Hospital medicine

Internal Medicine
Family Medicine
Surgery
Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine

These are the typical medical specialties that physicians choose for their careers. Hospital medicine is still fairly new and it's for doctors who want to spend all their time treating patients in the hospital setting. Inpatient.

Hospitalists.

In the past, doctors used to see patients in the office (outpatient) and also in the hospital (inpatient). Now, care is getting divided. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?