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Hello, I am a relatively new third year medical student and have been sure I wanted to be a pediatrician since long before I even started medical school. I have always just loved kids, and I want to do outpatient Primary Care. However, my first rotation, Family Medicine, is almost over, and I have just loved it! The two specialties seem somewhat similiar because with both you get to know the whole family, watch and help kids grow up, and build relationships over time, except for the fact that many of the patients are adults also. My attendings have told me I can choose to focus more on children when Im in practice as well if I do FM. So now I am a bit confused. I know I have to wait until my pediatrics rotation to be sure, but I have already did a one year preceptorship in a pediatrics office last year, and just loved that as well! Did anyone else have difficulty with choosing between these 2 specialties as well? What helped you decide? Thanks so much for your advice!