"Medical Specialty Aptitude Test" -- 130 questions... try it out for fun! :)

[catzzz88]

UVA has a "Medical Specialty Aptitude Test"
130 questions: http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/

Try it out, its interesting! Very repetitive questions, but see what you get!


My scores:

Rank Specialty Score
1 pediatrics 48
2 pulmonology 47
3 physical med & rehabilitation 47
4 hematology 46
5 allergy & immunology 46
6 endocrinology 45
7 cardiology 45
8 infectious disease 45
9 nephrology 45
10 neurosurgery 45
11 psychiatry 45
12 aerospace med 45
13 nuclear med 44
14 gastroenterology 44
15 general internal med 44
16 radiation oncology 43
17 ophthalmology 43
18 preventive med 43
19 occupational med 43
20 urology 42
21 thoracic surgery 42
22 obstetrics/gynecology 42
23 anesthesiology 42
24 family practice 41
25 rheumatology 41
26 neurology 41
27 otolaryngology 41
28 general surgery 41
29 plastic surgery 41
30 radiology 40
31 emergency med 40
32 dermatology 40
33 orthopaedic surgery 39
34 med oncology 38
35 colon & rectal surgery 37
36 pathology 37

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[Stumpyman]

Hah, that's quite fun.

I got a 47 for neurology, which is surprisingly what I've always wanted to every since pursuing medicine

 

[NickNaylor]

The AAMC has a similar test available as well.

 

[GoZags]

Hah, cool post, surprised by the outcome of my test because my top hit (radiology) may be the very last thing I saw myself doing haha. Nonetheless i guess you never know what you may end up liking...what do I know I haven't even started med school yet

 

[nadaba]

Hah, cool post, surprised by the outcome of my test because my top hit (radiology) may be the very last thing I saw myself doing haha.

Psychiatry was the top hit for me -_-

 

[GoZags]

Psychiatry was the top hit for me -_-

Haha dagger....

 

[Osteoth]

Top 3 were rads, emergency med and peds... kinda random

 

[unhappytnt]

Occupational medicine, pathology and rheumatology. Sigh

Derm was #4 though

 

[FrkyBgStok]

well, odds are I am going into some kind of surgery:

1 urology 45
2 colon & rectal surgery 44
3 pathology 43
4 orthopaedic surgery 42
5 thoracic surgery 42
6 general surgery 42
7 occupational med 42
8 dermatology 42
9 gastroenterology 42
10 endocrinology 41
11 cardiology 41
12 neurosurgery 41
13 radiation oncology 41
14 nuclear med 41
15 otolaryngology 41
16 plastic surgery 41

 

[EBTrailRunner]

Top 3: urology, emergency med, endocrinology

 

[whatbout2morrow]

PM&R, Thoracic surgery, Occupational med, Hematology.

Kinda random....

 

[Dr McSexy]

The AAMC has a similar test available as well.

Yeah.

https://services.aamc.org/careersinmedicine/index.cfm

 

[physcigirl27]

Rank Specialty Score
1 occupational med 48
2 family practice 47
3 emergency med 47
4 med oncology 47
5 rheumatology 46
6 nephrology 46
7 pediatrics 46
8 preventive med 45
9 hematology 45
10 general internal med 45
11 radiation oncology 44
12 gastroenterology 44
13 physical med & rehabilitation 44
14 psychiatry 44
15 aerospace med 44
16 general surgery 44
17 pathology 44
18 ophthalmology 44
19 obstetrics/gynecology 44
20 nuclear med 43
21 thoracic surgery 43
22 pulmonology 43
23 endocrinology 43
24 dermatology 43
25 infectious disease 42
26 anesthesiology 42
27 allergy & immunology 42
28 radiology 42
29 plastic surgery 42
30 neurology 42
31 neurosurgery 42
32 otolaryngology 42
33 orthopaedic surgery 42
34 urology 41
35 colon & rectal surgery 41
36 cardiology 41


guess DO wasn't a bad choice then since Fam Med seems to be up at the top lol

 

[Evergrey]

I like this one better:

http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/RESIDENT/CareerCounseling/interior.htm?self-assessment.htm

 

[Evergrey]

Yeah.

https://services.aamc.org/careersinmedicine/index.cfm

The CiM website is interesting.. When I did the quiz a few weeks ago, it spit out 2 specialties as much, much more likely than everything else. Are those typical results? It was 43% ENT, and 27% gen surg. Everything else was around or below 6%.

 

[Only Zool]

Funny. My top 3 were thoracic surgery, general surgery, and preventative medicine. I've wanted to do trauma surgery since I was 14.

 

[Dr McSexy]

Not necessarily. Last time I did it, I got 3-4 specialties around 10-19% and a smattering of lower percentages for other specialties.

 

[Handinhand]

1 urology 43
2 radiology 43
3 neurosurgery 43
4 emergency med 41
5 dermatology 41
6 colon & rectal surgery 41
7 thoracic surgery 41
8 otolaryngology 41
9 orthopaedic surgery 40
10 ophthalmology 40
11 plastic surgery 40

Didn't tell me what I didn't already know about myself. That's I'll probably be going into something procedure/surgery based.

 

[Flemon]

1 nephrology 47
2 hematology 46
3 rheumatology 46
4 pediatrics 46
5 preventive med 45
6 occupational med 45
7 aerospace med 45
8 med oncology 45
9 infectious disease 45
10 pulmonology 44
Lol, I had not considered any of these except Peds. Aerospace med, no thanks.

 

[coyotelime]

Rank Specialty Score
1 pediatrics 46
2 neurology 45
3 pulmonology 44
4 plastic surgery 44
5 urology 44
6 thoracic surgery 44
7 general surgery 44
8 gastroenterology 44
9 endocrinology 44
10 infectious disease 44
11 nuclear med 44
12 dermatology 44
13 cardiology 43
14 general internal med 43
15 radiology 43

As of now, I want to do pediatric neurology. This test is pretty freakin' accurate. Cool! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Renaissance Man]

My attention span failed before I finished the test...welcome to EM? Haha.

 

[Sinfest]

1 ophthalmology 41
2 dermatology 41
3 emergency med 40
4 gastroenterology 40
5 urology 40
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32 med oncology 35
33 family practice 34
34 preventive med 34
35 physical med & rehabilitation 34
36 psychiatry 32

 

[lxz]

Rank Specialty Score
1 urology 46
2 nephrology 45
3 dermatology 44
4 thoracic surgery 44
5 aerospace med 44
6 plastic surgery 44
7 radiology 43
8 pediatrics 43
9 pathology 43
10 nuclear med 43
11 neurology 43
12 neurosurgery 43
13 emergency med 43
14 ophthalmology 42
15 pulmonology 42
16 gastroenterology 42
17 general surgery 42
18 occupational med 42
19 radiation oncology 42
20 preventive med 41

Pretty much similar to my preferences, esp the top 10s except aerospace...

 

[catzzz88]

Rank Specialty Score
1 urology 46
2 nephrology 45
3 dermatology 44
4 thoracic surgery 44
5 aerospace med 44
...
Pretty much similar to my preferences, esp the top 10s except aerospace...

Haha awesome. So random.

 

[Narmerguy]

I like this one better:

http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/RESIDENT/CareerCounseling/interior.htm?self-assessment.htm

I think this one is definitely much better.

 

[catzzz88]

I think this one is definitely much better.

http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/RESIDENT/CareerCounseling/interior.htm?self-assessment.htm

I am not sure: I got totally different results. It is literally opposite with all surgery top matches through buffalo and all surgery bottom matches through UVA...


Top listed through Buffalo:
Vascular Surgery
Neurological Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery
General Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
Cardiology
Sports Medicine
Urology
Otolaryngology
Gastroenterology
Plastic Surgery
Ophthalmology
Radiation Oncology
Nephrology
Neurology
Pediatrics
Medical Oncology

 

[Joe the Plumber]

1. Radiology
2. Neurology
3. Pulmonology
4. Neurosurgery
5. Otalaryngology



But I'm leaning toward EM or general IM right now. Lol.

 

[aspiringdoc09]

I am interested in psychiatry which ranked #1. I am also interested in neurology but it ranked 29 and neurosurgery 30. Also, I used few extremes for my answers (i.e. strongly agree/disagree).

 

[balambfishie]

1 radiology 40
2 occupational med 40
3 dermatology 40
4 anesthesiology 40
5 infectious disease 39
6 pathology 39
7 nuclear med 39
8 neurology 39
9 ophthalmology 38
10 aerospace med 38

Top 6 are pretty accurate, minus the occupational med, hahaha

 

[Narmerguy]

http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/RESIDENT/CareerCounseling/interior.htm?self-assessment.htm

I am not sure: I got totally different results. It is literally opposite with all surgery top matches through buffalo and all surgery bottom matches through UVA...


Top listed through Buffalo:
Vascular Surgery
Neurological Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery
General Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
Cardiology
Sports Medicine
Urology
Otolaryngology
Gastroenterology
Plastic Surgery
Ophthalmology
Radiation Oncology
Nephrology
Neurology
Pediatrics
Medical Oncology

Oh really? It nailed my interests really well. More importantly, I liked how they showed the data of each specialty and the distribution of people in each specialty answering the same question. It helps me see how others actually in that specialty feel about those topics.

 

[venomous11]

1 physical med & rehabilitation 48
2 pathology 47
3 allergy & immunology 47
4 endocrinology 46
5 hematology 44
6 general internal med 44
7 radiology 44
8 nuclear med 43
9 rheumatology 43
10 neurology 42
11 neurosurgery 42

Hmmm...I never really saw myself in the top 3. Results are a bit off of what I anticipated, but I started losing focus after the 40th question, lol. I'm actually interested in trauma and intensive care medicine.

 

[iqe2010]

My top 5:

1 physical med & rehabilitation 44
2 rheumatology 43
3 endocrinology 43
4 allergy & immunology 42
5 preventive med 42

Not remotely interested in any of these. But only time will tell what specialty I'll end up being. Right now I'm interested in Neurology and EM.

 

[IntoTheWest]

1 ophthalmology 40
2 nephrology 40
3 gastroenterology 40
4 rheumatology 39
5 general internal med 39
6 dermatology 39
7 anesthesiology 39
8 pediatrics 39
9 otolaryngology 39
10 urology 39
11 thoracic surgery 39
12 radiology 38
13 occupational med 38
14 aerospace med 38
15 plastic surgery 38
16 pathology 38
17 neurology 38
18 colon & rectal surgery 37
19 nuclear med 37
20 cardiology 37
21 pulmonology 37
22 radiation oncology 37
23 emergency med 36
24 endocrinology 36
25 med oncology 36
26 obstetrics/gynecology 36
27 orthopaedic surgery 36
28 psychiatry 36
29 general surgery 36
30 preventive med 35
31 physical med & rehabilitation 35
32 infectious disease 35
33 hematology 34
34 family practice 34
35 allergy & immunology 34
36 neurosurgery 33

 

[EnergyDrink]

#1 Radiology

Oh dear...

 

[StoicJosher]

1. Pathology (50)
2. Neurology (49)
3. Preventive Med (48)
4. Aerospace Med (48)
5. Cardiology (48)
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32. Family Practice
33. Anesthesiology
34. Colo-rectal surgery
35. Phys med and Rehab
36. Peds


What does this mean??!!

 

[Road2Success]

Dermatology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Radiation Oncology
Family Practice
Pediatrics

Sounds about right haha. I always were interested in these specialties.

 

[seafood92]

Radiology
Pathology
Neurology
General Surgery
Occupational Med

pathology and radiology

 

[Cinclus]

I like this one better:

http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/RESIDENT/CareerCounseling/interior.htm?self-assessment.htm

I did the Duke one a while back, which looks like the same thing.

My top ten were:

Radiation Oncology
Medical Oncology
Neurology
Psychiatry
Child Neurology
Infectious Diseases
Allergy and Immunology
Dermatology
Rheumatology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

 

[3rdarmageddon]

Rank Specialty Score
1 preventive med 47
2 thoracic surgery 45
3 radiology 44
4 psychiatry 43
5 general surgery 43
6 occupational med 43
7 urology 43

Thoracic and general surgery I can see, but radiology and psychiatry? I don't think so.

 

[PianoMajor]

#1 plastic surgery

yeah right

 

[Eloheim]

Rank Specialty Score
1 rheumatology 47
2 infectious disease 46
3 hematology 46
4 psychiatry 46
5 physical med & rehabilitation 46
6 pediatrics 46
7 radiology 44
8 occupational med 43
9 aerospace med 43
10 nephrology 43
11 med oncology 42
12 dermatology 42
13 colon & rectal surgery 42
14 anesthesiology 42
15 allergy & immunology 42
16 nuclear med 42
17 obstetrics/gynecology 41
18 radiation oncology 41
19 general internal med 41
20 pulmonology 41
21 endocrinology 41
22 cardiology 40
23 family practice 40
24 preventive med 40
25 plastic surgery 39
26 thoracic surgery 39
27 pathology 39
28 gastroenterology 39
29 neurosurgery 38
30 ophthalmology 37
31 neurology 37
32 general surgery 37
33 urology 36
34 emergency med 36
35 otolaryngology 35
36 orthopaedic surgery 35

Oncology sadly far down the list, never thought of rheumatology

 

[CuttingCorneas]

UVA has a "Medical Specialty Aptitude Test"
130 questions: http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/

Try it out, its interesting! Very repetitive questions, but see what you get!

I stopped after "I tend to want a good outcome." No, I'd like the outcome to be bad, please.

 

[Stumpyman]

I stopped after "I tend to want a good outcome." No, I'd like the outcome to be bad, please.

Some of the questions were repeated at least 2-4 times for me.

 

[Eloheim]

Some of the questions were repeated at least 2-4 times for me.

I had some repeated more than that.

 

[Sephiroth]

yeah, I don't think it was really useful. The questions weren't worded in a way to get a whole lot of meaning out of them. I ended up just hitting 'agree' for almost all of them. The buffalo one seemed better, though still not great.

 

[HipChick]

Questions are repeated many times on purpose for scoring.
Rank Specialty Score
1 emergency med 47
2 gastroenterology 45
3 family practice 44
4 dermatology 44
5 pediatrics 44
6 physical med & rehabilitation 43
7 orthopaedic surgery 43
8 general surgery 42
9 urology 42
10 endocrinology 42
11 neurosurgery 42
12 general internal med 41
13 colon & rectal surgery 41
14 ophthalmology 41
15 plastic surgery 40
16 radiology 40
17 cardiology 40
18 pulmonology 40
19 allergy & immunology 40
20 hematology 39
21 psychiatry 39
22 otolaryngology 39
23 aerospace med 38
24 med oncology 38
25 rheumatology 38
26 anesthesiology 38
27 radiation oncology 38
28 nephrology 37
29 thoracic surgery 37
30 obstetrics/gynecology 37
31 neurology 36
32 nuclear med 35
33 preventive med 35
34 occupational med 35
35 pathology 34

Pretty on for me surprisingly. Minus GI and derm

 

[Evergrey]

I did the Duke one a while back, which looks like the same thing.

My top ten were:

Radiation Oncology
Medical Oncology
Neurology
Psychiatry
Child Neurology
Infectious Diseases
Allergy and Immunology
Dermatology
Rheumatology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Yeah the Duke one is the original I think but the Buffalo one was the link I had. I found it to be really accurate for me -- it picked ENT, urology, gastroenterology, pulm/CC, etc. to be all in the top. Those are definitely my fields of most interest -- I'm really attracted to the "hands-on" aspects of medicine but I love the thought process and patient interactions of clinical medicine too.

 

[flatearth22]

Pretty consistent results between the UVA and Buffalo tests, especially at the top:

Tentative plan:


High Step 1 --> Derm/Radonc

Median Step 1 --> IM --> Allergy/Rheum/ID fellowship

Low Step 1 --> Psych/Family Practice/Killself

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

Rheumatology Score 50. Nooooooooo.

 

[primadonna22274]

I can't get the Buffalo one to work past step 1. Done it 5 times and by the time I get through step 2 and on to step 1 it tells me I haven't completed step 1 and to do that first. Ugh...Mac issue? Browser maybe? (I use Safari.) I would like to try it as I have done the UVa inventory several times over the past few years with remarkably similar results....