Medicine & Clinical Care

Diagnosing and treating patients as a licensed physician. The longest training of any field here, and the most varied once you are through it.

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Primary & Family Care
First contact medicine. Broad, continuous, and the backbone of every health system.
2 careers
Hospital & Internal Medicine
Ward-based diagnosis and management of complex or acutely unwell patients.
1 career
Surgical Specialties
Operative treatment. The longest training, the most technical, and the least flexible hours.
1 career
Acute, Critical & Emergency
Time-pressured medicine where decisions are made with incomplete information.
1 career
Diagnostic & Image-Guided
Radiology, pathology and anaesthesia: essential, well paid, and largely invisible to patients.
2 careers

Sideways from here

The neighbouring fields. Most people who end up happy in one of these arrived from somewhere else entirely.