Subject: Which branch of medicine?
Posted by: Saleo
Date: Jan 27 13
OK, now imagine you are en route to becoming a doctor and have to choose a speciality like pediatrics or surgery or neurology or radiology or oncology, which branch of medicine would you be very interested in? And why?
For me, it's pediatric surgery, cause I'm very good with kids and I'm intrigued by surgery. Plus, not many people take that branch I believe.
Posted by: Saleo
Date: Jan 27 13
OK, now imagine you are en route to becoming a doctor and have to choose a speciality like pediatrics or surgery or neurology or radiology or oncology, which branch of medicine would you be very interested in? And why?
For me, it's pediatric surgery, cause I'm very good with kids and I'm intrigued by surgery. Plus, not many people take that branch I believe.
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sportsherald 
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I come from a rather medical family (father a dentist, one sister a doctor, another sister a nurse), yet I discovered at an early age that I didn't deal well with the sight of other people's blood. I didn't mind my own bleeding, however profusely, it was just when others bled that it bothered me. I pursued an engineering career, instead. I suppose a combination of engineering and a branch of medicine with little bloodshed might work, doing something like developing prosthetic limbs... Reply #1. Jan 28 13, 12:35 AM |
jess1506
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Definitely a neurologist, the brain is so complex and interesting, so it'd be a perfect job for me! Reply #2. Feb 18 13, 1:09 AM |
satguru
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From a very early age it was psychiatry for me, and although I bought the books and had teaching from friends as a child who wanted to encourage my interest in their profession, apart from the diagnosing and prescribing they are not specialists in the actual counselling I was more interested in. I still aimed there until I visited a friend in hospital and decided to avoid the medical side in reality and bypass the physical side and get in via psychology and stick to the counselling. I didn't get the grades for the degree but did the straight counselling course after the one I did instead, which was at the time a fairly new course in Britain around the 1980s, and do in fact spend a good deal of time working with many psychiatric patients as they are sent for counselling or choose to have it as well, and find it works very well in combination with their tablets. Reply #3. Feb 21 13, 9:46 PM |
blindcat78
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If it wasn't for my blindness & my balance, I probably be a pediatrics doctor or a doctor for animals. Reply #4. Mar 03 13, 5:45 AM |
brm50diboll
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Endocrinology. I am fascinated by hormonal interactions and metabolism. Reply #5. Oct 29 13, 3:40 AM |
brehan
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I would lean toward with ophthalmology because I have already spent enough time in their care, I feel I have half earned my degree already. Plus, I believe in many ways a physician who can empathize with a patient through similar experience brings a lot to the understanding of the human condition. Reply #6. Jun 02 15, 6:57 PM |
PhNurse
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Do a Pediatric residency first and explore all the options. Since this thread is very old, I am curious about what you decided. Reply #7. Jun 16 15, 4:56 PM |
callie_ross
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I would choose to become a Veterinarian. I've always had a strong love of animals. Reply #8. Jun 16 15, 5:26 PM |
Aryan13AKS
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Genetics fascinates me. Reply #9. Jul 12 15, 5:40 AM |
jabb5076
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Dermatology or Internal Medicine Reply #10. Jul 12 15, 6:04 AM |
| PhNurse
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Don't you have to do a medicine residency before Dermatology? Reply #11. Jul 31 15, 9:57 PM |
Creedy
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Brain surgery definitely. The brain is completely fascinating. Reply #12. Jun 08 16, 12:27 AM |
| HeidiErdahl
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Psychiatry. I was the Psychiatric Nurse Educator for our hospital. I found that many nurses were uncomfortable in caring for patients with psychiatric illnesses and either avoided caring for those patients or were disrespectful to me in assuming the care of these patients. One even asked me, "Why don't you come back and work with us REAL nurses?" as if, when I stopped working in the ICU setting and left to work in psych, I stopped being a "Real" nurse. This question and comment to me was very hurtful but also very dismissive of patients who had psychiatric issues and needs. Reply #13. Oct 02 20, 9:03 PM |
keystonegirl
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If I was to return to college to pursue a medical degree, it would be orthopedics with a concentration in orthopedic traumatology. I had one of the best surgeons in this field save my right foot and leg. Although it is jokingly called "Black and Decker surgery"; it is, nevertheless, a valued field of study that has saved many patients' limbs and allowed them to return to being fully functional on a locomotion/capability level. Reply #14. Jan 23 23, 6:10 AM |
Cymruambyth
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I'd probably go into psychiatry or psychology. Nature versus nurture, motivations, et. fascinate me. besides, I love talking to peole and i can't stand the sight of blood, so it would probably be the safest medical area for me and my patients. Reply #15. Mar 20 24, 12:47 PM |
| Cymruambyth
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Sorry or the typos. Arthritis in the hands - a condition medical science hasn't been able to do much about. Reply #16. Mar 20 24, 12:48 PM |
fado72
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Orthopedics. Reply #17. Apr 25 24, 7:31 PM |
gracious1
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Dermatology or endocrinology. Reply #18. Apr 29 24, 6:09 PM |
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