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subspecialty
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sub·spe·cial·ty  (sbspshl-t)
n. pl. sub·spe·cial·ties
A narrow field of study or work within a specialty, as pediatric dermatology or geriatric psychiatry.


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In some subspecialties (neurotology, for example), additional clinical training is required to develop competence in advanced procedures.
The work relative value units (RVUs) earned by different subspecialties in academic radiology may differ by a large magnitude, according to data supplied by the Association of Administrators in Academic Radiology.
Concerns among healthcare analysts that the majority of pediatricians in training now are women and that this might cause shortages in the future in pediatric subspecialties appear to be almost entirely unfounded, a University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, study concludes.
 
 
 
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