Specialty (medicine)
Specialty (medicine)
A Specialty in medicine refers to a branch of medical practice that a physician specializes in after completing their initial medical training. It is a specific area of expertise in the vast field of medicine, where the physician focuses on diagnosing, managing, preventing, and treating certain types of diseases and medical conditions pertaining to a particular area of the body, type of patient, or type of treatment.
Pronunciation
- Specialty: /ˈspɛʃ(ə)lti/
Etymology
The term "specialty" originates from the Latin word "specialis" which means particular or special.
Related Terms
- Subspecialty (medicine): A narrower field of specialty in medicine.
- Primary Care: The day-to-day healthcare given by a health care provider.
- Fellowship (medicine): A period of medical training that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program (residency).
- Residency (medicine): A stage of graduate medical training.
Categories of Specialty
Specialties in medicine can be classified into various categories, including but not limited to:
- Surgical Specialty: A field that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury.
- Medical Specialty: A branch of medicine that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy.
- Diagnostic Specialty: Specialties where most of the diagnosis and treatment are made by non-surgical techniques, such as Radiology and Pathology.
- Laboratory Specialty: Specialties that are based in the laboratory, such as Microbiology and Clinical Biochemistry.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Specialty (medicine)
- Wikipedia's article - Specialty (medicine)
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