What are your areas of scientific and clinical interest?
Do you prefer direct or indirect patient care?
Do you want primarily a surgical practice with a lot of procedures, a medical practice with few procedures, or a mix of both?
How important is work-life balance to you?
What type of patient population and outcomes do you prefer?
What are your strengths? What specialties complement those strengths?
How competitive is it to get into the specialty? Do you have a realistic chance of matching into it? If not, how can you make yourself competitive?
What type of activities do you want to do outside of clinical practice? Research, teaching, policy work?
Now that you have a few in mind, research the specialties you are interested in to gain a deeper understanding. Our So You Want to Be series is a great place to start. Then make sure to gain clinical exposure by shadowing, joining specialty clubs, and talking to physicians. You’ll never know if it’s a good fit until you experience it for yourself.
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