Medical Specialty Aptitude Test!

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PHD_2007 said:
Why is my top choice #17 on my list? My second choice is #2. LOL 😍

1 nephrology 47
2 thoracic surgery 45
3 occupational med 45
4 plastic surgery 45
5 general surgery 44
6 preventive med 44
7 radiation oncology 44
8 med oncology 43
9 rheumatology 43
10 pathology 43
11 nuclear med 43
12 psychiatry 43
13 urology 42
14 aerospace med 42
15 ophthalmology 42
16 pediatrics 42
17 cardiology
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i was never all that good at stats, but im thinking there is a trend here. lub-dub
 
This thread is ancient!

But I still took the test.

1. Occ-Med
2. PM&R (I really like this)
3. Rad-Onc
4. Rheumatology
5. Anesthesia

I'm going to go try the SUNY-Buffalo one now and see how it differs.
 
1. Radiology (surprise!) 😛
2. Nephrology (tie)
3. Dermatology (tie)
...
35. Cardiology
36. Family Practice 😀
 
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I took the buffalo test, both tests have Radiation Oncology right at (or very near) the top of the list.

It's something that I've always thought was cool, but that I never considered for myself.
 
SLC said:
I took the buffalo test, both tests have Radiation Oncology right at (or very near) the top of the list.

It's something that I've always thought was cool, but that I never considered for myself.
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Same here. Got rad onc and radiology for my first and second. Never been drawn to it but now I'm like maybe I should be?? Damn test.
 
1) Peds, actual number - 1
2) Rheumatology, actual number - ????
3) Dermatology, actual number - No. Just no.
...
Last) General surgery, actual number - ...last.

Damn test making me question my commitment to looking down on dermatologists.
 
Here's my top 10

1 general surgery 43
2 occupational med 43
3 nuclear med 43
4 pulmonology 43
5 infectious disease 43
6 emergency med 43
7 dermatology 42
8 anesthesiology 42
9 radiation oncology 42
10 neurosurgery 42

Never even thought of neurosurgery. Emergency is where I want to be, which is a 6 way tie for first so I guess that's good. Never thought much of being a surgeon in general. Of the top 10 I would most like 6, 7, 8, 9.
 
haha we took that for one of our career planning exercises earlier in year 1...my highest score was Ortho.....which is hilarious considering I am 5'4 and weight 120 lb....a person's leg that I could be setting could way more than me. lulzzz

here is my suggested specialties list:
Craniofacial Surgery Not Rated
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Not Rated
Orthopaedic Trauma Not Rated
Otology-Neurotology Not Rated
Plastic Surgery Not Rated
Sports Medicine Not Rated
Surgery-General Not Rated
Surgical Critical Care Not Rated
Thoracic Surgery Not Rated
Thoracic Surgery-Integra
 
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1 - Neurology 42
2 - Pulmonology 41
3 - Pathology 41

34 - Pediatrics 32
35 - Orthopedic Surgery 32
36 - Family Practice 29

My interests are: 1, 9, 13, 14, 15, 23, 25, and 32.
 
1. allergy & immunology: 👍
2. radiology: 😕 I like people!
3. pediatrics: 😡 I like ADULT people.
4. pathology: Not for me.
5. neurology: :scared: Brains freak me out.
6. physical med & rehabilitation: 😴
7. dermatology: I don't see myself treating acne and removing moles for the rest of my life.
8. endocrinology: 😍
9. general internal med: 👍
10. psychiatry: Not for me.

Second attempt:

1. radiology
2. pathology
3. gastroenterology: Hmm, this one may be worth looking into. 👍
4. dermatology
5. allergy & immunology
6. endocrinology
7. pediatrics
8. general internal med
9. nuclear med: 😕
10. neurology

Then again, who knows how I'll feel about these in a few years?
 
FYI, there is a lot of room in rads to work directly with patients. I know of a PP where there are rads that never see a patient and some where they never reads studies. These two options don't sit well with me since I want to read studies but also want patient contact. I shadowed one their physicians and he did about 50/50 - 60/40 studies/procedures. His workday was EXACTLY what I was looking for (we even joked that by the time I finished residency he would be ready to retire and I could take is spot in the group 😀).

My point, is that radiologists need not sit in a dark room all day never to talk to real people. 🙂
 
Family Medicine was last on my list, narrowly losing to Colon and Rectal Surgery! lulz
 
Why all the derm hate? Derm is not all cosmetics. Many derms, I'd say the majority, have the majority of their practice dedicated towards medical derm.
 
muhali3 said:
Why all the derm hate? Derm is not all cosmetics. Many derms, I'd say the majority, have the majority of their practice dedicated towards medical derm.
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Anecdote: There is this one dermatologist that I know who actually accepts all sorts of insurance and he treats crazy skin diseases all the time. Compared to other dermatologists in the area, he is making less, sure, but he really does love his job and he's happy. 👍
 
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geogil said:
1 anesthesiology 43
2 dermatology 42
3 otolaryngology 41
4 ophthalmology 41
5 radiation oncology 41
6 general surgery 40
7 plastic surgery 40
8 colon & rectal surgery 40
9 nephrology 40
10 gastroenterology 39


hmmm. no primary care for me....
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Wound up matching in my #1 at a top program. Turns out the little test was right after all. Funny to see this 5 years after the fact.
 
1 urology 41
2 thoracic surgery 41
3 occupational med 41
4 plastic surgery 41
5 neurosurgery 41
6 colon & rectal surgery 41
7 radiation oncology 41
8 anesthesiology 40
9 infectious disease 40
10 rheumatology 40

Top 10
cool test!
 
Haha I'm leaning towards that.

I legitimately feel negatively to the prospect of being stuck doing any of the first 5 things in my list, which also seem loosely connected at best to me (pathology, dermatology, neurology, neurosurgery, gastro)
 
1 occupational med 49
2 emergency med 49
3 otolaryngology 48
4 radiology 48
5 ophthalmology 48
6 obstetrics/gynecology 48
7 orthopaedic surgery 47
8 dermatology 47
9 hematology 47
10 general internal med 46
11 pulmonology 46
12 nephrology 46
13 pathology 46
14 thoracic surgery 46
15 anesthesiology 46
16 allergy & immunology 46
17 radiation oncology 45
18 urology 45
19 nuclear med 45
20 rheumatology 45
21 neurosurgery 44
22 med oncology 44
23 cardiology 44
24 pediatrics 44
25 general surgery 44
26 aerospace med 44
27 plastic surgery 44
28 physical med & rehabilitation 43
29 preventive med 43
30 neurology 43
31 endocrinology 43
32 colon & rectal surgery 43
33 infectious disease 43
34 gastroenterology 41
35 family practice 35
36 psychiatry 35

my interests are bolded. funny thing is, ignoring all other specialties, this is actually the order in which I have ranked them
 
Usually don't post in threads like this b/c nobody cares or should care but the test (buffalo) was pretty accurate so why not. Nailed RadOnc as my top choice. Thought cardio would be higher ranked. Lots of surgery even though I've never really considered surgery...hmm.

Radiation Oncology
Gastroenterology
Emergency Medicine
Otolaryngology
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Urology
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
Neurological Suregery
Plastic Surgery
Cardiology
Vascular Surgery
Anesthesiology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine
Ophthalmology
 
future doc??? said:
1 med oncology 43
2 rheumatology 42
3 pediatrics 42
4 psychiatry 41
5 dermatology 41
6 general internal med 40
7 hematology 40
8 physical med & rehabilitation 40
9 radiology 39
10 endocrinology 39

i tend not to be much of a believer in aptitude tests, but this one is pretty much dead on with my top choices. pediatrics and oncology are my personal top 2 but pediatric oncology would be a dream come true.
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i've recently been pretty interested in those myself!!! my top was physical med and rehab though... oncology was 35th and peds was 23rd for me though...
 
1 pathology 47
2 general surgery 46
3 thoracic surgery 45
4 nuclear med 45
5 plastic surgery 44
6 occupational med 44
7 rheumatology 44
8 infectious disease 44
9 nephrology 43
10 gastroenterology 43


Pathology??? WHY 😡
 
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JESSFALLING said:
Top three for me....

Psychiatry 😍 49
General internal med :idea: 48
Physical med & rehabilitation 😴 47
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Mine was pretty similar! Except PM&R was first, then peds and then psych with the same score values as you.

I wasn't even looking into PM&R but peds and psych are my top picks 😀

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I assume the questions were repeated to get more truthful answers....since you won't remember your response to the same question earlier.

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These are the ones I'm actually interested in:

1 Psychiatry 45
2 Neurology 44
9 Infectious Disease 42
15 Pathology 41
18 Anesthesiology 41
19 Emergency Medicine 40
 
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