Was browsing through a friend's profile page on fb and stumbled across this - a medical specialty aptitude test. Its a 130 question (bout 15 min tes) that is free by the uni of Virginia. I agree that many of the questions are pretty repetitive. But it kinda corresponds to things I'm interested in. Some of it at least.
And the results :
Rank

1
emergency med45

2
infectious disease44

3
hematology44

4
radiology44

5
physical med & rehabilitation43

6
occupational med43


7
aerospace med43


8
general surgery43


9
nephrology43


10
dermatology43

11
colon & rectal surgery42

12
radiation oncology42


13
med oncology42


14
endocrinology42


15
pediatrics42


16
urology42


17
thoracic surgery42


18
pathology41


19
plastic surgery41


20
orthopaedic surgery41


21
ophthalmology41


22
obstetrics/gynecology41


23
rheumatology41


24
pulmonology40


25
allergy & immunology40


26
general internal med40


27
anesthesiology39


28
cardiology39


29
neurosurgery39


30
otolaryngology39


31
psychiatry38


32
preventive med38


33
nuclear med38


34
neurology38


35
gastroenterology37


36
family practice37




Haha. Emergency med is something that I'm interested in, but we shall see. Even infectious med. But must think of the big picture - family, own capability etc. Aerospace med?(whats that??) and physical med and rehab doesnt sound like my cup of tea... I see alot of "surgery" and "gy's" (radioloGY, hematoloGY etc) in there... but I think I can only really decide after I've experienced the postings for myself. For now...I'm entering sem 5, the last of my phase 1 medical studies. After that its off to posting, or clinical studies... Not sure if I'm entirely ready, but I guess I will have to be... | ||