Career Choices

I noticed that exactly one year ago, I documented what I thought were my top specialty choices at that moment.  You can find that post here if you're curious.  Since it's been a year,  I thought I would take the opportunity to reflect and see what has changed.  My experience with the different fields has hardly changed (if at all), but my perceptions have changed a little and my idea of what is a good fit for me has been refined some.  The list of fields that I am not at all interested in hasn't changed at all.  My list of good possibilities has changed slightly, but mostly just in order of preference based on what I happen to be thinking at the moment (if you asked me next week, the order may change again).

Here was my list last year:
Good Possibilities: (roughly in order of most likely to least)

1. Med-Peds (combined internal medicine/pediatric training)
2. Peds
3. Emergency Medicine
4. Heme/Onc
5. Genetics
6. Family Medicine

And here would be my current order:

1. Peds
2. Med-Peds
3. Family Medicine
4. Genetics
5. Heme/Onc
6. Emergency Medicine

I fully expect this list to change again, but I find myself leaning more and more towards pediatrics.   I'm still trying to keep an open mind and just see what experiences come my way, but I think it's constructive to document along the way.