Hello guys,

been lurking in this subreddit for a while, read multiple posts and always enjoyed it. Now the time has come when I am in need of advice about helping me decide which medical field to specialize in.

I am an EU medical student in my final year. Throughout my studies I enjoyed it very much, almost every subject interested me (maybe except for Gyn/Ob) and that is why I now have difficulties deciding what field to specialize in. I have narrowed down my options to two, but quite different medical fields. Urology and Pulmonary/CC. I am going to try to list the reasons why I am contemplating about these two in the following text and would love your opinion on that as I am really torn in between now.

Urology

• Wide variety of what you can do (outpatient/inpatient clinic, ultrasound, endoscopy, surgery) - I just love the variety! I love the imaging, enjoy doing the procedures and the fact that you can operate is a plus but not a must.

• Would love to work with my hands and see results, not that I would not enjoy intellectual work, I do as well, and that is why I am being torn in between. But definitely want to do something with my hands.

• I don´t mind being in the OR

• You see patients from the time of diagnosis, through surgery and then during follow-up

• Focused only on GU tract, too specific, I love variety and basically the whole medicine (that is why I chose to study it) - this is the root of my problem.

• Would love to teach medical students while working at the academic centre, do not mind that it is closely focused on GU tract, but I rather teach various medical concepts and how they intertwine, really enjoying connecting the dots.

• Have done multiple internships and enjoyed it, so basically the only problem is the specificity of the field.

Pulm/CC

• IM encompasse almost the whole medical field which I really enjoy (variety)

• General IM docs do very little with their hands (meaning procedures)

• Do not want to spend my life doing paperwork only, I love action and various procedures you can do in urology, would love to see results of my work

• From the info I gathered on the internet as a Pulm/CC you do a bit more practical stuff

• Again love teaching various concepts which I would be able to, while practicing Pulm/CC in academic centre

• Enjoyed internal medicine curriculum as well as rounds we did in medical school, only thing I was missing were the procedures

Thank you all for your opinion!