Medical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor (i.e., medical school and internship) or additional training thereafter (e.g., residency and fellowship).
A person can also become a Paramedic/clinical officer /Physician assistant. This is what the many brave individuals in war zones and Africa do to save millions of lives.
Specialities usually fit into one of two broad categories: “Medicine” and “Surgery.” “Medicine” refers to the practice of non-operative medicine, and most subspecialties in this area require preliminary training in “Internal Medicine“.
Surgical specialties employ operative treatment. Surgery has many sub-specialties, including general surgery, cardiovascular surgery, colorectal surgery, neurosurgery, maxillofacial surgery, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, oncologic surgery, transplant surgery, trauma surgery, urology, vascular surgery, and pediatric surgery.
Internal medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, management and nonsurgical treatment of unusual or serious diseases, either of one particular organ system or of the body as a whole.
There are many subspecialities (or subdisciplines) of internal medicine:
• Cardiology
• Critical care medicine
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics
• Haematology
• Hepatology
• Infectious diseases
• Nephrology
• Oncology
• Pediatrics
• Pulmonology/Pneumology/Respirology
• Rheumatology
• Sleep medicine.
Other major specialties
The followings are some major medical specialties that do not directly fit into any of the above mentioned groups.
• Anesthesiology
• Dermatology
• Emergency medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of acute or life-threatening conditions, including trauma, surgical, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric emergencies.
• Family medicine, family practice, general practice or primary care
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Medical Genetics
• Neurology
• Ophthalmology
• Pediatrics
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Psychiatry
• Preventive medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease.
o Community health or public health
o Occupational medicine’s principal role is the provision of health advice to organizations and individuals to ensure that the highest standards of health and safety at work can be achieved and maintained.
o Aerospace medicine deals with medical problems related to flying and space travel.
Interdisciplinary fields
Some interdisciplinary sub-specialties of medicine include:
• Addiction medicine deals with the treatment of addiction.
• Biomedical Engineering is a field dealing with the application of engineering principles to medical practice.
• Clinical pharmacology is concerned with how systems of therapeutics interact with patients.
• Conservation medicine studies the relationship between human and animal health, and environmental conditions. Also known as ecological medicine, environmental medicine, or medical geology.
• Diving medicine (or hyperbaric medicine) is the prevention and treatment of diving-related problems.
• Forensic medicine deals with medical questions in legal context, such as determination of the time and cause of death.
• Laser medicine involves the use of lasers in the diagnostics and/or treatment of various conditions.
• Sexual medicine is concerned with diagnosing, assessing and treating all disorders related to sexuality.
• Sports medicine deals with the treatment and preventive care of athletes, amateur and professional. The team includes specialty physicians and surgeons, athletic trainers, physical therapists, coaches, other personnel, and, of course, the athlete.
• Therapeutics is the field, more commonly referenced in earlier periods of history, of the various remedies that can be used to treat disease and promote health.
• Veterinary medicine; veterinarians apply similar techniques as physicians to the care of animals.
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