Why I won’t base my specialty choice on my personality

By The DO Staff

07.17.23

I am no longer choosing a specialty based on my personality. Instead, I will be working on my personality to mold myself into the future physician I aim to be. This may seem counterintuitive to some. After all, personality is a core part of identity. Personally, I’m an extroverted and spontaneous person; surely these personality traits should have provided me with some direction in choosing my specialty. Perhaps emergency medicine, where I’d be working with patients of different acuities and backgrounds?

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