Specialty choice
Dear Reddit,
Current M3. Don’t want to do surgery.
Would really appreciate some advice regarding specialty. I enjoy everything pretty much equally. My view is that: at the end of the day it’s a job and things become routine, so might as well pick the job with the best perks.
I just want the specialty that can optimize these things the most (yes I know this is super obvious and idealistic): money + lifestyle as staff + probability of matching (!!).
Some specialties that came to mind: PMR, pathology, and (recently) nuclear medicine.
I’ve gotten good-very strong feedback on my rotations/electives. Several abstracts (in different medical specialties) and many ECs/clubs, and could potentially get 1-2 pubs by CARMS deadline.
What should/can I try to match to?
Thank you!!!
Edit: IM is a tough one. Likely match but the concept of 2nd match + relocating is a tough call. Can end up in Geri/GIM/etc.
Edit: I’ve seen some comments say FM but seems like the money aspect is like 2/3 of what a specialist makes (correct me if wrong though)