in regard to do orthopaedic surgery what would you say requires to get in personality wise and weather its better to

Question: in regard to do orthopaedic surgery what would you say requires to get in personality wise and weather its better to become an emergency orthopaedic or a sub-specialist in sport orthopaedic in regards to work load and everyday task
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Asked by Nathaniel.H on 27 Mar 2023.
- Amy Hadfield answered on 27 Mar 2023:
  
  The training for any surgical job takes a long time so you need to be dedicated and motivated to do it. Also, you need to be good with your hands!
- Krishan Patel answered on 27 Mar 2023:
  
  As a GP, I don’t know much about the entry requirements specific to orthopaedics but I know it is a competitive and sought after speciality to get into. You will still have to go through undergraduate medicine at university and then complete your foundation training as a junior doctor before applying to get into orthopaedics. Once you are into orthopaedics training, you will rotate around different areas of orthopaedics and gain experience in both emergency and sports sub-specialities.
  
  Work load and every day tasks will vary a lot depending on whether you are working at a major trauma centre or a specialist sports facility or rural hospital. You will probably get a flavour of it all during orthopaedics training so you can decide yourself at that point.
  
  During medical school you will get orthopaedics placements which will allow you to see and ask your supervisors what it is like first hand also.
- Sarah Chalmers-Page answered on 27 Mar 2023:
  
  You don’t need to choose your subspeciality now. By the time you get to a point where you are choosing sub speciality work, you will have been able to work in a few departments, and talk to surgeons who have worked in those specialities who will be able to tell you their experiences first hand.
  
  Surgeons need to be confident, dedicated and able to stay calm when things get difficult (which comes in handy for most medical roles!). Good communication skills are always valuable. Contrary to some of the surgeons on TV, real surgeons do better if they have team working skills rather than being total mavericks and need to be conscientious and professional. But there isn’t one personality type at all – just like in any job, there are a range of people and a range of how they cope with their roles.
- James Waldron answered on 28 Mar 2023:
  
  You dont need to decide yet what subspec you want to do! You do need to do medicine then you rotate round lots of different areas. Keep your options open!
  There are lots of orthopaedic stereotypes lol, but I think overall you need to be really driven to get into it and have a lot of focus on that one thing (later on, not now lol)
- Laurence Quirk answered on 30 Mar 2023:
  
  I’m not clinical so know very little about orthopaedics, however from a personality perspective I think you might need to consider
  – excellent communication skills to be able to talk to patients in way they can understand you and they feel you are showing empathy
  – excellent listening skills to be able to reassure patients and work with colleagues during surgery
  – great team worker – as all jobs need to work with lots of other staff to ensure a successful outcome.
  – be a hard worker as you will need to get your grades for medical school and then after that continue learning to your chosen speciality.
  Hope that helps
- Kate Knowles answered on 31 Mar 2023:
  
  I think you will answer this question yourself as you go through medical training. In terms of personality you need to be interested in people, a hard worker, knowledgeable, a good team worker. Med school clinical placements should enable you to talk to clinicians who could advise you regarding which sub-specialty of orthopaedics. It also depends on what you are truly interested in and I would suggest you wait to deicide until you’ve done some placements and sought specialist advice