Med Specialty assessment tool

[nosuperman]

Hopefully not a re-post. 130 question test. Not sure how accurate but worth a shot for entertainment sake.

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/

I got psych and aerospace med as my top score with my current favs fairly close to the top.

[katie91]

Most of the ones that interest me were near the end of the list, but it's still really interesting. Thanks for sharing

[thatonekid]

http://premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53086

Interesting test just for fun.

[Med0123]

wow, #1 is the specialty I ended up in :P

[Cerena]

Thanks for the link.
I remember writing this quiz last year. I ended up with:
1 dermatology
2 med oncology
3 pediatrics
4 rheumatology
5 physical med & rehabilitation

I may retake for fun

[radishes_and_potatoes]

Here's what I got.. Pretty cool!

Rank Specialty Score
1 nuclear med 46
2 neurosurgery 46
3 plastic surgery 45
4 thoracic surgery 45
5 radiology 44

[bored]

I retook this quiz, I remember taking it last year. thx for posting link again

its funny cause some things are still up there, but other things moved out from being at the top and have gone to the bottom of the rank

Rank Specialty Score
1 nuclear med 40
2 hematology 37
3 allergy & immunology 37
4 infectious disease 36
5 pathology 36
6 occupational med 36
7 neurology 35
8 preventive med 34
9 aerospace med 34
10 plastic surgery 34
11 physical med & rehabilitation 34
12 radiology 34
13 emergency med 34
14 rheumatology 33
15 ophthalmology 33
16 urology 32
17 pulmonology 32
18 endocrinology 32
19 cardiology 32
20 gastroenterology 31
21 radiation oncology 31
22 thoracic surgery 31
23 pediatrics 31
24 neurosurgery 31
25 psychiatry 30
26 anesthesiology 30
27 dermatology 29
28 general internal med 29
29 family practice 29
30 obstetrics/gynecology 29
31 orthopaedic surgery 29
32 otolaryngology 27
33 nephrology 27
34 colon & rectal surgery 27
35 med oncology 25
36 general surgery 24

[MCATwannabe]

Haha, I wanted to become some sot of surgeon since I was a kid. This thing got that right. If I was in medicine, I would probably like Cardiac/thoracic too. I also absolutely detest family medicine a. This computer program is smart.
Rank Specialty Score
1 thoracic surgery 48
2 nuclear med 48
3 pulmonology 48
4 nephrology 48
5 hematology 48
6 ophthalmology 47
7 obstetrics/gynecology 47
8 pathology 47
9 otolaryngology 47
10 radiology 47
11 occupational med 47
12 aerospace med 47
13 radiation oncology 47
14 plastic surgery 46
15 orthopaedic surgery 46
16 urology 46
17 preventive med 46
18 rheumatology 46
19 dermatology 46
20 pediatrics 45
21 neurosurgery 45
22 general internal med 45
23 med oncology 45
24 infectious disease 45
25 general surgery 45
26 anesthesiology 45
27 allergy & immunology 45
28 neurology 44
29 gastroenterology 44
30 colon & rectal surgery 44
31 emergency med 44
32 endocrinology 42
33 cardiology 41
34 psychiatry 41
35 physical med & rehabilitation 40
36 family practice 31

[PhoenixFlare500]

Well my top 6 stayed the same as from my results from a year ago, which is interesting because I've told myself I'd never do peds, neuro or optho. I was also starting to consider family medicine more as an option this year, but apparently I'd hate that.

01 radiology 43
02 urology 42
03 dermatology 42
04 pediatrics 41
05 neurology 41
06 ophthalmology 39
07 endocrinology 39
08 colon & rectal surgery 38
09 gastroenterology 38
10 pathology 38
11 plastic surgery 38
12 nuclear med 37
13 rheumatology 37
14 allergy & immunology 37
15 anesthesiology 36
16 general internal med 36
17 physical med & rehabilitation 36
18 occupational med 36
19 psychiatry 36
20 preventive med 35
21 aerospace med 35
22 hematology 35
23 emergency med 35
24 pulmonology 33
25 nephrology 33
26 neurosurgery 33
27 otolaryngology 32
28 radiation oncology 32
29 cardiology 31
30 infectious disease 31
31 obstetrics/gynecology 31
32 thoracic surgery 31
33 general surgery 31
34 orthopaedic surgery 30
35 med oncology 28
36 family practice 28

[ellorie]

Rank Specialty Score
1 rheumatology 50
2 physical med & rehabilitation 49
3 pathology 49
4 occupational med 48
5 neurology 46
6 general internal med 46
7 psychiatry 45
8 hematology 44
9 allergy & immunology 43
10 endocrinology 42
11 nephrology 42
12 med oncology 41
13 radiation oncology 41
14 preventive med 40
15 dermatology 39
16 infectious disease 39
17 gastroenterology 38
18 pediatrics 38
19 ophthalmology 37
20 plastic surgery 37
21 thoracic surgery 37
22 neurosurgery 37
23 radiology 36
24 family practice 35
25 anesthesiology 35
26 colon & rectal surgery 34
27 nuclear med 34
28 aerospace med 33
29 cardiology 32
30 pulmonology 32
31 general surgery 30
32 otolaryngology 30
33 emergency med 29
34 urology 28
35 orthopaedic surgery 27
36 obstetrics/gynecology 26

Yeah I guess I can see that. Except for pathology. How the heck did that get up there? I wish I remembered my results from last year - I'd like to compare now that first year is over.