career inspiration...?

i realise there's a lot of these types of posts so i apologise if this seems rather mundane i'm just having some issues deciding what specialties i ought to consider and was wondering if others could provide any thoughts, tales from experience etc to help in my decision making i just graduated as a doctor in the UK and am working in my first post in a medical job (elderly) i always thought i wanted to do surgery and still am interested in the work of surgeons and the acute care of patients however during some experiences of theatre in the past i have been left daydreaming a bit. whilst i realise the role of consultant/registrar doing the operating will differ from that of student/junior assisting/daydreaming i somehow don't know if i have the spark of passion for surgery i thought i had whilst getting publications, intercalating etc etc so what about medicine. i'm really not sure. i find the idea (and experience) of all day ward rounds and tinkering with drug regimens of long term patients in elderly care to be very tedious. My personality type is ISFP (or thereabouts) I enjoy thinking about management plans and diagnosis but get bored when things become too chronic with no real tangible day to day change I find acute care interesting but am quite nervy and am not a natural leader in emergencies! Some things I've enjoyed: - clerking patients and discussing them with seniors - the buzz when practical procedures go well e.g. cannulation, bloods, ABGs etc - learning good cl...
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