Stereotypes
Has the distinction of being the specialty with the highest rate of burnout
What is Emergency Medicine?
These specialties have no call duties (name 2)
What is Dermatology, Radiology, Pathology, and Psychiatry?
This specialty which has minimal patient care has procedural duties like performing biopsies
What is Diagnostic Radiology?
This specialty is responsible for synthesizing the diagnosis and treatment of physical disabilities or catastrophic injuries
What is PM&R?
This specialty has the longest training and highest income earning potential
What is Neurosurgery?
Has the misconception of being “diagnose and adiós” — that this specialty can diagnose but not treat disorders or diseases identified in the brain
What is Neurology?
This specialty is first point of contact for complex diagnostic problems, as it involves diagnosing and treating a wide range of adult diseases
What is Internal Medicine?
The medical specialty that uses a detailed knowledge of genetics
This specialty interfaces with every other specialty of medicine
What is Pathology?
This specialty has the largest number of subspecialties
What is Internal Medicine?
Yes this specialty does medicine and they do procedures
What is Psychiatry?
These specialties involve shift work (name 2)
What is EM, Anesthesia, or General Surgery?
Because of this specialties expertise in acute care medicine, they’re more and more present in the intensive care unit
What is Anesthesia?
This specialty is often considered the best specialty for physicians seeking a blend of surgery and clinical care
What is Opthamology?
What is one of four paths into Critical Care medicine?
What is a residency in internal medicine, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, or general surgery?
Both fields use a wide array of tests and technologies to provide accurate diagnoses that guide treatment across nearly all other medical specialties (name one)
What is Diagnostic Radiology and Pathology?
These specialties are referred to as the "ROAD" specialties for best lifestyle
What are Radiology, Ophthalmology, Anesthesia, and Dermatology?
Kind of like surgery, this medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases with minimally invasive, image-guided procedures
What is Interventional Radiology?
This specialty practices primary care, surgery, preventive care, psychological counseling, and education across the age spectrum
What is Ob/Gyn?
This specialty trains to care for patients from birth through adulthood and can manage chronic conditions that span a patient's lifetime,
What is Med/Peds?
Its not just ear, nose, and throat - they also perform surgery on these areas, treat head and neck cancers, and perform facial reconstructive surgery
What is ENT or Otolaryngology?
This is a new specialty where the doctor works exclusively at night
What is a nocturnist
These two medical specialties whose treatment concepts and procedures undergo rapid change and constant innovation (name 1 of 2)
What is Cardiology and Oncology?
This specialty has 5 pathways to it (EM, IM, Peds, PM&R, or FM)
What is Sports Medicine?
These two specialties have the least number of residency programs in the US
What is Plastic Surgery and Vascular Surgery?