Med Students Are Choosing the Wrong AI Specialty

If you're a medical student picking a specialty in 2026, you're being asked to bet a decade and $300,000 in debt on a market nobody is teaching you to read.This episode is the framework I wish someone had given me — plus the data nobody else is putting in front of med students.In this episode:• Why 76% of all FDA-cleared medical AI targets a single specialty — and why residency applications to it are still up 30%• The four kinds of physician cognition (and why "AI replaces cognitive work" is the wrong frame entirely)• Which specialties get repriced, restructured, or protected — and why psychiatry might be safer than radiology• The 2026 CMS efficiency adjustment nobody is talking about — and why it's a ratchet, not a one-time cut• What medical schools are (and aren't) doing to prepare the next generation of physicians for an AI-driven workforceWatch the video version with charts and visuals: https://youtu.be/NETog9SBtZsFull sources and the deep dive: danmccoymd.substack.com