How To Choose Your Specialty : A Funny Perspective

Probably many of you web-savvy medicos of today have already seen it. I have no idea of its source, so if any of you people happen to know, kindly point it out to me.

Check out this flowchart :



It's amusing - but does cleverly point out of some facets of the personalities of physicians in those respective specialties.

I can bet a few bucks for guessing this is male artwork - since Obs+Gynecology is distinctly absent ;-)

On a more serious note, for those of you keen on determining which specialty is best for you, Take this free online Medical Specialty Aptitude Test hosted by the University of Virginia Health System. Take those results as a rough guide though - not a bible ! After all, for career satisfaction I believe that what you WANT to do is probably more important than what you CAN do. Another good one would be : Pathway Evaluation Program by the Duke University School of Medicine.



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