What factors are important when choosing a specialty?

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The following is a list of things that often impact medical students when choosing their career focus.

1.	The following is a list of things that often impact medical students when choosing their career focus. Which of these things are important to you?
		lifestyle preferences
		personal fit
		expected income
		prestige in society
		prestige among colleagues
		career advancement opportunities
		longitudinal care
		societal need
		hours of practice
		length of residency
		on-call schedule
		emulate a physician known to me/role model
		flexibility at work
		flexibility out of work
		in-hospital care
		urgent care
		non-urgent care
		community outreach
		research opportunities
		long-term relationships with patients
		short-tern relationships with patients
		variety of patient problems
		demographics of patient population
		short-term results
		on-going treatments

1.	What factors are important to you when considering a residency program and your charting your career path in medicine?

1.	Consider the choices you made. Do you think these same choices are important to someone of different gender?

2.	How might a person's gender affect the importance of certain aspects of a speciality when choosing a focus in medicine? Go back to the original list and consider the impact of gender on professional and lifestyle choices in medical careers.