How I Chose My Specialty (Internal Medicine)

Choosing what specialty to apply to in medical school is a difficult decision. In this video I explain my reasoning for how I landed in internal medicine and also provide some tips on how to figure out what specialty is right for you.
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[sunn]

Liked as soon as you told, "because I hated everything else " 🤣🤣🤣

[zoeonyango]

I have been looking forward to this for such a long time! Thank you!

[iBlackBolt]

Subscribed! Nice video Dr. Katz. I hope to see many more.

[PaLaa]

Did you know when you went into IM, you wanted to go onto Cardio? Interested in Endo but I've heard IM residencies are soul crushing, worried I'll burn out and end up not going onto a specialty. Also lol agree with everything, minus peds - kids are great unfortunately, ped physicals & work ups leave a lot to be desired in my opinion.

[zachmd]

I have no idea why I love to be a cardiologist and I haven’t been experienced into that specialty but as i always heard it’s a cool one and my family wanted me to be a cardiologist. I’m stuck between what if I can’t pass to that specialty and what should I do if I’m in the IM.

[pappudeb]

Is it possible to have a good work life balance as a cardiologist and also be financially well-off? I am an MS-IV med student applying for IM but definitely don't want to be one of those docs who are married to medicine and has no other hobbies besides work!

[Letitgonow]

Could you elaborate more on why you chose Internal Medicine over Family Medicine? They are both very similar so how did you finally choose? What factors came into play?

[AfroMedic]

Bro I'm trying to pass my genetics exams, how much genetics was in the MCAT. I also know I wanna be in internal medicine it's my idea of being a doctor since childhood.

[ARZene]

Could you talk about how you actually go about switching residencies? What is the process like? What are the difficulties? Is that looked negatively upon by program directors? If someone matches into a categorical IM program they don't like, can they switch to a different categorical IM program?

[tinabee]

I want to do internal medicine and later do a fellowship of cardiology

[farahyasser]

What do you think about career progression in internal medicine and salaries ? I care about improving and learning so just wanted to know if becoming a specialist is possible after IM

[mazoonachann]

I’m studying forensic science and pharmaceutical sciences is it possible I can master in internal medicine or family medicine?

[razanalneel]

At some point in the vedio u said that you Dont wona talk about ur self 😭plz talk about ur self i mean ineed ur own story bc u really sameller to me Am still struggling cause Am to sick of the exaustion that in medicine resedency plus that in my country it too hard to pass the board exam all briliant doc iknow have fail so Am saying 2 my self (u girl forget it!) so again Am return to the same self war famil medicine er or internal!! Any way Thank u 🌟!

[flashbaq]

If you decide to be and internist and decide to not specialize, can you specialize later ? Or is it a one and done type deal ?

[谢钦-bb]

Definitely helpful for making personal decisions on choosing a specialty, however, when interviewing for a residency application, you cannot say that "because I don't enjoy anything else", right?🤣

[mandalorian]

Secret-hitler?
What game is this? Lol