Paralegalities
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This is mostly a far-in-the-future thing for me, but having done a lot of research on the various specialties of medicine I've realized my two favorites are quite possibly the most opposite ones there are for entirely different reasons. I'm wondering how I should start evaluating which things I'd be more suited for in my time leading up to actually making the choice?
Neurology with a fellowship - I've always loved neuroscience, how the brain works, and get excited over the idea of spending a lot of time to become an expert at a niche field like epileptology, vascular neurology etc. so would be very happy with the learning process, and would greatly enjoy being able to use those niche skills to help people with severe neurological disorders have a better quality of life over a long-term situation. I also like the endless opportunities for research if the clinical side becomes too routine. The main downside being that neurologists seem to get more call than anyone else, as other physicians don't really know how to classify neurological issues and automatically assume everything is a stroke to be safe, which requires the neurologist coming in at 3 am endlessly for often no reason.
Emergency Medicine - On the complete opposite side, being the jack-of-all-trades type of person who can directly help nearly anyone without being a specialist at all is somehow also very appealing to me. The instant gratification of being able to stabilize/fix someone within a few days as opposed to managing chronic issues for years also seems like it would be appealing. Having no call whatsoever, a shorter residency with no fellowship needed, and the ability to randomly work more or less just by picking up or dropping shifts as I feel like it all are also quite appealing from a quality of life standpoint. I don't really mind the social work aspects of it having already experienced that at my previous job.
I'm kind of surprised that my favorites are polar opposites, but am not sure how to further refine what I should be thinking about to evaluate options in my time leading up to experiencing them (med school rotations in them will help a lot I'm sure).
The only thing I've found that combines them would be Neurohospitalist positions working 7 on 7 off shifts with 24/7 or zero call, but there doesn't seem to be much information about that around.
Neurology with a fellowship - I've always loved neuroscience, how the brain works, and get excited over the idea of spending a lot of time to become an expert at a niche field like epileptology, vascular neurology etc. so would be very happy with the learning process, and would greatly enjoy being able to use those niche skills to help people with severe neurological disorders have a better quality of life over a long-term situation. I also like the endless opportunities for research if the clinical side becomes too routine. The main downside being that neurologists seem to get more call than anyone else, as other physicians don't really know how to classify neurological issues and automatically assume everything is a stroke to be safe, which requires the neurologist coming in at 3 am endlessly for often no reason.
Emergency Medicine - On the complete opposite side, being the jack-of-all-trades type of person who can directly help nearly anyone without being a specialist at all is somehow also very appealing to me. The instant gratification of being able to stabilize/fix someone within a few days as opposed to managing chronic issues for years also seems like it would be appealing. Having no call whatsoever, a shorter residency with no fellowship needed, and the ability to randomly work more or less just by picking up or dropping shifts as I feel like it all are also quite appealing from a quality of life standpoint. I don't really mind the social work aspects of it having already experienced that at my previous job.
I'm kind of surprised that my favorites are polar opposites, but am not sure how to further refine what I should be thinking about to evaluate options in my time leading up to experiencing them (med school rotations in them will help a lot I'm sure).
The only thing I've found that combines them would be Neurohospitalist positions working 7 on 7 off shifts with 24/7 or zero call, but there doesn't seem to be much information about that around.