...I was born this way! Tract, as in you know, spinal tract. Oh, I'm so funny :-| (yes, I push corny jokes way too far).
Anyway.
Quiz from Medical Specialty Aptitude Test of the University of Virginia (click the link if you want to take the quiz too).
Here are my results in my First Year in Medical School. I plan to take this test yearly, depending on how far I can go from here and for how long I can actually stay in the game.
Some side notes:
-General Internal Medicine actually ranks high among my preferences. It's a challenging specialty, since it requires a physician's vast knowledge of a myriad of diseases. The diseases have varying presentations, sequelae and what-not. It's good, if I am up for a job requiring good correlation skills between practice and theory on a regular basis. Also, a sub-specialty will be good, if ever. I'm thinking of cardio-pulmonary medicine - my initial plan prior to all this actual schooling.
-Pathology is also an awesome specialty, if I am looking for much money, minimal patient interaction, and challenging puzzles with live parasites, microorganisms, and actual human tissues (heard this from an actual pathologist from PGH). A lot of my Med Tech batchmates want to pursue this specialty. I have to say that I think I want to know more about this before "disregarding" this specialty in the list of not-for-me specialties. At the moment, what's really holding me back is the microscope. Yes, I dislike looking at stuff under the microscope.
-Emergency Medicine. This needs a doctor who can think fast on her feet, someone who can keep her cool in any scenario, a physician who can lead her health care team along the bustling emergency area; in short, an entirely different Dena. Still, I think this is a great specialty. Ahem, Military Medicine at the actual war zone.
-Neurosurgery for when I jump the ship of the forever alone. I'll be changing my name to Eponine by then, too. Just kidding. I actually know my limits. I believe I wasn't blessed with the mind and the hands to push the limit to become a neurosurgeon. I find the job really, really, really cool, though, and neurosurgeons really, really, really hot. Haha. Hey, intelligence is sexy.
-Radiation Oncology is a specialty that hits too close to home. My dad underwent radiation two years ago because of his thyroid cancer. This year, he will be having another round of radiation again. Being the sanguine soul that he is, he talked to his doctor about medicine and all sorts of things related to it, including me. This particular doctor mentioned that there are only two radiation oncologists in the Philippines at the moment. He even went as far as telling my dad to encourage me to take this specialty in the future.
-For the rest: Dermatology, Ophtalmology, Allergy and Immunology, Rheumatology, and Nephrology, I think I would need more experience and exposure to be able to come up with opinions toward them. I mean to say opinions that are good enough for me to consider them as my future specialty as a physician.
-Obviously, I am one ambitious biotch, no denial here. Oh well, we'll see.
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| No, not really. I do not know what I exactly want... yet. |
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