Specialties

SpecialtyA specialty in medicine is a branch of medical science. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.Specialties doctors

SpecialtiesThe two main branches of medicine are surgery and internal medicine, and the doctors who practise these branches are called surgeons and physicians, respectively.

Cardiology

Specializes in is a

specialist in

Study of the heart and its functions and diseases

A cardiologist Diseases of the heart and circulation, or cardiology

A geriatrician Diseases of elderly patients, or geriatrics

An anaesthetist anaesthetics

Example

Names of specialties usually end in -ology

ImmunologyAnesthesiologyDermatologyCardiology

GastroenterologyHematologyNephrologyNeurology

Names of specialties usually end in –ology (cont.)

Names of specialists usually end in -ologist

CardiologistDermatologistHematologist

Names of specialists usually end in – ologist (cont.)

NephrologistRheumatologistGastroenterologist

Name of a specialty ends in -ics

AnaestheticsPaediatricsOrthopaedics

paediatrics

Name of the specialist ends in -ician

PediatricianObstetrician

How to choose specialty ?

1. The best choice of medical specialty will be something you enjoy and something you are good at.

2. Pick for yourself.3. Pick for the future4. What kind of daily work do you want to be

doing?5. Who do you want to work with?