1. How to choose a medical specialty ?????
By:
DR. Awatif Alam
Associate Professor
Medical College
KSU

2. Various Specialties: Allergy and Immunology Preventive Medicine
Orthopedic Surgery
Anesthesiology
Otolaryngology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Pathology
Dermatology
Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Internal Medicine
Family Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Medical Genetics
Psychiatry
Neurological
Surgery
Radiation Oncology
Neurology
Radiology
Nuclear Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Thoracic Surgery
Ophthalmology
Urology

3. About Careers in Medicine
Understanding Yourself
Exploring Options
Choosing a Specialty
4. Getting into Residency

4. How to choose your medical specialty

5. Specialty Selection :
Selection Factors : When considering which specialty is the right one, there are many important factors to consider:
1. Does the specialty interest you?
2. Could you do this for a living, rather than just shadowing or spending a couple weeks on a rotation?
3. Is the lifestyle what you want for yourself?
4. Are you fine with the hours worked by physicians in this specialty?
5. Are you fine with the compensation offered in this specialty?

6. Selection Factors:
6. Are you fine with the length of training for this specialty?
7. Are you fine with the intensity of residency training for this specialty?
8. Are you interested in Academic Medicine?
9. Is this specialty going to change significantly within the near future?
10. Are you competitive for the specialty?

7. Congratulations