# Scalpel vs Stethoscope - How to choose your specialty? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [July 8, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/scalpel-vs-stethoscope-how-to-choose-your-specialty/21017 "2026-07-08T15:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![APURVA](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/www.medboundhub.com/apurva/32/5044_2.png) [@APURVA](https://www.medboundhub.com/u/APURVA)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/scalpel-vs-stethoscope-how-to-choose-your-specialty/21017/1 "2026-07-08T15:06:43Z")
Congratulations! You are finally a doctor- what’s next ? Do you remember those familiar words from all everyone you met ? Now it’s time to seriously think about the next big step- post graduation. You have the whole one year of internship to figure it out. Here are a few pointers to think about- 1. Interest- do you like to perform surgeries/ work in OPD and wards? 2 Skills- are you good at communication or have analytical & deductive skills? 3Lifestyle-would you like to handle emergencies/ night duties/long OT hours? 1. Future- how do you see yourself after 10-15 years- private practice/ hospital/ research Tip to remember-do all your clinical rotations seriously The speciality you choose is a lifelong commitment- think with your heart & brain ![How to choose the right specialty](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/uploads/medbound/original/2X/1/1c1b56054426417f1fe6687e7cbe32bda9f544f9.jpeg) How I chose my specialty? —I want to perform surgeries & also check patients ; yet I don’t want to study for a super specialty branch I don’t feel great about doing emergency duties or night duties. I would like to have fixed hours for surgery & OPD , so I can have my personal life also I would like to have my own private practice in future Taking this points into consideration- I decided to take ophthalmology as my specialty. _What is your choice of speciality and why?_ MBH/PS