What specialty?

[SteelEyes]

So I encourage everyone to go into medical school with an open mind to all specialties within medicine. However, I was just wondering if anyone has any idea what specialty he/she will be going into.
I was looking back at old essays and such from my college years and I had forgotten that I wanted to be a surgeon back then. Kinda weird. Ends up I am going to be a surgeon, well subspecialty surgeon anyways (ophthalmology).
So, if you had to pick right now, and assuming you could get whatever you wanted, you would go into . . .

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[ScarTissue]

proctology, definitely.

 

[UCLAstudent]

Ob/Gyn

 

[Karina]

Another OB/GYN here

 

[DianaLynne]

I'm thinking emergency/internal medicine.

 

[xadmin]

Undecided, but: Derm, ortho, plastic, or optha

One of these 4.

 

[derf]

Dermatology

 

[Shredder]

Pathology

 

[veridisquo]

psychiatry, neurosurgery, cardiology, oncology... who knows.

Psychiatry is what initially what attracted me to the field of medicine, but the older I get and the more I learn, the more I become interested in other things.

 

[Docta "O"]

I'd like to get into Trauma Surgery

 

[medicEZ]

psych and/or neuro

 

[DrBowtie]

Rad-Onc...but this is subject to change

 

[g3pro]

OB/GYN, because you can look at vaginas all day.

 

[synapse lapse]

Some surgical specialty here.

 

[Medikit]

Peds or IM specialty

 

[YzIa]

Sugery or EM for now.

 

[Shredder]

why doesnt someone turn this into a poll; i dont feel like taking the initiative

 

[synapse lapse]

why doesnt someone turn this into a poll; i dont feel like taking the initiative

I just bumped the one that was up before.

 

[k-monger]

so what's pathology all about? is it just histology and microbiology? Sorry for my naive te, but a brief description of duties and lifestyle would be appreciated.

 

[Shredder]

Check out the path forum for better answers than what would be available here

 

[every1blowz]

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[PineappleGirl]

I'm interested in family practice, psychiatry and pathology, in that order.

 

[vmc303]

Probably psych/neuro or psych/IM. Hopefully by the time I'm choosing a specialty, psych and neuro will be more integrated (as they probably should be) and the decision will be easier.

 

[AlaskaGirl]

At first I was all about primary care...but after having looked in to all the specialities I am thinking more along the lines of Infectious Disease.

 

[Italia]

Ortho, Anesthesiology

 

[Darth Asclepius]

I'm not entirely sure which surgical subspecialty I will choose, but I know I'll be some kind of surgeon

 

[tigress]

Interesting, perhaps I should start keeping a journal or at least make a time capsule or something, and write down what I think I'll go into, and then open it when I actually match

EM, radiology, medical genetics, pediatric rheumatology...

I guess I don't really have a good idea. But if I had to choose one I'd choose EM.

 

[tinkerbelle]

infertility (REI)

 

[Dr.D-man]

cardiothoracic surgery or maybe just cardiology, the heart fascinates me

 

[kgm4]

pediatric cardiology for me! vsd, anyone?

 

[benelswick]

EM, Rads, or Gas....unless something else interests me.

 

[ForbiddenComma]

Primary care for sure. IM or EM

 

[MollyMalone]

critical care, probably. Cards or EM a distant second and third.

 

[jpro]

pediatric cardiology for me! vsd, anyone?

What about TOF?

 

[Hallm_7]

1. Urology
2. Surgical oncology
3. Another surgical specialty or subspecialty
4. Oncology

Right now urology is winning out for several reasons: wide variety of cases (from short, minor surgery to very complex, long surgery), good amount of patient contact, agreeable lifestyle, and it deals with a large amount of cancer (which fascinates me).

 

[rrblue00]

Geriatrics and/or Cardiology

 

[BaylorGuy]

Emergency medicine or Surgery...but i'm not super positive...these are just what i'm leaning towards.

 

[LabMonster]

Hematology, (maybe heme/onc), Pathology, Critical Care, Anaesthesiology, - not sure really. What is more interesting is what you would NOT go into: OB/Gyn, Psych, Addiction Medicine, Family Practice for me...

 

[Ambs]

Internal medicine ---> Interventional cardiology

 

[v-tach]

What about TOF?

How about HLHS? Top that one!!

 

[g3pro]

Internal medicine ---> Interventional cardiology

Wow, I can tell that you are a greedy bastard already!

 

[KiKat37]

Ob/gyn for now... I'll probably change my mind 2,000 times before I have to actually decide on something...

 

[Rolandicfissure]

How about HLHS? Top that one!!

TAPVR. (rookies).

 

[Cholinergic]

Emergency/IM combined
Trauma
OB/GYN
Gas

 

[byeh2004]

EM, Neurology, or Neurosurgery

 

[Ambs]

Wow, I'm surprised to see so many OB/GYN interests.

 

[Ambs]

Wow, I can tell that you are a greedy bastard already!

Actually, no. How presumptuous of you!

I've worked in cardiology for the past 3+ years, so I know what I'm talking about. I love it! I have worked with all kinds of cardiologists, and I have decided at this point that I want to be involved in procedures - definitely not at the surgical (cardiothoracic surgery) level but caths, PTCAs and pacemaker implantation.

 

[on_the_fence]

OB/Gyn (balance of clinical and surgery!)
dermatology (skin is so cool!)
pathology
. . .

I too will probably change my mind 2000 times before making a decision.

 

[myodana]

Physical medicine & Rehabilitation

 

[kgm4]

TAPVR. (rookies).

heh. we are nerds. i love it!

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