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lilORANG posted...

And OBGYN is one of the more competitive specialities.

Lol no it's not. Middle of the road. Competitive is like derm, ortho, neurosurg, ENT, ophthalmology.

OB is like maybe anesthesia, gen surg, radiology tier. You're right that you can't just walk into that field, but there are many more competitive specialties.

And TC, OBGYN is predominantly women these days. Back in the day when medicine was still an overwhelmingly male-dominated field, you'll see male OBs, like the ones close to retirement age. And a handful still go into it these days, but a lot of guys these days will have underwhelming OBGYN rotations in med school because women understandably don't want male medical students observing, so there is limited exposure to the field and a lot of people don't go into it anymore.