There are few decisions as important or as nerve wracking as deciding on a specialty.

很少有決定像決定一個專業那樣重要或令人緊張的。

Here are a few questions to get you thinking and help narrow down your options.

這裡有幾個問題可以讓你思考並幫助縮小你的選擇範圍。

What are your areas of scientific and clinical interest?

您的科學和臨床興趣領域是什麼？

Do you prefer direct or indirect patient care?

你喜歡直接還是間接照顧病人？

Do you want primarily a surgical practice With a lot of procedures?

你是否主要想要一個有大量手術的外科診所？

A medical practice with few procedures or a mix of both?

一個程序很少的醫療機構，還是兩者兼而有之？

How important is work life balance to you?

工作生活平衡對你來說有多重要？

What type of patient population and outcomes do you prefer?

你喜歡哪種類型的病人群體和結果？

What are your strengths?

你的長處是什麼？

What specialties complement those strengths?

哪些專業是對這些優勢的補充？

How competitive is it to get into the specialty?

進入該專業的競爭有多大？

Do you have a realistic chance of matching into it?

你是否有現實的機會匹配到它？

If not, how can you make yourself competitive?

如果沒有，你怎樣才能使自己具有競爭力？

What type of activities do you want to do outside of clinical practice?

在臨床實踐之外，你想做什麼類型的活動？

Research, teaching policy work?

研究、教學政策工作？

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.

現在你已經有了一些想法，研究你感興趣的專業，以更深入地瞭解我們的 所以你想成為。

Series is a great place to start.

系列是一個很好的開始。

Then make sure to gain clinical exposure by shadowing, joining specialty clubs and talking to physicians.

然後確保通過跟班學習、加入專業俱樂部和與醫生交談來獲得臨床機會。

You'll never know if it's a good fit until you experience it for yourself.

除非你親自體驗，否則你永遠不會知道它是否合適。