which specialties need more studying?

[usr]

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hello

can you tell me please which specialties need more studying and which less?
or maybe we could make a ranking list of specialties according to how much study they need

to make a start, I think pneumonology, rheumatology needs much less studying than most internal medicine subspecialties

what about ophthalmology and dermatology?

also, imo primary care specialties (ob/gyn, internal medicine, pediatrics) need the most studying

as for surgical specialties, I cant say much

last, what about pathology?

thanks

 

[Bicuspid]

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[Meat Cookie]

Stay out of medicine.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

pneumonology rocks!

 

[usr]

Stay out of medicine.

no mister

you think that question is asked from a person that needs to study as less as possible

the truth is that its asked from a person that needs to learn everything over his specialty and that he needs to know what he is doing

the 90% of the doctors dont know everything over their specialty (the percentage varies depending the specialty, its bigger in internal medicine and smaller in more specialized specialties imo)

so if you want to rephrase the question and ask the SAME question again with other words:
what are the above percentages of each specialty

 

[BADMD]

no mister

you think that question is asked from a person that needs to study as less as possible

the truth is that its asked from a person that needs to learn everything over his specialty and that he needs to know what he is doing

the 90% of the doctors dont know everything over their specialty (the percentage varies depending the specialty, its bigger in internal medicine and smaller in more specialized specialties imo)

so if you want to rephrase the question and ask the SAME question again with other words:
what are the above percentages of each specialty

0% of doctors know everything about their specialty.

 

[usr]

0% of doctors know everything about their specialty.

no! YOU dont know everything about your specialty, because you are BADMD!!!

(kidding..)

 

[lumbering]

Ow...my brain!

 

[Meatwad]

Rad Onc... supposed to be a lot of studying.

 

[DOCTORSAIB]

hello

can you tell me please which specialties need more studying and which less?
or maybe we could make a ranking list of specialties according to how much study they need

to make a start, I think pneumonology, rheumatology needs much less studying than most internal medicine subspecialties

what about ophthalmology and dermatology?

also, imo primary care specialties (ob/gyn, internal medicine, pediatrics) need the most studying

as for surgical specialties, I cant say much

last, what about pathology?

thanks

Although you're getting slammed on SDN (and I'm trying really hard not to giggle), I will tell you that ophthalmology requires TONS of reading.

As one of the previous posters noted, ZERO percent of doctors know EVERYTHING about their specialty.

Based on your questions, I can tell that you either young and/or have LOTS to learn about medicine (which is fine as long as you become informed with a quickness before posted another thread like this one).

G'luck!

 

[Blade28]

What? What's your goal here? To relearn everything in one field? Huh?

I'm confused.

 

[Jack Daniel]

And here I thought all the fun threads were in the pre-med forums! 😉

 

[usr]

come on, all of you that find this funny: what you do its hypocritical, so just face the facts:

you dont study all day, you dont know everything in your specialty, some specialties are easier (in the amount of knowledge etc) than others, etc

so know the specialties demands, know your limits, your abilities, this is what the topic is about, dont be such hypocritical, you dont study all day, neither you can learn everything

(ok, maybe I didnt state the question well enough)

as for ophthalmology, I dont think its alot more studying than studying surgery or internal med

 

[InductionAgent]

come on, all of you that find this funny: what you do its hypocritical, so just face the facts:

you dont study all day, you dont know everything in your specialty, some specialties are easier (in the amount of knowledge etc) than others, etc

so know the specialties demands, know your limits, your abilities, this is what the topic is about, dont be such hypocritical, you dont study all day, neither you can learn everything

(ok, maybe I didnt state the question well enough)

as for ophthalmology, I dont think its more than studying surgery or internal med

The best answer really is that in all specialties, there is never enough studying or wide enough knowledge base that can be obtained, especially if one really wants to excel at the field either through providing the best care they can and/or making a contribution through research and publishing.

It is also important to do studying that extends beyond what might be considered the range of one's specialty.

For instance, in my field of anesthesiology, I can benefit from learning more about surgical practice to have a better understanding of precisely what the patient is undergoing intraoperatively. I should stay refreshed on internal medicine topics so that I best understand my patients' comorbid diseases, and how their current therapeutic regimen is affecting them.

That is assuming I really want to do the best job I can in caring for my patients. In many cases, I can just look in the patient's mouth, listen to the heart and lungs, start an IV, induce the patient, secure the airway, turn on the ventilator and some inhaled agent, give standard doses of narcotics and possibly neuromuscular blockers, treat hypotension with phenylephrine or ephedrine depending on heart rate, give some IV fluids, make sure the urine output is adequate and the patient stays paralyzed during the procedure, at the end of the procedure see if the patient has recovered enough neuromuscular tone to give neostigmine/glycopyrollate, turn off the anesthetic vapor, make sure the patient is breathing adequately, give narcotics if tachypneic and showing evidence of pain, suction, extubate the patient, make sure patient is doing reasonably well in the recovery room and then on to the next patient.

If my practice is limited to simply the above, I am hardly an anesthesiologist, and at best a $hitty one. You can apply the same approach to any field of medicine, and be a $hitty physician in any specialty you choose. The $$ is especially appropriate in this censor-dodging, because most $$ for the least amount of work, as opposed to a true love of the profession and concern for the patients would be the main incentive in choosing that route. I'm done.

 

[usr]

ok, as for your specialty:

I think you may know less pharmacology than a internal medicine doctor, (however, you may have more in-depth knowledge over specific drugs and dosage calc, but you deal will definately less drugs), you definately know less surgery than a surgeon, you may know less stuff than a ICU/CCU doctor

however, I would agree its not easy to do the math and conclude that you know less stuff than another specialties

 

[zinjanthropus]

ok, as for your specialty:

I think you may know less pharmacology than a internal medicine doctor, (however, you may have more in-depth knowledge over specific drugs and dosage calc, but you deal will definately less drugs), you definately know less surgery than a surgeon, you may know less stuff than a ICU/CCU doctor

however, I would agree its not easy to do the math and conclude that you know less stuff than another specialties

please please stop....you are hurting my eyes

so, which is it?
a. you are 12
b. you are in a country far far away

 

[usr]

please please stop....you are hurting my eyes

so, which is it?
a. you are 12
b. you are in a country far far away

its not weird that all idiot replies without a single arguement come from 'students', kids get your degree first then talk...

😉

 

[Blade28]

I still don't understand your question.

Studying for what? To pass that specialty's boards?
To just get by?
To pass the yearly in-service exam?
To ace the boards?
To keep up with scientific discussion?
To try and know everything?

 

[Medikit]

Phrenology requires more studying than most

 

[InductionAgent]

ok, as for your specialty:

I think you may know less pharmacology than a internal medicine doctor, (however, you may have more in-depth knowledge over specific drugs and dosage calc, but you deal will definately less drugs), you definately know less surgery than a surgeon, you may know less stuff than a ICU/CCU doctor

however, I would agree its not easy to do the math and conclude that you know less stuff than another specialties

I don't claim to know as much surgery as a surgeon or IM as an internist, but a good anesthesiologist should know more surgery than an internist, and more medicine than a surgeon. As for pharmacology, we must have an extensive knowledge, because we are using high doses of very powerful drugs.

That's my point: an outside observer quickly disregards the extent of what a particular specialty knows, because they have an overly limited perception of the scope of the specialty's responsibilities. It's a natural tendency. With every clinical rotation I did, I realized in hindsight how narrow my view of that specialty had been.

 

[zinjanthropus]

its not weird that all idiot replies without a single arguement come from 'students', kids get your degree first then talk...

😉

1. i will have my *precious* degree in 6 months. Not really sure what would change about my reply after a few more beautiful independent study months spent at the beach.

2. I have a few degrees already - that are even from big people schools - and i even had my 13th birthday, so can I play too?

3. I have to admit that i still have no idea what "argument" we are supposed to be having. I suppose this is because I'm an "idiot" student though.