Medical Specialty Aptitude Test

[GreyF0X]

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I found this Medical Specialty Aptitude Test by the University of Virginia SOM. Its interesting, doesn't hurt to try. 130 questions, ranking each question from 1-5 (strongly disagreeing to strongly agreeing) -- approx 15 mins.

Have fun:
http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/Home.cfm

My top 10:

Rank - Specialty - Score

1. pediatrics 46
   
   
2. obstetrics/gynecology 43
   
   
3. emergency med 43
   
   
4. family practice 41
   
   
5. radiation oncology 41
   
   
6. psychiatry 41
   
   
7. occupational med 41
   
   
8. dermatology 40
   
   
9. med oncology 40
   
   
10. gastroenterology 39
    

 

[hallowmann]

I remember this. I think the SDN one is better (or is it the same), but its all meaningless...

 

[kelminak]

Rank Specialty Score
1 radiology 50
2 occupational med 50
3 physical med & rehabilitation 50
4 pathology 50
5 rheumatology 50
6 dermatology 50
7 gastroenterology 48
8 nuclear med 48
9 pediatrics 47
10 infectious disease 47


Fun. I know it literally means nothing, but honestly only one on the list would be one I'd consider currently. I'm sure that'll change in the future. 🙂

 

[chizledfrmstone]

Step 1 is a better aptitude test.

 

[keels99]

Haha thanks for sharing! The doc I was working with and I had fun with this. He was convinced I would get Pathology since all my answers were super antisocial

 

[razor]

I actually printed my results off and have them attached to my CV

 

[mc3894]

1. Pathology 45
2. Rheumatology 44
3. Nephrology 44
4. Hematology 44
5. Med Oncology 44
6. Infectious Disease 43
7. Nuclear Med 43
8. Psychiatry 42
9. Occupational Med 42
10. Radiation Oncology 42

Good fun-I've actually been thinking about pursuing pathology.

 

[Gordon Gekko]

1 radiology 41
2 colon & rectal surgery 39
3 radiation oncology 39
4 dermatology 38
5 gastroenterology 38
6 occupational med 37
7 general surgery 36
8 urology 36
9 obstetrics/gynecology 36
10 nuclear med 36

 

[hallowmann]

So, I did this again for fun. My thing changed a bit, but I'm still seeing a lot of the same ones in the top:

1 dermatology 46
2 radiology 44
3 occupational med 43
4 nuclear med 43
5 rheumatology 43
6 obstetrics/gynecology 42
7 physical med & rehabilitation 42
8 pediatrics 42
9 urology 41
10 radiation oncology 41
11 gastroenterology 41
12 nephrology 40
13 med oncology 40
14 anesthesiology 40
15 psychiatry 40
16 aerospace med 39
17 ophthalmology 39
18 otolaryngology 39
19 family practice 39
20 emergency med 39