In medicine there are many specialties.
Specialist is a concept that can be used as an adjective or as a noun . The notion is formed with the special adjective and with the ending -ista .
Regarding special , it should be noted that it has multiple meanings. It can qualify someone or something that is different from the rest or that is above what is usual or conventional due to its qualities. The suffix -ista , meanwhile, refers to the "supporter of" or the individual who has a certain trade or profession .
What is a specialist
After analyzing the components of the word , it is easy to understand what the idea of specialist refers to. This is what someone who masters a certain activity or subject can be called.
Let's take the case of a graduate in Literature who dedicates his life to studying the life and work of the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez . This person writes essays about Gabo 's books, becomes his biographer and usually participates in talks and debates that revolve around the figure of the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude." It can be said, therefore, that this subject is a specialist in García Márquez .
What makes someone a specialist is the knowledge they accumulate about their object of study. Generally, becoming a specialist in something takes time and years of dedication. Depending on the discipline, practice is also essential.
The concept in medicine
Specialties are very important in medicine . Professionals in this science usually develop specific training that allows them to master a particular branch.
In this way, we can find specialists in phlebology , specialists in cardiology or specialists in pain management , for example. A hospital must have different specialists to provide a comprehensive health service, capable of responding to the needs of all its patients.
Because of their skills when cooking meat, a person can become a barbecue specialist.
The specialist according to colloquial language
It is important to mention that a specialist is not always a person with an academic degree or vast knowledge. In colloquial language , a specialist is called someone who demonstrates an exceptional ability to do something .
Suppose a man is characterized by not respecting schedules. Thus, a friend tells him: "You are a specialist in being late." With that phrase he is indicating that the subject in question always arrives late.
A "roast specialist" , meanwhile, is someone who manages to cook the meat in this way with precision. An allusion could also be made to a "specialist in generating uncomfortable moments" or a "specialist in telling anecdotes" , to mention other possibilities.
A movie starring Stallone
«The specialist» , finally, is the title by which the film «The Specialist» was known in our language . It is an action film directed by Luis Llosa that was released in 1994 .
In the film, Sylvester Stallone plays a former CIA agent who works as a hitman. Sharon Stone , James Woods , Rod Steiger and Eric Roberts are other actors who make up the cast of "The Specialist" , a proposal that was a box office success although it received many negative reviews from the specialized press (that is, from journalists who dedicated to film reviews ).