What is an O specialty?

O specialty, also known as other specialty, refers to a medical specialty that falls outside the traditional categories or is less common compared to primary specialties like internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, etc.

These O specialties cover a wide range of sub-specialties and diverse areas of medicine and often involve highly specialized training and focus. Examples of O specialties include:

- Aerospace medicine

- Occupational medicine

- Emergency medicine

- Forensic pathology

- Sports medicine

- Disaster medicine

- Pediatric endocrinology

- Tropical medicine

- Palliative care medicine

- Nuclear medicine

- Geriatric medicine

- Pediatric oncology

- Addiction medicine

- Medical Genetics

- Pain Management

- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation