Specialty (medicine)
A specialty (or speciality) in medicine is a branch of medical science. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.
Read more about Specialty (medicine): History of Medical Specialization, Classification of Medical Specialization, Specialties That Are Common World-wide, List of Specialties Recognized in The European Union and European Economic Area, List of North American Medical Specialities and Others, Future Medical Specialties, Physician Compensation, Other Uses, Satisfaction
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“... to a specialist his specialty is the whole of everything and if his specialty is in good order and it generally is then everything must be succeeding.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)