Speciality choice?

[67552931811]

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Hey everyone,

First, my apologies if this has been answered ad nauseam and my searching skills are severely lacking. That being said, I was wondering if people could help me brainstorm a field that fits me well. More aptly, I really like anatomy/ procedures/ working with my hands (but I also equally like working with my mind)/ people interaction (I'm a people person: I really enjoy helping others). This, to me, sounds like surgery but I am not interested in surgery. So, I am thinking radiology or gas fit this but both have drawbacks to me, personally. Have also considered PCCM but general IM is quite off putting to me. Is there a field that I am missing?

Thanks everyone for their time and insight: appreciate it.

 

[Zebra Hunter]

people interaction

radiology or gas

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[FrkyBgStok]

Peds. You can go almost the same routes as IM without the miserableness of adults. Sure I am biased, but peds critical care and neonatology give the procedures and working with people without being surgery.

OB/Gyn may be another option as they are quicker surgeries. And ophthalmology fits a lot of that depending on your grades and boards.

 

[67552931811]

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Yup. Hence, one of the drawbacks to me. Fits everything else, though.

 

[Warderino92]

Rads does get to do procedures which depend on the fellowship you do afterwards, but it's definitely not an all day affair.

 

[WedgeDawg]

Interventional Radiology

Ophthalmology

Neurology --> Vascular Neurology/Neuro-critical care

OB/GYN

Pain medicine (through Anesthesia or possible PM&R I think)

Anesthesia --> Critical Care

 

[bashwell]

Hey everyone,

First, my apologies if this has been answered ad nauseam and my searching skills are severely lacking. That being said, I was wondering if people could help me brainstorm a field that fits me well. More aptly, I really like anatomy/ procedures/ working with my hands (but I also equally like working with my mind)/ people interaction (I'm a people person: I really enjoy helping others). This, to me, sounds like surgery but I am not interested in surgery. So, I am thinking radiology or gas fit this but both have drawbacks to me, personally. Have also considered PCCM but general IM is quite off putting to me. Is there a field that I am missing?

Thanks everyone for their time and insight: appreciate it.

What about EM?

 

[Brorthopedic]

Your post has EM written all over it

 

[RangerBob]

Hey everyone,

First, my apologies if this has been answered ad nauseam and my searching skills are severely lacking. That being said, I was wondering if people could help me brainstorm a field that fits me well. More aptly, I really like anatomy/ procedures/ working with my hands (but I also equally like working with my mind)/ people interaction (I'm a people person: I really enjoy helping others). This, to me, sounds like surgery but I am not interested in surgery. So, I am thinking radiology or gas fit this but both have drawbacks to me, personally. Have also considered PCCM but general IM is quite off putting to me. Is there a field that I am missing?

Thanks everyone for their time and insight: appreciate it.

Take a look at PM&R--it's a very people oriented specialty and I love it. As far as procedures go, you can do EMGs, peripheral joint injections, US guided injections, botox/intrathecal baclofen pump management (neurosurg places the pump--we do everything else), and of course you can go on to interventional pain.

Those procedures aren't as involved as anything a surgeon does, but I find them quite gratifying, and your patients will too (aside from EMGs which offer no symptom management and can be painful, but patients are often very grateful when we can pinpoint a diagnosis).

 

[WildcatS11]

Peds. You can go almost the same routes as IM without the miserableness of adults. Sure I am biased, but peds critical care and neonatology give the procedures and working with people without being surgery.

OB/Gyn may be another option as they are quicker surgeries. And ophthalmology fits a lot of that depending on your grades and boards.

I am a current 3rd year emergency medicine residenct, Currently rotating in the PICU of a large academic children's hospital.

Do not go into peds critical care if you like procedures. Kids need less bedside procedures than adults, it's just a fact. Sure, the pathology is still interesting and the mental part of the equation still works. But actually procedures... Not as much.

And to say that pediatrics is more interesting as a program than IM? That's just not true. They are more or less very similar residencies in terms of structure, content, and day-to-day activities.

 

[SurfingDoctor]

I am a current 3rd year emergency medicine residenct, Currently rotating in the PICU of a large academic children's hospital.

Do not go into peds critical care if you like procedures. Kids need less bedside procedures than adults, it's just a fact. Sure, the pathology is still interesting and the mental part of the equation still works. But actually procedures... Not as much.

And to say that pediatrics is more interesting as a program than IM? That's just not true. They are more or less very similar residencies in terms of structure, content, and day-to-day activities.

Maybe we are just more thoughtful about procedures? No, just kidding. It is true kids don't need procedures as often as adults due to the relative better baseline health and lack of co-morbidities. Further, because most pediatric critical care is bundled care under the age of 6 (with the exception of neonates under certain grams), there is no incentive to do procedures (ie a 3 year old child with hypoxemic respiratory failure generates the same bundled payment whether they have a breathing tube, central and arterial line, or not).

All that being said, children survive critical illness a lot better than adults.

 

[SansaStarkMD]

Family medicine.

 

[nonick123]

Bump, have the same dilemma.

 

[PatsyStone]

Have you looked into derm? It's a very procedural field, and you'all get to interact with a lot of patients (young to old, healthy to sick)