Clueless

It's time. To pick a specialty.

We're supposed to choose a pathway starting next year (resident year 1). There are 4 to choose from:

1. Basic Physician Training year 1 (BPT 1)
- doing medicine to become a physician i.e. cardiologist, endocrinologist, rheumatologist, Infectious disease specialist, respiratory physician, oncologist, geriatrician, gastroenterologist, neurologist, intensivist...anything I missed?

2. Psychiatry

3. Surgical resident
- doing surgical terms in surgical specialties (Urology, Plastic Surgery, Vascular surgery, Orthopaedics), ICU and ED

4. Mixed rotation - suitable for GP & ED training
- rotation consists of medical rotation, ED, Obs & Gynae and Paediatrics

There are limited places for all these jobs. So first come first serve. Unfortunately I don't know which way I want to go. Huhu. :(

Let's mull over it.

Psychiatry is a definite out.
I have mixed feelings about the mixed rotation. I don't want to do Paediatrics.
I like doing a surgical resident job (simple jobs and lucrative) but I don't want to be a surgeon. Choosing the surgical path will "waste" 1 year if I don't intend to be a surgeon anyways.

I suppose by the rule of exclusion that leaves me with BPT1. Argh but just the thought of doing a medical term makes me cringe, what more a whole year of it!

I wonder which pathway I should pick if I want to become a radiologist or pathologist? Those two options are looking good to me considering the minimal if not zero human contact. Huhu. I'm getting tired of people! Adoi.

So, BPT 1 it is then.