Physician, know thyself: bmj.com
Posted by GruntDoc on December 24th, 2005
As a resident physician working in a large academic medical centre, I am in frequent contact with medical students, many of whom feel apprehensive about choosing their future medical specialty. Students complain that they need balanced career guidance extending beyond “my specialty is the best” expressed by many doctors. Inspired by my interactions with residents training in all major specialties, I have created an algorithm to guide students’ choice of specialty on the basis of their personality characteristics. The algorithm has been well received at my institution by students and residents alike, many of whom exclaim: “That is so true.”
Boris Veysman, resident, Yale School of Medicine
There’s more than a grain of truth to this.
via Clinical Cases and Images and Dr. RW
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December 24th, 2005 at 1:45 pm
My father is Internal Medicine, and the chart certainly does predict that he would end up doing same. Heh…and my OR-Nurse mother would definitely agree with the Surgery path.
December 24th, 2005 at 4:30 pm
Heh, looks like I’ll end up in Emergency Medicine.
December 24th, 2005 at 4:53 pm
that is actually hilarious. great find
December 24th, 2005 at 6:14 pm
Hilarious! The non-existant attention span works for ER nurses, too!
December 25th, 2005 at 10:45 am
I think that OB/GYN needs to go under the crazy section, with an attention span of 9 months!
December 25th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
What if I am crazy, hate adults and have a short attention span? Peds ER? Actually, that sounds very attractive.
December 28th, 2005 at 10:51 pm
This one hell of a good illustration. I’ll recommend this blog to my niece who is up to now clueless to what she would specialize with. But knowing her she might end up with being a Pedia (she’s very patient with children)or maybe end up in OB/GYN (She’s a very listener/comforter with women). But the rest it’s pretty amusing…
December 29th, 2005 at 3:18 am
As a first year medical student, “What do you want to specialize in?” is the equivalent of “What’s your major?” in undergrad…
I’ll share this with my new friends at school.
By the way… E.R. All the Way!
:)
-Carrie
January 1st, 2006 at 7:02 am
Choosing Residency
Hmmm… This may be helpful. Drawn by Boris Veysman, resident, Yale School of Medicine, published in the British Medical Journal. Found via GruntDoc, Clinical Cases and Images and Dr. RW….
January 1st, 2006 at 7:04 am
Choosing Residency
Hmmm… This may be helpful. Drawn by Boris Veysman, resident, Yale School of Medicine, published in the British Medical Journal. Found via GruntDoc, Clinical Cases and Images and Dr. RW….