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... | ||