Table A1.

Medical specialties divided into areas, classes, and types.

MEDICAL AREA	SURGICAL AREA	CLINICAL SERVICES AREA
Class of GENERAL AND SPECIALISTIC CLINICAL MEDICINE Internal medicine Emergency medicine Geriatrics Sports medicine Thermal medicine Medical oncology Community medicine and primary care Allergy and clinical immunology Dermatology Hematology Endocrinology Food science and human nutrition Digestive system diseases Cardiovascular apparatus diseases Respiratory apparatus diseases Infectious diseases Nephrology Rheumatology Class of NEUROSCIENCES AND CLINICAL BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES Neurology Child neuropsychiatry Psychiatry Class of CLINICAL MEDICINE OF DEVELOPMENTAL AGE Pediatrics	Class of GENERAL AND SPECIALIST SURGERY General surgery Pediatric surgery Plastic surgery Obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) Orthopedics Urology Class of HEAD AND NECK DISTRICT SURGERY Maxillofacial surgery Neurosurgery Ophthalmology Otorhinolaryngology (ENT surgery) Class of CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGERY Cardiac surgery Thoracic Surgery Vascular surgery	Class of DIAGNOSTIC AND LABORATORY MEDICINE Anatomical pathology Microbiology and virology Clinical Pathology and Biochemistry Class of DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY Radiodiagnostics Radiotherapy Nuclear medicine Class of SPECIALIST CLINICAL SERVICES Anesthesiology, critical care, and pain medicine Audiology and phoniatrics Physical medicine and rehabilitation Class of BIOMEDICAL SPECIALIST CLINICAL SERVICES Medical genetics Pharmacology and clinical toxicology Class of PUBLIC HEALTH Hygiene and preventive medicine Occupational medicine Forensic medicine Medical Statistics and Biometry Class of DENTISTRY SPECIALTIES Oral surgery Orthodontics Pediatric dentistry Class of PHARMACY Hospital pharmacy Class of HEALTH PHYSICS Medical physics