2. Specialty
A specialty in medicine is a branch of medical
science. After completing medical school,
physicians or surgeons usually further their
medical education in a specific specialty of
medicine by completing a multiple year
residency to become a medical specialist.
Specialties doctors
3. Specialties
The two main branches of medicine are surgery and
internal medicine and the doctors who practise these
branches are called surgeons and physicians
respectively.
4. Example
Cardiology
Study of the heart and its functions
and diseases
A cardiologist
Diseases of the heart and circulation
or cardiology
A geriatrician
An anaesthetist
Specializes
in is a
specialist in Diseases of elderly patients or
geriatrics
anaesthetics
5. Names of specialties usually end in -ology
Immunology
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Cardiology
6. Names of specialties usually end in –ology
(cont.)
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Nephrology
Neurology
7. Names of specialists usually end in -ologist
Cardiologist
Dermatologist
Hematologist
8. Names of specialists usually end in – ologist
(cont.)
Nephrologist
Rheumatologist
Gastroenterologist
9. Name of a specialty ends in -ics
Anaesthetics
Paediatrics
Orthopaedics
paediatrics
10. Name of the specialist ends in -ician
Pediatrician
Obstetrician
11. How to choose specialty ?
1. The best choice of medical specialty will be
something you enjoy and something you are
good at.
2. Pick for yourself.
3. Pick for the future
4. What kind of daily work do you want to be
doing?
5. Who do you want to work with?
