1. Does the specialty interest you? 2. Could you do this for a living, rather than just shadowing or spending a couple weeks on a rotation? 3. Is the lifestyle what you want for yourself? 4. Are you fine with the hours worked by physicians in this specialty? 5. Are you fine with the compensation offered in this specialty? 6. Are you fine with the length of training for this specialty? 7. Are you fine with the intensity of residency training for this specialty? 8. Are you interested in Academic Medicine? 9. Is this specialty going to change significantly within the near future? 10. Are you competitive for the specialty? Source
