Posted: May 31, 2011 4:45 pm
I want to get into infectious disease which means I have to do internal medicine then find an available fellowship.
However I have zero experience with anything besides pain medicine and infectious disease, so there is a solid chance it may end up changing. I know for a fact I want nothing to do with pain medicine though. The patient demographic is very specific, old or fat. The diagnoses are usually extremely simple, and the treatments are usually hit or miss. Oh and of course you have to deal with more drug seekers than any other specialty which gets really old after the initial kicks.
However I have zero experience with anything besides pain medicine and infectious disease, so there is a solid chance it may end up changing. I know for a fact I want nothing to do with pain medicine though. The patient demographic is very specific, old or fat. The diagnoses are usually extremely simple, and the treatments are usually hit or miss. Oh and of course you have to deal with more drug seekers than any other specialty which gets really old after the initial kicks.