if u would choose between these medical specialties:cardiology,pediatrics,psychiatry what would u choose ?

Question

what is your most respected medical speciality and why?cardiology or psychiatry or pediatrics or another?

Answer 1

I am a neurosurgeon and my speciality of choice, of course, is neurosciences. I decided to become a neurosurgeon in my second year of graduate studies. What fascinated my the most about neurology was that it was a very objective study, like mathematics- if one has taken a good history and a thorough clinical examination, one is bound to derive a conclusion based on those findings, like in a detective story. You don't have to imagine the findings, they are there for you to see, if you know what to look for.

Also, neurosciences is a speciality which is still in the process of development- there are so many discoveries still waiting for us, and I am hoping to contribute some.

Neurological surgery is a very gratifying speciality - you get patients with head injury, brain tumors, spine disorders - many whose lives or activities are at risk; while you cannot cure all of them (for obvious reasons), you CAN cure or improve a large number of these people who would otherwise not survive to see the light of another day.

Having said this, I would also like to add that I respect ALL the specialities, because all the parts of the body are necessary, you cannot do without even a small part at some level or the other. We just choose the speciality based on our area of interest, temperament, and the ability to cope up with the pressure and stress that that particular speciaity is likely to inflict on us.

Answer 2

Every doctor finds his or her specialty near the end of medical school, after exposure to the different specialties. You find the type of people that you fit in with, and the subjects that most fascinate you.

I am an anesthesiologist. I don't get a lot of respect, even though I keep people alive all day. But I love working in the operating room, and I know my work is valuable.

If I had to be a pediatrician, I'd slit my throat. All those screaming kids and clueless parents.... yuk. But there are doctors who thrive on that, and God bless them for it.

(Someone above mentioned that cardiologists do heart transplants. Those are done by cardiothoracic surgeons - an entirely different specialty.)

The most respected medical specialty is probably neurosurgery. But they also have very stressful lives, so I wouldn't want that job either.

Each specialty has its place in medicine. The most respected specialty is the one that can help you when you need it.

Answer 3

Cardiology pays much better, and smaller communities throughout the United States are begging for foreign trained cardiologists on J1 visas to come and practice medicine in these under served areas.

Answer 4

This decision is usually made during the last year of med school or internship. It is not based on respect, but on pleasure of the job.

Answer 5

cardiology is most respected cause you deal with hearts wich is the source of life, you can bring life with transplants, you come second after God.

Answer 6

Everyone has personal views but I think pathologists. Their job is fascinating to me, microscope work-observing micro-organisms to discover things to create medication and cure diseases

Answer 7

depends on your objectives, do you want to make money or serve the people? cardiologists make more money than paediatricians, and psychiatrists too more than paediatricians. also one must have a love for the subject to enjoy ones work, so the choice is individual.

Answer 8

psychiatry, because it seems more mysterious. But I don't like biology, so my answer doesn't count.

Answer 9

radiology because its so interseting what they do they have to take big risks sometimes