Specialties for CREATIVE people ???

[Minea1010]

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I was wondering if any of you know of specialties that require lots of creativity, and work with objects/machines on a daily basis ....

Diagnosis alone is not interesting enough for me. I would much rather be able to work on a prosthetic or otherwise create a product.

Anything like that out there? 😕

The closest I can think of is Radiology (but that's not hands on enough for me)...
Occupational medicine sounds interesting as well.... but I was leaning more towards the Biomedical engineering spectrum.... ??

Appreciate your help 🙂

ciao

 

[Lacheln]

I was wondering if any of you know of specialties that require lots of creativity, and work with objects/machines on a daily basis ....

Diagnosis alone is not interesting enough for me. I would much rather be able to work on a prosthetic or otherwise create a product.

Anything like that out there? 😕

The closest I can think of is Radiology (but that's not hands on enough for me)...
Occupational medicine sounds interesting as well.... but I was leaning more towards the Biomedical engineering spectrum.... ??

Appreciate your help 🙂

ciao

I think you can get involved in technology development in any field - surgeons develop new techniques and tools, as do anesthsiologist, as do pulmonary people...even a FM I work with has developed technology to help with epidemiology studies (not a machine, but still creative). I'm guessing the more procedurally oriented specialties offer more opportunities in this area though.

 

[Rollo]

Neurosurgery

 

[turkeyjerky]

sounds like you're cut out for dentistry

 

[Jorski]

Peds, you can finger paint with the kids.

🙂

 

[unsung]

I was wondering if any of you know of specialties that require lots of creativity, and work with objects/machines on a daily basis ....

Diagnosis alone is not interesting enough for me. I would much rather be able to work on a prosthetic or otherwise create a product.

Anything like that out there? 😕

The closest I can think of is Radiology (but that's not hands on enough for me)...
Occupational medicine sounds interesting as well.... but I was leaning more towards the Biomedical engineering spectrum.... ??

Appreciate your help 🙂

ciao

I don't know if "creative" is the word you're looking for. Radiology doesn't seem particularly "creative" to me 😕 I mean, it seems fun from a diagnostic perspective.

Perhaps what interests you is a more "hands on" specialty? Any of the surgical specialties would offer ample opportunities to play with gadgets/machines/toys and possibly develop new techniques or technologies.

 

[armorshell]

sounds like you're cut out for dentistry

This is no joke, become a dentist. You can design crowns chairside for patients with a CAD/CAM milling machine, use all sorts of technology every day (Ultrasonic instruments, lasers, piezotomes), fabricate all sorts of appliances, etc...

 

[Minea1010]

This is no joke, become a dentist. You can design crowns chairside for patients with a CAD/CAM milling machine, use all sorts of technology every day (Ultrasonic instruments, lasers, piezotomes), fabricate all sorts of appliances, etc...

Thanks for the advice, but I am already starting my second year in medical school.... seems awfully late to me to change paths now. Also I was thinking more of work that would help improve upon current technology used rather than making one and the same thing on a daily basis.

 

[Rollo]

Surgical fields are definitely what you need to be looking into.

Urology, ENT, Neuro, Cardiothoracic, Plastics, etc. all have some very, very cool toys to play with and there is massive room for even cooler toys.

 

[C5toC9]

Radiology is a pretty hands-off field lol

 

[Zoom-Zoom]

I've always thought plastics was very appealing because of how creative it is. High level cosmetic surgeons have to have a lot of technical knowledge and a very aesthetic eye. There are anatomical subtleties between ethnicities and sexes, for example, that require tailoring the surgery toward each specific patient, with different approaches and techniques for any given procedure. And I think there's an "art" to it because the results can't really be quantified, but you definitely know when they are good. The reconstructive cases are really amazing, too, because each case can be so unique. Craniofacial reconstruction can be particularly awe-inspiring, IMHO.

I think you'll find in general that the "creative" cases are more focused toward fixing problems rather than diagnosing them. Proper diagnosis is usually more formulaic/logical as opposed to creative, in my opinion, and things like fractures and traumas by their very nature require unique approaches to fix.

 

[MossPoh]

Radiology is a pretty hands-off field lol

It depends. There are procedures and you can subspecialize to do almost exclusively procedures. When it comes to design, you have to have a great deal of creativity and insight.

 

[cpants]

Anything surgical requires creativity. Each case is different and will require thought and modification of procedures to be successful. To be a surgeon you have to be a problem solver.

 

[IHeartNerds]

There's a budding sub-subspecialty within functional neurosurgery working on brain-machine interfaces. 👍

If you'd rather sculpt, pediatric plastics has some awesome reconstructions with crazzzzy free flaps and the like.

 

[C5toC9]

It depends. There are procedures and you can subspecialize to do almost exclusively procedures. When it comes to design, you have to have a great deal of creativity and insight.

Yes IR is all procedural, I was mainly referring to the rest of rads, and not the 1 subspecialty.

 

[thepoopologist]

I'm opening up a medical spa first chance I get. That will creatively get hot women to come through the door.