So i know i really want to work with athletes or patients in the 15-40 age range. Don't like working with old people at all and am a male so ob/gyn is probably not for me. I heard most sports medicine doctors usually do the "sports medicine" gig on the side and i HATE primary care. I want to do some sort of procedural stuff and a field in which technology is advancing and the field advancing as well. I'm thinking physical rehab or sports othro or something like that. my board scores will probably be low however as I am not the greatest test taker. probably 200 not more than 205. I was a college d3 athlete so will that help me get into ortho? I'm kinda a jock... besides ortho and physiatry any other recommendations for me?
pathology is an option but uncle is a pathologist and he does not recommend the field. he says the future technologies in my lifetime will ultimately make pathologist obsolete. and he says its very difficult to find a job.
pain seems interesting to me same with anesthesiology...but do pain management physicians work with old people?
I agree with the first response to this post. However, how do you know your likes and dislikes? Have you had a lot of clinical experience working with old people? Bolded text add for emphasis:
Being a male has nothing to do with ob/gyn being "probably not for me." You may think most women prefer a female ob/gyn, and maybe that's true, I really have no idea, but I think first and foremost most patients want a competent doctor that they like, i.e. has good bedside manner. There are definitely reasons to like ob/gyn that maybe you aren't considering: it has both medical and surgical components, some procedures, and plenty of areas to specialize in: gyn/onc, maternal/fetal medicine, urogyn, among others. So you get to do surgery and some procedures, possibly deliver babies if you do obstetrics, etc. Being male does not exclude you from being a successful ob/gyn physician.
How do you know you don't like working with old people? What's the bias? Have you worked in some capacity with old people, or are you just basing it off "old people" you've encountered including your relatives and not considering geriatric needs? Maybe "I don't like wrinkles" is an acceptable answer, I don't know, I'm just curious about your rationale.
Being a jock won't help you get into ortho. You won't put together your CV, audition rotation or interviews and say, "Well, I was a D3 athlete so why don't we just shake on it here, I mean do you really have to interview me? I'll see you in July." There is some small truth in the ortho stereotype though, a lot of the orthopods I've met have been very athletic and played sports their whole lives.
Pain management physicians work with people with pain, typically chronic pain, which can include "old people." In fact, I'd say a good part of their patient census is probably "old people" or at least middle-aged people and upward.
