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This might help you answer those questions: "What field of medicine to you want to go into?"

There are 130 questions.. Good luck! :luck:



http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/
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jbrice1639 said:
sorta seemed more like thirteen questions each asked ten times...but interesting nonetheless :)
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yeah.. that might be to make sure that you answer them correctly. I don't know..

My list was:

1 occupational med 44
2 pediatrics 44
3 rheumatology 44
4 anesthesiology 44
5 radiation oncology 43
6 nephrology 41
7 med oncology 41
8 physical med & rehabilitation 41
9 ophthalmology 41
10 psychiatry 41

And I have considered going into anesthesiology..
 
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Some repetitive questions, but that's necessary for statistical purposes I suppose. Thanks, OP.
 
this was really cool. I like the fact that it seemed to ask the same question more than once, because i found myself changing my mind about an answer here and there. maybe it took the averages of each answer.


1 pathology 48
2 obstetrics/gynecology 48
3 neurology 48 :thumbup:
4 endocrinology 48 :thumbup:
5 infectious disease 47
6 pulmonology 47 :thumbup:
7 allergy & immunology 47
8 nuclear med 47
9 radiology 47
10 orthopaedic surgery 46 :thumbup:
 
My list:

1 hematology 45
2 rheumatology 44
3 physical med & rehabilitation 43
4 radiation oncology 43
5 pediatrics 42
6 ophthalmology 42
7 general surgery 42
8 pulmonology 42
9 neurosurgery 42
10 endocrinology 42
 
1 allergy & immunology 47 > this does sound interesting to me...
2 infectious disease 46 > so does inf disease.
3 thoracic surgery 46 > but SURGERY??? I don't think so. not my thing at all
4 general surgery 46
5 neurology 46 > no. this is an interesting but sad field.
6 neurosurgery 45
7 pathology 45 > no. i want more patient interaction. that's why i like medicine
8 ophthalmology 45 > sounds like it could be cool.
9 radiology 45 > ? prob not
10 preventive med 45 > ok
11 plastic surgery 45 >no
12 pulmonology 45 >ok
13 nephrology 44 >ok
14 dermatology 44 >ok
15 occupational med 44

i bet after we start med school, these answers will change a lot. we'll know what we like and dislike a lot more.
 
Emergency Med...43
General Surg.......42
Orthopaedic Surg.41
Pediatrics...........40
Dermatology.......40

This is pretty much right on the money for me...wow.

I'm all about being an orthopod, I hope this aptitude test is right
 
1 nuclear med 43
2 pulmonology 42
3 psychiatry 42


Psych is probably tops on my list so yay!
 
Here's mine. A little off...

1 dermatology....44
2 plastic surgery....42
3 nuclear med....42
4 anesthesiology....41
5 neurosurgery....41 :thumbup:
6 nephrology....41
7 gastroenterology....40 :thumbup:
8 endocrinology....40 :thumbup:
9 colon & rectal surgery....40 :confused:
10 ophthalmology....40

33 psychiatry...36 :confused: -- I've been working at a psych hospital for the past 2 years! Maybe I've been in the wrong field???
 
Rank Specialty Score
1 general surgery 45
2 emergency med 45
3 radiology 44
4 gastroenterology 43
5 dermatology 42
6 urology 42
7 pathology 42
8 orthopaedic surgery 41
9 nuclear med 41
10 colon & rectal surgery 41
11 anesthesiology 41
12 family practice 40
13 radiation oncology 40
14 endocrinology 40
15 cardiology 40
16 pulmonology 40
17 otolaryngology 40
18 occupational med 40
19 ophthalmology 39
20 obstetrics/gynecology 39



Hmmm...not at all what I expected...but I have always figured on FP or Anes....

Emergency med might be fun. Can't remember what kinda residency is involved in that...

No way I want to be a surgeon.
 
jbrice1639 said:
sorta seemed more like thirteen questions each asked ten times...but interesting nonetheless :)
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I think they were doing that to look for consistency. That would be my guess. Thoracic surgery was at the top of my list. :thumbup:
 
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never considered the first one. what the heck is aerospace medicine?



1 thoracic surgery 47
2 aerospace med 47
3 emergency med 47
4 otolaryngology 45
5 radiology 45
6 preventive med 45
7 general surgery 44
8 occupational med 43
9 ophthalmology 43
10 neurosurgery 43
 
both the tests paired me with dermatology :confused: i would never go into derm!
 
top 3
Occupational Med - I'm not sure what this is? Doesn't sound too intersting
Pathology - Doubtful
Neurology - Dead on...

exactly what I was planning on. maybe the combined neuro/internal med residency offered at a few schools
 
Rank Specialty Score
1 nephrology 47
2 med oncology 47
3 radiation oncology 46
4 physical med & rehabilitation 46
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Last Neurology

Interesting. . . . .Im interested in neurology and it put it in last place :(
 
1-Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine --> didn't even know there was a specialty for this
2-Plastic Surgery --> thought about it, too superficial for me
3-Otolaryngology --> had to look this up to figure out it was ENT, just a bit too competitive
4-Sports Medicine --> never seen one of these guys
5-Orthopaedic Surgery --> i've thought about it
6-Gastroenterology --> thought about it
7-Neurological Surgery --> hell no, want to have SOME sort of life
8-Urology --> don't know much about the field
9-Colon and Rectal Surgery --> never know
10-Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine --> had to look this one up

It's funny because I really don't even know what half of these people do on a regular basis. Guess I need to brush up on my specialties.
 
Rank Specialty Score
1 urology 38
2 psychiatry 38
3 ophthalmology 37
4 pediatrics 36
5 general internal med 36
6 endocrinology 34
7 neurology 34
8 rheumatology 34
9 allergy & immunology 34
10 dermatology 33

Wasn't expecting that :confused:
 
1 physical med & rehabilitation 40
2 general internal med 40
3 neurosurgery 38
4 gastroenterology 38
5 ophthalmology 38
6 plastic surgery 38
7 psychiatry 37
8 nuclear med 37
9 neurology 37
10 infectious disease 37

I was very adamant about "valuing my time off," so I have no idea how neurosurgery is #3.
 
I think those websites are fun to try, just to see what happens. However, at the end of the day we'll end up changing our minds so many times in med school, that who's really to know what field we will be in.

I just saw my former MCAT teacher that I'm always talking about. Anyhow, last summer when he was starting, he was all about family practice. Now that he's done some surgical research and observation, he's sort of liking that too. Similarly, I was at a premed forum one time and this fourth year said that she started with hopes of pediatrics, only to change her mind and go the OB/GYN route after gross anatomy led her to a fascination with the reproductive system. So who knows what will happen. I've taken the UVA survey that was linked above, but I'm going to see what the other one will give me as results just for fun.
 
You can tailor your responses to how you want the results to come out. Use it for fun or answer the questions as truthfully as possible.
 
yeah whatever bro...
 
deuist said:
A better website is The Pathway Evaluation Program. The Virginia site is ugly and gives results for fields that I have no interest in. The link I posted got the ranking perfect.
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I tried your link, but it won't work for me and the computer I'm at won't seem to let me download the macromedia program that I need to work the program.

:mad: :confused: :confused:
 
An honest answer can get you some pretty remarkable, if unexpected, results.

1 thoracic surgery 50
2 emergency med 49
3 otolaryngology 48
4 ophthalmology 48
5 nuclear med 47
6 infectious disease 47
7 anesthesiology 47
8 pathology 47
9 gastroenterology 47
10 neurosurgery 46
 
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Hematology
Allergy and Immunology
Medical Oncology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Infectious Diseases
Neurology

In this order, this is what I got from the link Deuist got. Neurology, Infectious diseases, and physical med and rehab, ironically are 3 of my greatest interests at the moment.

On the UVa link, Infectious diseases was at the top as number 3. Ironically, medical oncology, physical med and rehab, and hematology were also at the top of the list for that link.
 
drinklord said:
An honest answer can get you some pretty remarkable, if unexpected, results.

1 thoracic surgery 50
2 emergency med 49
3 otolaryngology 48
4 ophthalmology 48
5 nuclear med 47
6 infectious disease 47
7 anesthesiology 47
8 pathology 47
9 gastroenterology 47
10 neurosurgery 46
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I take it someone wants to be a surgeon. :p
 
gujuDoc said:
I take it someone wants to be a surgeon. :p
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The website is trying to push me that way, at least. I think it likes me.
 
I took this test last year, and my top two were Urology and Emergency. This year it's Pediatrics and Emergency and Urology dropped to like #7. So there's some internal validity I guess.
 
Emergency Medicine- 27
Orthopaedic Surgery- 31
Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine- 32
Plastic Surgery- 33
Gastroenterology- 35
Pediatric Surgery- 35
Urology- 36
Sports Medicine- 37
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine- 27
Cardiology- 38
Otolaryngology- 39
General Surgery- 40


I used the second link (Pathway Evaluation), so I suppose the lower the number, the greater match.

Well, EM is right on for my first choice. After that, they're all pretty much on the list, but it's a bit mixed up.

It should go:

EM
Critical Care
Urology
Ped. Surgery
Gen. Surgery
Infectious Disease
FP
Plastic Surgery
Ortho. Surgery
ENT
OB/GYN

Well, I think that's pretty much the order of my interest.
 
Medical Oncology 53
Nephrology 58
Cardiology 59
Plastic Surgery 61
Neurology 61
Neurological Suregery 61
Orthopaedic Surgery 61
Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine 61
Radiation Oncology 62
Sports Medicine 63
Gastroenterology 65
Colon and Rectal Surgery 66
Otolaryngology 67

Otolaryngology being what i really want to do
 
General Surgery
Sports Medicine
Vascular Surgery
Gastroenterology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Plastic Surgery

which is way cool because I want nothing else than to be a surgeon, although i have absolutely no interest in sports medicine.
 
1 nuclear med 45
2 radiology 43 :thumbup:
3 occupational med 42
4 rheumatology 42
5 pathology 42
6 colon & rectal surgery 42
7 anesthesiology 41
8 radiation oncology 41
9 dermatology 41
10 nephrology 41
 
My top match- aerospace medicine. Surprisingly, I hadn't thought of that.
 
It was interesting but I don't think it was too accurate.

My top ten were:
Physical med and rehabilitation; not interested
Rheumatology; No
Nuclear med; Don't know much about that field
Psych; maybe
Nephrology; Nah...
Infectious Disease; sounds interesting
Hematology; No
General Internal Med; No, I was adult and peds
Dermatology; Never sounded interesting
Plastic Surgery; Seems pretty cool

I want to do FP and it was listed as 23 on my list.
 
FutureDrCynthia said:
It was interesting but I don't think it was too accurate.

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I have to agree with you, I took another version of this exam on some other school's website, forgot what it was, but the result were completely different.
 
DrHopeless said:
I have to agree with you, I took another version of this exam on some other school's website, forgot what it was, but the result were completely different.
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Yeah, I was surprised with the answers on that site.

1 neurology 42
2 endocrinology 42
3 rheumatology 41
4 allergy & immunology 41
5 ophthalmology 41
6 radiology 41
7 urology 40
8 plastic surgery 40
9 otolaryngology 40
10 nuclear med 40

I think neuro would be interesting, but my true passion is medical oncology which was all the way at 34 for me. I then took the Pathway Evaluation and had these results:

Colon and Rectal Surgery
Radiation Oncology
Neurology
Medical Oncology
Opthamology

That's much closer to what I want to do than the other one.
 
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