Here are eight of the most popular specialty choices among medical students, according to a Medscape report titled Med Student Life & Education Report: Are Young Doctors Prepared?
• Family/general medicine: 12 percent
• Emergency medicine: 11 percent
• Pediatrics: 9 percent
• Surgery (general or specialized): 8 percent
• Internal medicine/OB-GYN: 7 percent
• Anesthesiology/Psychiatry: 5 percent
• Neurology/Orthopedics: 4 percent
• Cardiology/Radiology: 3 percent
Note: The survey includes responses from more than 2,000 current medical students.