term for certain types of physicians?

[yoyohomieg5432]

---

Members do not see this ad.

probably a really dumb question.

when i hear the term primary care it seems to be the type of doctor such as general practitioner or family doc that you generally see.

what do you call other doctors such as surgery, radiologist, etc? is there a collective term? i'm working on secondary essays and they ask my career ambitions with examples like academic medicine, primary care, research, etc.. but i don't know what group you would use to call the specialties listed above

 

[gettheleadout]

Specialist.

 

[freakingoutabit]

-

 

[yoyohomieg5432]

Specialist.

but how would you use it in a sentence? "I envision myself as a specialist?"

 

[eggs13]

"I would like to specialize", "I plan to specialize", "I want to specialize in (insert specialty)"

 

[freakingoutabit]

but how would you use it in a sentence? "I envision myself as a specialist?"

I would be more specific than just saying that you want to specialize. There are a LOT of specialties. Do you imagine yourself doing surgery, an IM subspecialty, derm, path, what? These are all very different, so saying you want to specialize is almost as vague as saying you just want to be a doctor.

They're asking this question to see how much thought you've put into your future career, so your answer needs to be thoughtful. If you haven't already, research different areas and explain why you're more drawn to some than others. No one is equally drawn to all of the specialties.

 

[yoyohomieg5432]

I would be more specific than just saying that you want to specialize. There are a LOT of specialties. Do you imagine yourself doing surgery, an IM subspecialty, derm, path, what? These are all very different, so saying you want to specialize is almost as vague as saying you just want to be a doctor.

They're asking this question to see how much thought you've put into your future career, so your answer needs to be thoughtful. If you haven't already, research different areas and explain why you're more drawn to some than others. No one is equally drawn to all of the specialties.

well i have a good idea of what kind of doctor i wanted to be. just wasn't sure what the broad term i would use first is before getting into more detail

thanks everyone