akdEM Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Our faculty have begun talking to us about trying to choose a "focus" for our clinical year. They just want to know what areas we think we might be interested in so that they can tailor our rotations around that to some extent. I've always considered EM my first choice. I really enjoy the pace and variety that it offers. I love troubleshooting and problem solving with relatively instant gratification. As practicing PAs, what type of personalities does your specialty seem to attract? I know I am asking for sweeping generalizations, but I think it is pretty interesting how different two specialties can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator True Anomaly Posted October 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 23, 2012 Que the classic diagram. Just substitute "PA Student" for "Medical Student" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted October 24, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2012 damn that is funny as it hold some truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaO Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 This is posted in multiple workrooms around my hospital. I pretty much fit the internist pic to a "T", coffee cup included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadonna22274 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I saved that Victoria :) maybe it will help make up my mind IM or FM :) definitely not the hippy doc type! Somewhere in between the dermatologist and internist :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm93 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 found this a while back, more for med students but still quite funny and relevent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsman2PA Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Take 30 minutes to fill this out on U of V's site...its pretty interesting and incorporates a Myers-Briggs type questioning to suit the specialty...not the end all be all, but alleviates some curiosity nonetheless :) https://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToppDog Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Those are great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.K. Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Take 30 minutes to fill this out on U of V's site...its pretty interesting and incorporates a Myers-Briggs type questioning to suit the specialty...not the end all be all, but alleviates some curiosity nonetheless :) https://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/ Wow, I'm supposed to be a plastic surgeon or emergency med. Call me crazy, but this is pretty darn accurate! I won't say where, but primary care was low on the list, hmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planteater Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I've been seriously considering oncology and here are my top choices according to the quiz (2 types of oncology and hematology all in the top): [TABLE] [TR] [TH=align: center] Rank[/TH] [TH=align: left]Specialty[/TH] [TH=align: left]Score[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 27%, align: right]1[/TD] [TD=width: 50%]radiation oncology[/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right]41[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 27%, align: right]2[/TD] [TD=width: 50%]pediatrics[/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right]40[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 27%, align: right]3[/TD] [TD=width: 50%]neurology[/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right]40[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 27%, align: right]4[/TD] [TD=width: 50%]neurosurgery[/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right]40[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 27%, align: right]5[/TD] [TD=width: 50%]hematology[/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right]40[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 27%, align: right]6[/TD] [TD=width: 50%]ophthalmology[/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right]39[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 27%, align: right]7[/TD] [TD=width: 50%]med oncology[/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right]39[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD=width: 23%, align: right] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 50%] [/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 50%][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 50%] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 27%, align: right] [/TD] [TD=width: 23%, align: right][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprillh Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 [ATTACH=CONFIG]973[/ATTACH] This is posted in multiple workrooms around my hospital. I pretty much fit the internist pic to a "T", coffee cup included. Oh this is from Michelle Au's blog! http://theunderweardrawer.blogspot.com/p/scutmonkey-comics.html She is hilarious! I have been following her blog since I read her book, This Won't Hurt A Bit http://theunderweardrawer.blogspot.com/p/book-site.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsfelder0417 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Haha these are hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsfelder0417 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I took the specialty test, and my top 3 were: 1) Radiology 2) OB/GYN 3) Cardiology ...I'm leaning towards Cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdEM Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 As expected, my top was ER. Second was radiology... Not sure I see the connection, but maybe the test knows me better than I do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScienceisAmazin Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm cracking up here! Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHC81 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I took the personality test, and my #1 was pathology. Hmm...no. But #3 General Internal Med and #4 Infectious Disease have been on my short list of "very interested in" for a while. The test nailed my least-favorites, too: orthopedic surgery, general surgery, family practice, colon & rectal surgery, and pediatrics were last on my list, in that order. I've known for a long time that peds was dead last for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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