We had a career fair to help us navigate the overwhelming number of specialties in medicine. It was more useful than last year when I really had no idea what I was interested in. There were numerous tables with faculty and fourth years to answer questions about the specialty and application process. There were also ten-minute talks about each field.
Here are the specialties I'm considering at the end of second year, when I really know nothing about the clinical aspects of any of these fields (though I presumably know something about the basic science).
1. Anesthesia -> Critical Care
2. Emergency Medicine
3. Internal Medicine -> Cardiology / ID / Hematology
4. Pediatrics -> Cardiology. This is a new one to make it to my list. I just found congenital heart defects to be really really interesting. It's the one thing I liked about embryology.
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In ancient Greece, the asclepion was a healing temple dedicated to Asclepius, the God of Medicine. Asclepius learned the art of surgery from the centaur Chiron and had the ability to raise the dead. The Rod of Asclepius is a roughhewn branch entwined with a single serpent.
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Hi! I am Craig Chen, a third year resident physician in anesthesiology at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics. I went to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to medical school, I studied philosophy and biology at Stanford University, along with a minor in creative writing.
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