What specialty did you want to go into when you started med school?

[luft]

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When I sarted med school, I didn't really know what specialty I wanted, but felt drawn towards oncology, or even pediatric oncology. At the time, I didn't know what I found so attractive about them, and thought it was a little morbid. When I actually did some oncology and then did psych, I realized I was drawn to the psych aspect of oncology, how people act when they are under stress and greif. So I figured psych was the way to go since then I didn't have to deal with all the chemotherapy and fiddling with the medicine side of things when what I really wanted to do was explore their emotional reactions to what they were going through. That sounds a little cold, like I'm examining them through a microscope, but what I really like to do is help them find some peace about their situation. Like a pastor or counselor or something. Who can also sedate them when necessary. 😉

 

[Doc Samson]

When I sarted med school, I didn't really know what specialty I wanted, but felt drawn towards oncology, or even pediatric oncology. At the time, I didn't know what I found so attractive about them, and thought it was a little morbid. When I actually did some oncology and then did psych, I realized I was drawn to the psych aspect of oncology, how people act when they are under stress and greif. So I figured psych was the way to go since then I didn't have to deal with all the chemotherapy and fiddling with the medicine side of things when what I really wanted to do was explore their emotional reactions to what they were going through. That sounds a little cold, like I'm examining them through a microscope, but what I really like to do is help them find some peace about their situation. Like a pastor or counselor or something. Who can also sedate them when necessary. 😉

Nephrology... 'til I figured out that I liked it because uremia makes people crazy.

 

[raspberry swirl]

i wanted to do peds too. until about a month ago, actually. i really liked peds ID and hem/onc ... for some bizarre reason, i too, wanted to work with cancer kids and AIDS kids. maybe we're all a little crazy. isnt that what they say about psychiatrists anyway??

 

[tr]

Neuro. Until I did it and realized I didn't want to spend my life talking to Terry Schiavo.

 

[whopper]

Psychiatry.

I wanted to do this from the start. That's why I went to medschool.

I did though have an open mind. When I tried the other fields, I thought I'd see if any of them appealed to me. I stuck with Psychiatry.