% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 77% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 76% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 76% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 74% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 74% Personality Match
Urology 74% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 73% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 73% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 73% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 72% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 72% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 72% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 72% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 71% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 71% Personality Match
Surgery - General 71% Personality Match
Pediatrics 71% Personality Match
Ophthalmology 71% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 71% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 70% Personality Match
Neurology 70% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 70% Personality Match
Dermatology 70% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 69% Personality Match
Psychiatry 69% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 69% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 69% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine 69% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General 66% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 66% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 65% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 65% Personality Match
Family Medicine 58% Personality Match
 
Top 5 were:

1. Derm (75%)
2. EM 74
3. Colon and Rectal surgery 74
4. Radiology 73
5. OB/Gyn 73

........I have my doubts about the validity of this test. Those results were all over the place!

Too many of those questions apply to almost all specialties...
 
Allergy/Immunology 91%. I didn't even know this specialty existed. :confused:
 
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I got OB/Gyn #1 :eek:

Preventative Med and Peds are right behind it though :)

I got orthopaedic surgery (91%)

Ob/Gyn was 4th or 5th for me. I would never do Obgyn.
 
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Ophthalmology------------------------------------85% Personality Match
Urology-----------------------------------------------81% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology-----79% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery-----------------------------------75% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology-----------------------74% Personality Match

Never would have considered any of these specialties. Especially not urology haha.
 
I got a 90% match for Derm :laugh:

I'm not a very competitive person by nature to go after a specialty like derm and I've never been particularly interested in dermatology either so we'll see. I just thought it was interesting that my personality type would be considered suitable for derm.
 
Allergy and Immunology 76% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 75% Personality Match
Neurology 74% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 73% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 70% Personality Match
Pathology 70% Personality Match
Psychiatry 69% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 68% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 68% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 67% Personality Match

Never considered any of these specialities. :laugh: Curious how it changes throughout the next few years, since honestly I didn't know how to answer some of those questions.
 
My top five sucked:

Urology 78%
Colon and Rectal Surgery 74%
Emergency Medicine 73%
Radiology - Diagnostic 71%
Pathology 69%


My top ones (that I am interested in) are:

General Surgery 65%
ENT 61%
Orthopedic Surgery 61%
Neurology 63%
Emergency Medicine 73%



I really want to do procedures. But I don't want to have a long residency and I don't want to stand up for long periods of time
 
My top ones (that I am interested in) are:

General Surgery 65%
ENT 61%
Orthopedic Surgery 61%
Neurology 63%
Emergency Medicine 73%



I really want to do procedures. But I don't want to have a long residency and I don't want to stand up for long periods of time

Good luck with surgery then. Also, you say EM sucks and then say you're interested in it. What?
 
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Lots of urology haters in pre-allo I see. I wonder if that will change after surgery rotations.
 
Ha, Medical genetics - 86%. Top five includes endocrinology, cardiology, hematology, and neurosurgery (?). Interestingly all the primary care specialties are towards the bottom (family med 71%, peds 68%, ob/gyn 55%). I'm very open minded about my future but at this point I am more interested in primary care fields. There probably isn't a medical geneticist within four hundred miles of where I grew up...
 
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Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 79% Personality Match
Neurology 78% Personality Match
Pathology 77% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 76% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 76% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 76% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 74% Personality Match
Surgery - General 72% Personality Match

I've never been interested in path.. but the work schedule seems like my slice of pie
 
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Took it a while back. Top match was peds, like 90% :)
 
Allergy and Immunology 86% Personality Match
Ophthalmology 84% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 83% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 83% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 82% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 82% Personality Match
Dermatology 82% Personality Match


This is odd. I never really thought about A/I but Ophthalmology might be interesting.
 
Lots of urology haters in pre-allo I see. I wonder if that will change after surgery rotations.

Lol, urology is such an awesome field. The clinic+OR mix is a major plus.
 
Lol I'm skeptical of this.

My top two:
Anesthesiology 83% Personality Match
Ophthalmology 80% Personality Match

I know for sure I'm not into either.

My (current) preferences:
Emergency Medicine 74% Personality Match
Pediatrics 69% Personality Match
 
I've always been interested in radiology but I didn't think oncology/radonc would be so low for me. Oh well, doesn't really mean anything.

Radiology - Diagnostic 82% Personality Match
Pathology 81% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 80% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 79% Personality Match
Dermatology 79% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 79% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 77% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine 77% Personality Match
Neurology 77% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 76% Personality Match
Psychiatry 76% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 76% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 75% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 74% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 74% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 74% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 74% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 74% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 73% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General 73% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 72% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 72% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 72% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 72% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 71% Personality Match
Pediatrics 71% Personality Match
Ophthalmology 71% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 71% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 70% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 67% Personality Match
Surgery - General 66% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 66% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 65% Personality Match
Urology 65% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 60% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 57% Personality Match
Family Medicine 54% Personality Match
 
Thoracic Surgery 93% Personality Match
Surgery - General 89% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 88% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 88% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 88% Personality Match

What is preventative medicine - aerospace?
 
My top five were:

Internal Medicine- Endocrinology and Metabolism 81%
Medical Genetics 81%
Pathology 78%
Radiology- Diagnostic 76%
Allergy and Immunology- 76%

Even though this quiz is probably not all that accurate, I find it interesting that I matched up with Medical Genetics so well, since that's my dream specialty.
 
Neurology 92% Personality Match
Pathology 90% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 89% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 85% Personality Match
Urology 85% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 85% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 85% Personality Match
Surgery - General 84% Personality Match

Interesting.... I'm surprised about the pathology and all those surgery-type of specialties.
 
Pediatrics 71% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 71% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 70% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 69% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 69% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 69% Personality Match

Huh. Pediatrics would not be my ideal. OB/GYN has a nice mix of stuff, but as a gay male I really don't want to see that all day. The last three are what I'm really interested in tbh. Cardiothoracics, Ortho, and PM&R. My percentages seem really low though. =\
 
Has anyone not been able to access the quiz? I've tried to log-in to it quite a few times since that article was posted weeks ago and nothing happens.
 
My Top 5 matches:

Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology ---> 82% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic --------------------> 79% Personality Match
Ophthalmology --------------------------------> 76% Personality Match
Dermatology -----------------------------------> 74% Personality Match
Anesthesiology --------------------------------> 70% Personality Match

I am (very tentatively) interested in Anes and Ophtho. I hadn't given the top 2 matches much thought. Upon conducting minimal research, my first impression is that gastroenterology doesn't interest me much. Diagnostic Radiology seems interesting. However, interventional radiology seems even more interesting due to the use of procedures.

I hadn't given derm much thought either because 1) I don't think I'll be competitive enough and 2) it just doesn't interest me.
 
Rad Onc, IM Onc, IM Hema, Preventative med, and peds in top 5.

Have always been interested in hema and onc, but def not rad...
 
Pathology #1 for me? Yeah, this thing isn't accurate...
 
Pathology #1 for me? Yeah, this thing isn't accurate...

Yeah, I got Preventative Medicine/Public Health, Derm, and Psych tied for my top match at 70%. :confused:

Not really leaning towards any of those. haha
 
Top 5 according to the quiz:

1. Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 83% Personality Match
2. Internal Medicine - Hematology 82% Personality Match
3. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 82% Personality Match
4. Medical Genetics 79% Personality Match
5. Allergy and Immunology 79% Personality Match

#1 makes sense because I'm currently getting my public health master's in parasitology and tropical medicine. Also interested in #5. #3 is out of left-field in my opinion. :confused:

My Top 5:

1. Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 83% Personality Match
2. Pediatrics 72% Personality Match
3. Allergy and Immunology 79% Personality Match
4. Internal Medicine 67% Personality Match
5. Preventive Medicine - Public Health and General 70% Personality Match

Confused why pediatrics wasn't higher, but my interests at the moment are pediatric infectious disease so my leaning towards ID makes sense. I'm completing my practicum in a pediatric HIV clinic at the moment actually.

Open to having my mind changed though for sure. :)
 
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Lots of urology haters in pre-allo I see. I wonder if that will change after surgery rotations.

Why would you hate on Urology? Better lifestyle than some other surgical specialties, good money, I mean there's a reason it's incredibly competitive.
 
Pretty fun stuff, but I really never put any stock into any type of "personality quiz," as most of this stuff is learned through experience, trial-and-error, rotations, etc.
I do like IM a lot though, but it could change!

Internal Medicine - Hematology 78% Personality Match
Pediatrics 77% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 77% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 76% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 75% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 74% Personality Match
 
I got Neurology, Pathology, Allergy and Immunology, Psychiatry and Medical Oncology. I would definitely NEVER consider doing pathology simply because I find playing with slides to be extremely boring. All the other ones are definitely specialties I'd consider.
 
Why would you hate on Urology? Better lifestyle than some other surgical specialties, good money, I mean there's a reason it's incredibly competitive.

Urology is unappealing to me for the same reason that Ob/gyn is: genitals are kinda gross.
 
This is what I go anesthesiology, cardiothoracic surgery, and radiology-oncology as some of the top choices. But some of my other favorites are at the bottom, like plastics and ortho. hmmm I guess we will know until we get to the rotations.


Ophthalmology 79% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 79% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 76% Personality Match
Urology 76% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 76% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 75% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 75% Personality Match
Pathology 75% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine 75% Personality Match
Dermatology 75% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 74% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 74% Personality Match
Neurology 74% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 73% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 73% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 73% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 73% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 72% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 72% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 72% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 71% Personality Match
Surgery - General 71% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 71% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 71% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 71% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General 70% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 70% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 70% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 70% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 70% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 69% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 68% Personality Match
Psychiatry 68% Personality Match
Pediatrics 68% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 66% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 65% Personality Match
Family Medicine 61% Personality Match
 
I wouldn't mind anesthesiology.
 
What I'm actually considering:

Emergency Medicine 85% Personality Match (would probably grow tired of substance and psych pts, that's it, probably my most likely)
Neurological Surgery 88% Personality Match (the only negatives here would be lifestyle and greuling residency--nothing but love for the discipline)
Surgery - Trauma (not ranked, but would love this discipline and its shift work; also might not even have to do fellowship to stick with this)
Surgery - General 94% Personality Match (I feel like GS is reimbursed a little lower than they deserve)
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 91% Personality Match (would probably grow tired of bizarre and difficult surgical approaches)
Hospital Medicine (not ranked, would love the shift work but loathe the IM residency before fellowship and the competitive nature of applying for fellowships)
Internal Medicine - Primary Care (not ranked, would love pleasant continuity of care, but think I'd grow bored and loathe the residency)
Dermatology 80% Personality Match (would love constant procedures, microscopy, and lifestyle, but probably get sick of cysts, boils, acne, and rashes)
Pathology 74% Personality Match (would loathe the writing and missing out on patient interaction, but have always loved working independently in a lab setting)


What SDN thinks would best match my personality:
Plastic Surgery 97% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 95% Personality Match
Surgery - General 94% Personality Match
Ophthalmology 94% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 94% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 91% Personality Match
Neurology 91% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 90% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 89% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 89% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General 88% Personality Match
Psychiatry 88% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 88% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 87% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 87% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 86% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 85% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 85% Personality Match
Pediatrics 84% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 83% Personality Match
Urology 83% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 81% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine 81% Personality Match
Dermatology 80% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 80% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 79% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 79% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 79% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 78% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 78% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 76% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 75% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 74% Personality Match
Pathology 74% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 73% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 73% Personality Match
Family Medicine 67% Personality Match
 
CT-surg (99%)
Med-Cards (96%)
D-Rads (90%)
Path (83%)
Ortho (74%)....

After that the ratings don't vary much.

Really like Cards but never seriously considered CT (or any other surg.)
 
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - 74% :)confused:)
Internal Medicine - 74% :)))
Pediatrics - 73% :)barf:)
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism - 69% :)shrug:)
Dermatology - 68% :)o)
Ophthalmology - 67% :)yawn:)
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology - 66% :)claps:)
Medical Genetics - 65% :)sleep:)
Psychiatry - 65% :)D)


... so, all over the place. haha.
 
Emergency Medicine 73% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 73% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 71% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 70% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 69% Personality Match


I have a tie so what would that mean :confused:
 
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