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
Specialty Score1emergency med45
emergency med452infectious disease44
infectious disease443hematology44
hematology444radiology44
radiology445physical med & rehabilitation43
physical med & rehabilitation436occupational med43
occupational med437aerospace med43
aerospace med438general surgery43
general surgery439nephrology43
nephrology4310dermatology43
dermatology4311colon & rectal surgery42
colon & rectal surgery4212radiation oncology42
radiation oncology4213med oncology42
med oncology4214endocrinology42
endocrinology4215pediatrics42
pediatrics4216urology42
urology4217thoracic surgery42
thoracic surgery4218pathology41
pathology4119plastic surgery41
plastic surgery4120orthopaedic surgery41
orthopaedic surgery4121ophthalmology41
ophthalmology4122obstetrics/gynecology41
obstetrics/gynecology4123rheumatology41
rheumatology4124pulmonology40
pulmonology4025allergy & immunology40
allergy & immunology4026general internal med40
general internal med4027anesthesiology39
anesthesiology3928cardiology39
cardiology3929neurosurgery39
neurosurgery3930otolaryngology39
otolaryngology3931psychiatry38
psychiatry3832preventive med38
preventive med3833nuclear med38
nuclear med3834neurology38
neurology3835gastroenterology37
gastroenterology3736family practice37
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... | ||
3 comments:
i did this too!
1. emergency med
2.pediatrics (this is what i'm aiming for)
3. ophthalmology
4. urology (=.= nooo i don't even wanna see this)
5. radiology (i did consider this once!)
6. dermatology zzzz
7. anesthesiology (good pay but i don't hv interest in this also...)
8. physical med & rehab.. err??
9. gastroenterology.. hmmm?
10. family practice (right.. and while i'm trying to run away from my gp posting, this is in my top 10.. hehe..)
this is my second time taking this test.. back in sem 3, i had a more likely interest in the top 10 specialties.. now, feels like many things changed.. i'm getting lazier! hahaha...
eh...interesting! =D
is it quite accurate though? hehe i guess interests change over time...and yes there are other factors to be taken in to account as well.
haha, i guess ultimately need to wait for the real time to come before i decide :P there are other factors...in the end maybe its just balancing out?
esther ...all the best! i know u'll reach yr goal :)
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