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... | ||