Tuesday, June 9, 2009

I took a medical specialty aptitude test on the University of Virginia's website, and here are the results. You answer 130 questions about your personality, the way you are, the way you like to handle things, etc., and it pops out a long list of medical specialties for you. I have no idea if anyone places any stock in this sort of test.

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

2 comments:

  1. I donno...I can't imagine you doing plastic surgery (at least not the kind that "movie stars" get), but can easily envision you in family practice. Go figure...

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  2. Computer-generated tests are overrated.

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