As I'm becoming more sure of a career in medicine, how do you start to make a decision on what area of medicine (or what specialty) to pursue? Please feel free to share your own personal experiences, because I don't have much of an idea of what I want to do.
People often come into Med with ideas of what they want to be, but these quickly change. My experience, and that of many is that you'll come in with some ideas, but then you'll work through all the different fields and you'll start to realise that 'hey, doing this wouldn't be so bad'. I'm finding that rather than narrowing down my options as I thought I would, they more or less keep opening up. Most fields of Medicine are quite interesting, and it's really a case of seeing how you mature as a doctor throughout your undergraduate studies, and even your post-graduate studies. Then, it's best to match up your personality with the 'personality' of each speciality. Just talk to a lot of people and you'll slowly start to figure out. Really, most people only really narrow down solidly after they graduate so don't fret now. You don't need to make any immediate decisions and its best to keep an open mind. I've got people in my year level who are utterly intent on a certain path and are hence dismissive of the other sides of Medicine as a consequence. There's one person who despite being on psychiatry would just skip his duties there and go to theatre to watch surgeries since that's what he wants to eventually do. I don't think this is a healthy way to approach your undergraduate education so basically, just chill and experience everything you can.
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