Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Medical Specialty Aptitude

UVA has a "Medical Specialty Aptitude Test."
It's 130 questions, most of which are repetitive. 

Here are my results. 

Rank - Specialty - Score
1 - physical rehabilitation - 40
2 - occupational med - 39
3 - rheumatology - 39  
4 - hematology - 38
5 - gastroenterlogy - 38
6 - dermatology - 38
7 - anesthesiology - 38 
8 - radiation oncology - 38
9 - plastic surgery - 38
10 - radiology - 38
11 - ophthalmology - 38
12 - nuclear med - 38
13 - neurology - 37
14 - neurosurgery - 37
15 - pathology - 37
16 - otolaryngology - 37
17 - psychiatry - 37
18 - preventive surgery - 37
19 - thoracic surgery - 37
20 - infectious disease - 37
21 - allergy/immunology - 37
22 - endocrinology - 37
23 - cardiology - 37
24 - general internal medicine - 37
25 - colon/rectal surgery - 36
26 - pediatrics - 36
27 - orthopedic surgery - 36
28 - general surgery - 35
29 - urology - 35
30 - areospace medicine - 35
31 - family practice - 35
32 - emergency medicine - 35
33 - pulmonology - 35
34 - nephrology - 35
35 - med oncology - 35
36 - obstetrics/gynecology - 35 
 
 
 
I was surprised that PT was my top score.. from what I have seen, I think that specialty looks kinda boring. I kinda makes me sad that internal medicine and cardiology are both so far down the list. I definitely chuckled when I saw that OB/GYN was at the very bottom of the list.  
Aerospace medicine is a specialty I have never heard of but immediately caught my interest. I am an astronomy junkie like you've never seen before! 
I wouldlike to retake this test and see if my answers change any.



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