Dermatology and orthopedics are the most appealing specialties for attracting medical students and residents over the next three years, each cited by 54% of physicians surveyed, according to Medscape’s “Most Popular Specialties for Doctors” report published April 21.
Medscape surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties from Sept. 5 to Dec. 17.
Here’s a breakdown of the most appealing physician specialties for the next three years:
- Dermatology: 54%
- Orthopedics: 54%
- Cardiology: 34%
- Anesthesiology: 34%
- Plastic surgery: 31%
- Radiology: 27%
- Emergency medicine: 27%
- Ophthalmology: 24%
- Gastroenterology: 19%
- Internal medicine: 18%
- Psychiatry: 15%
- Oncology: 15%
- General surgery: 14%
- Family medicine: 12%
- Critical care: 10%
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 9%
- ENT: 9%
- Diabetes and endocrinology: 8%
- Allergy and immunology: 8%
- Urology: 8%
- OB-GYN: 6%
- Pediatrics: 4%
- Public health and preventive medicine: 4%
- Neurology: 4%
- Infectious diseases: 3%
- Pathology: 3%
- Rheumatology: 2%
- Pulmonary medicine: 2%
- Nephrology: 2%
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