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76% IM-Hematology
75% Plastic surgery

Kind of different fields, I'd say!
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Order:
Preventative Medicine - Occupational
93% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General
92% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology
91% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases
90% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace
90% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
89% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology
88% Personality Match
Medical Genetics
88% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology
86% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology
86% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology
85% Personality Match
Neurology
84% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism
83% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
82% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery
82% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic
82% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
81% Personality Match
Psychiatry
81% Personality Match
Pediatrics
81% Personality Match
Pathology
81% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine
81% Personality Match
Internal Medicine
81% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
78% Personality Match
Urology
75% Personality Match
Surgery - General
74% Personality Match
Dermatology
74% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology
74% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery
72% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine
72% Personality Match
Ophthalmology
70% Personality Match
Family Medicine
70% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery
69% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery
69% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
67% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology
67% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery
66% Personality Match
Anesthesiology
64% Personality Match

Hmmm, I am huge believer into preventative medicine but I never thought about it as a career option. I am not sure I agree with picking a specialty to suit my personality.
 
I took this quiz three times over the last 2ish years, I've always gotten.

95%+: 1)Urology 2) Ortho 3) Gen Surg

The next are always changing, but somehow OB/GYN is always up there
 
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I took this quiz 10 months ago and got these as my top 5.

Emergency Medicine 73% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 73% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 71% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 70% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 69% Personality Match

Just finished taking it again.

Anesthesiology 76% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 75% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 74% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 74% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 72% Personality Match

Ob/gyn is shocking to say the least.
 
Apparently GI? :/
 
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace. Yup, I guess I could do that
 
I think one reason so many people are surprised by the results they are getting is because they might not be taking the assessment properly. I used to be a certified Gallup strengths coach, and ran weekend retreats on personality assessments (MBTI and Strengths Finder). You aren't supposed to ever choose a "middle" score. It should only ever be 10 or 0, nothing else. Anything in-between zeros out your response, or leads to fuzzy results.

It's also why people get their top results in the low 80's or high 70's, or have every result in the 90's.

Take it again and only choose 10 or 0 on the questions and you'll understand your results better because they will be an accurate reflection of your personality.

Btw: 90% hem-onc and 90% ER, 89% Ob-Gyn. I can live with all of those (and they so happen to be the specialties I'm most interested in!).
 
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Interesting did what didymus said and here are my results.

Top 3

Emergency Medicine 100% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 90% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 90% Personality Match
 
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acslater99 said:
Interesting did what didymus said and here are my results.

Top 3

Emergency Medicine 100% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 90% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 90% Personality Match
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How do you feel about those results?
 
I feel pretty good about the first 2 not so much the thrid one. haha :D
 
acslater99 said:
I feel pretty good about the first 2 not so much the thrid one. haha :D
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You must have hit hard on "lifestyle" answers (interests outside of medicine, wanting a high salary, lots of independence, etc.). If you haven't looked much into PM&R, you should. Pretty dope specialty.
 
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didymus said:
You must have hit hard on "lifestyle" answers (interests outside of medicine, wanting a high salary, lots of independence, etc.). If you haven't looked much into PM&R, you should. Pretty dope specialty.
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Thanks for the advice I will look into that!
 
didymus said:
I think one reason so many people are surprised by the results they are getting is because they might not be taking the assessment properly. I used to be a certified Gallup strengths coach, and ran weekend retreats on personality assessments (MBTI and Strengths Finder). You aren't supposed to ever choose a "middle" score. It should only ever be 10 or 0, nothing else. Anything in-between zeros out your response, or leads to fuzzy results.

It's also why people get their top results in the low 80's or high 70's, or have every result in the 90's.

Take it again and only choose 10 or 0 on the questions and you'll understand your results better because they will be an accurate reflection of your personality.

Btw: 90% hem-onc and 90% ER, 89% Ob-Gyn. I can live with all of those (and they so happen to be the specialties I'm most interested in!).
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The problem for me is that for many of those questions is depends or sometimes. "How is your manual dexterity?" Answer: depends on what I have to do. Same answer for "do you like working with your hands?". This survey would be so much easier to answer if they presented a concrete problem and asked me what I thought and how I would solve it in a multiple choice format.
 
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SunsFun said:
The problem for me is that for many of those questions is depends or sometimes. "How is your manual dexterity?" Answer: depends on what I have to do. Same answer for "do you like working with your hands?". This survey would be so much easier to answer if they presented a concrete problem and asked me what I thought and how I would solve it in a multiple choice format.
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Approach it as an "in general" scenario--regardless of what task you are doing, "in general" how would you rate your manual dexterity, "in general" do you like working with your hands, and so on.

It's actually a great format for assessments like this because it forces you to answer intuitively, and, hopefully, most accurately.
 
Pediatrics was my top match, by a good margin. Followed by rad. oncology and medical oncology. I do understand my match with oncology, but I never expected pediatrics at the top of the list. I also don't understand why pediatrics is at the top of the list, but family med is near the bottom. How different are these specialties, other than patient population? Am I'm thinking of pediatrics too narrowly and this classification also includes all of the peds subspecialties?
 
didymus said:
Approach it as an "in general" scenario--regardless of what task you are doing, "in general" how would you rate your manual dexterity, "in general" do you like working with your hands, and so on.

It's actually a great format for assessments like this because it forces you to answer intuitively, and, hopefully, most accurately.
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Maybe I am just a wrong person to answer these questions or I am overthinking it but honestly I don't know. Unless you ask me about a specific task, I have no clue if I like "working with my hands" or either I am good at it.
 
Peds and family medicine ~80% tie:D

all the competitive specialties were like 40% :laugh:
 
Allergy and Immunology-76% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic-75% Personality Match
Dermatology-75% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology-74% Personality Match
Ophthalmology-74% Personality Match
Anesthesiology-74% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology-73% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine-73% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery-73% Personality Match

Apparently, I have a 70+% personality match for 60% of the specialities...
 
nemo123 said:
Allergy and Immunology-76% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic-75% Personality Match
Dermatology-75% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology-74% Personality Match
Ophthalmology-74% Personality Match
Anesthesiology-74% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology-73% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine-73% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery-73% Personality Match

Apparently, I have a 70+% personality match for 60% of the specialities...
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See didymus's advice above, and you should get clearer results.
 
BlueLabel said:
Guess brains isn't that cool after all huh?!
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I guess I should make the change to BloodsIsCool. Nah.

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Radiology - Diagnostic
78% Personality Match interesting. idk if I could handle sitting in a dark room all day though
Psychiatry
75% Personality Match dont know if I can tolerate some depressed/weird people who just need to get a life.
Dermatology
73% Personality Match <3
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace
73% Personality Match never really heard of this one. is this a PM&R specialty?
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
70% Personality Match
Urology
69% Personality Match um. probably not, ew. although idk, havent researched it.
Pediatrics
68% Personality Match No. Not enough $$
Nuclear Medicine
66% Personality Match havent researched, and never heard about
Emergency Medicine
66% Personality Match and ruin my sleep schedule? Not happening haha.
Allergy and Immunology
65% Personality Match long training, but not a bad option. derm still has my <3 though.
Thoracic Surgery
64% Personality Match if the word "surgery" is in it, not for me. too long hours
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
64% Personality Match good option
Internal Medicine
64% Personality Match ok option. idk though.
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism
63% Personality Match idk
Neurology
63% Personality Match didnt really research it much. doesnt sound too bad tho.
Neurological Surgery
63% Personality Match surgery=no no
Colon and Rectal Surgery
63% Personality Match surgery
Internal Medicine - Nephrology
62% Personality Match never heard of
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General
61% Personality Match idk what it's about
Pathology
60% Personality Match maybe, and then dermpath <3
Medical Genetics
60% Personality Match probably little pay, so no?
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
59% Personality Match didn't research
Internal Medicine - Cardiology
59% Personality Match sounds cool, but possibly the hours are long?
Plastic Surgery
59% Personality Match surgery=no no
Ophthalmology
59% Personality Match hmm. it is a ROAD, but i dont feel like using my hands too much to do surgery. what if i mess up.
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology
58% Personality Match idk.
Radiology - Radiation Oncology
58% Personality Match ROAD, but working with cancer patients is too sad.
Anesthesiology
58% Personality Match ROAD, but they get suied a lot, so i dont wanna go to jail.
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases
57% Personality Match maybe
Surgery - General
57% Personality Match no
Preventative Medicine - Occupational
57% Personality Match idk
Internal Medicine - Hematology
56% Personality Match idk never researched
Family Medicine
55% Personality Match little pay when i can make more as a specialist, but work less hours
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
54% Personality Match idk.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
54% Personality Match haha nooo. staring into gross vaginas and penises? gross. and the bloody babies coming out.... ewieee
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
53% Personality Match surgery= no.
Orthopaedic Surgery
52% Personality Match surgery=no.
 
krispykreem said:
Radiology - Diagnostic
78% Personality Match interesting. idk if I could handle sitting in a dark room all day though
Psychiatry
75% Personality Match dont know if I can tolerate some depressed/weird people who just need to get a life.
Dermatology
73% Personality Match <3
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace
73% Personality Match never really heard of this one. is this a PM&R specialty?
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
70% Personality Match
Urology
69% Personality Match um. probably not, ew. although idk, havent researched it.
Pediatrics
68% Personality Match No. Not enough $$
Nuclear Medicine
66% Personality Match havent researched, and never heard about
Emergency Medicine
66% Personality Match and ruin my sleep schedule? Not happening haha.
Allergy and Immunology
65% Personality Match long training, but not a bad option. derm still has my <3 though.
Thoracic Surgery
64% Personality Match if the word "surgery" is in it, not for me. too long hours
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
64% Personality Match good option
Internal Medicine
64% Personality Match ok option. idk though.
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism
63% Personality Match idk
Neurology
63% Personality Match didnt really research it much. doesnt sound too bad tho.
Neurological Surgery
63% Personality Match surgery=no no
Colon and Rectal Surgery
63% Personality Match surgery
Internal Medicine - Nephrology
62% Personality Match never heard of
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General
61% Personality Match idk what it's about
Pathology
60% Personality Match maybe, and then dermpath <3
Medical Genetics
60% Personality Match probably little pay, so no?
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
59% Personality Match didn't research
Internal Medicine - Cardiology
59% Personality Match sounds cool, but possibly the hours are long?
Plastic Surgery
59% Personality Match surgery=no no
Ophthalmology
59% Personality Match hmm. it is a ROAD, but i dont feel like using my hands too much to do surgery. what if i mess up.
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology
58% Personality Match idk.
Radiology - Radiation Oncology
58% Personality Match ROAD, but working with cancer patients is too sad.
Anesthesiology
58% Personality Match ROAD, but they get suied a lot, so i dont wanna go to jail.
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases
57% Personality Match maybe
Surgery - General
57% Personality Match no
Preventative Medicine - Occupational
57% Personality Match idk
Internal Medicine - Hematology
56% Personality Match idk never researched
Family Medicine
55% Personality Match little pay when i can make more as a specialist, but work less hours
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
54% Personality Match idk.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
54% Personality Match haha nooo. staring into gross vaginas and penises? gross. and the bloody babies coming out.... ewieee
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
53% Personality Match surgery= no.
Orthopaedic Surgery
52% Personality Match surgery=no.
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Why do you <3 dermatology so much?
 
@didymus I took the survey again with your method, but the results were not what I expected. My high scores were mostly medical specialties, but I love surgery.
 
The Buff OP said:
I think because of these two reasons.
  1. Necrotizing fascilitis
  2. $$$$$$$
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Her/his list just seems so odd (comments wise). How can anyone be that obsessed with derm?

Edit: upon reading the comments again, I can totally see why "<3 derm"
 
The Buff OP said:
@didymus I took the survey again with your method, but the results were not what I expected. My high scores were mostly medical specialties, but I love surgery.
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That's the thing with these assessments, they only tell you back what you put in.

It could be that those who created the questions and the correlate specialities were wrong in how they paired things up, but, again, the answers reflect only what you said.

Maybe it could be showing you that you would not, in fact, enjoy what is traditionally understood as the life and job of a surgeon?
 
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I did an internship in heme/onc, and I absolutely hated it. I was told I have a 94% match to IM-Hematology. lulz.
 
didymus said:
I think one reason so many people are surprised by the results they are getting is because they might not be taking the assessment properly. I used to be a certified Gallup strengths coach, and ran weekend retreats on personality assessments (MBTI and Strengths Finder). You aren't supposed to ever choose a "middle" score. It should only ever be 10 or 0, nothing else. Anything in-between zeros out your response, or leads to fuzzy results.

It's also why people get their top results in the low 80's or high 70's, or have every result in the 90's.

Take it again and only choose 10 or 0 on the questions and you'll understand your results better because they will be an accurate reflection of your personality.

Btw: 90% hem-onc and 90% ER, 89% Ob-Gyn. I can live with all of those (and they so happen to be the specialties I'm most interested in!).
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Despite your confidence in your methods it seems they are flawed, as hem-onc and ER/OB are about as far as you can get in personality types
 
RogueUnicorn said:
Despite your confidence in your methods it seems they are flawed, as hem-onc and ER/OB are about as far as you can get in personality types
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I mean that's just the result of his responses. I think the point was that if you enter anything in besides 0 or 10, you can't expect the quiz to give you the most informative answer (correct me if wrong)
 
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Did it didymus' way:

Gen Surg 90%
Plastic Surg 90%
 
BlueLabel said:
I mean that's just the result of his responses. I think the point was that if you enter anything in besides 0 or 10, you can't expect the quiz to give you the most informative answer (correct me if wrong)
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This.

Also, I don't expect the assessment to be totally accurate or exhaustive. However, it did accurately indicate the specialities--despite how different they may seem--that I have the greatest interest in. I was interested in all 3 before even taking the assessment, and it nailed them.

Maybe calling it a "personality assessment" was an error on my part. It may just indicate that I am equally suited to the top 3, not necessarily that my "personality" fits per se. It may be a subtle distinction, but important.
 
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That's nuts.. Thoracic Surgery 95%. Picked it right out of my brain.
 
didymus said:
Maybe it could be showing you that you would not, in fact, enjoy what is traditionally understood as the life and job of a surgeon?
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Nah, I put 10's on long hours and I would accept interruptions. I think it gave medical because of taking care of people, interest in basic medical science, and wanting to know everything about medicine.
 
I don't think I completely agree with the results. No way in hell I would do Radiology.

Radiology, Ortho, Neurosurgery, GI and Urology. In this order.

I always thought of myself as an EM or a general surgery type of a guy.
 
Ibn Alnafis MD said:
I don't think I completely agree with the results. No way in hell I would do Radiology.

Radiology, Ortho, Neurosurgery, GI and Urology. In this order.

I always thought of myself as an EM or a general surgery type of a guy.
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That Muhammad Ali quote. :thumbup:
 
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Apparently, lots of specialties to choose from...

Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 100% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 100% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 100% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 100% Personality Match
Psychiatry 100% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 100% Personality Match
Pediatrics 100% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 100% Personality Match
Family Medicine 100% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 90% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 90% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 90% Personality Match
Pathology 90% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 90% Personality Match
Dermatology 90% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 90% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 90% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace
90% Personality Match
 
1. Internal Medicine - Rheumatology (90%)
2. Psychiatry (90%)
3. Preventative Medicine - Occupational (90%)
4. Internal Medicine - Nephrology (80%)
5. Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology (80%)

Okay I think 1, 2, 4, and 5 are are reasonable given what I'm interested in, but can someone please explain to me what "preventative medicine - occupational" is?
 
Internal Medicine - Hematology
85% Personality Match
Pediatrics
84% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology
83% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology
81% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational
81% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology
80% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine
80% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace
80% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
79% Personality Match
Neurology
79% Personality Match


Interesting...lol at 8, what?!
wouldn't mind #1
 
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 100% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 100% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 100% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 90% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 90% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 90% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 90% Personality Match
Psychiatry 90% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 90% Personality Match
Pediatrics 90% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 90% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 80% Personality Match
Surgery - General 80% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 80% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 80% Personality Match
Ophthalmology 80% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 80% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 80% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine 80% Personality Match
Neurology 80% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 80% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 70% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 70% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 70% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General 70% Personality Match
Pathology 70% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 70% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 70% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 70% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 70% Personality Match
Dermatology 70% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 60% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 60% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 60% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 60% Personality Match
Urology 50% Personality Match
Family Medicine 50% Personality Match


Glad Hematology comes up again - definitely a field I am interested in.
 
Ophthalmology 93% Personality Match
Anesthesiology 93% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology 87% Personality Match
Pediatrics 87% Personality Match
Plastic Surgery 86% Personality Match
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 86% Personality Match
Urology 84% Personality Match
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 84% Personality Match
Orthopaedic Surgery 84% Personality Match
Obstetrics and Gynecology 84% Personality Match
Dermatology 84% Personality Match
Surgery - General 83% Personality Match
Emergency Medicine 82% Personality Match
Radiology - Diagnostic 81% Personality Match
Medical Genetics 80% Personality Match
Family Medicine 80% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism 79% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Occupational 79% Personality Match
Colon and Rectal Surgery 79% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Aerospace 79% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 78% Personality Match
Thoracic Surgery 78% Personality Match
Radiology - Radiation Oncology 78% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease 77% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Nephrology 77% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology 77% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases 77% Personality Match
Preventative Medicine - Public Health and General 77% Personality Match
Neurological Surgery 77% Personality Match
Internal Medicine 76% Personality Match
Psychiatry 75% Personality Match
Neurology 74% Personality Match
Nuclear Medicine 73% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology 72% Personality Match
Allergy and Immunology 72% Personality Match
Internal Medicine - Hematology 71% Personality Match
Pathology 71% Personality Match
I am interested in anesthesiology as well as emergency med (didn't work out as I thought?)
 
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