How to Choose a Medical Specialty

Description

This updated and revised 3rd Edition offers information on the process of selecting a specialty and introduces the important questions the reader must ask him/herself when making the choice. It describes all specialties and subspecialties approved by the American Board of Specialties and includes worksheets that aid the reader in self-assessment, along with new information on characteristics of primary, secondary, tertiary and supportive care specialties. This edition features a new section on the changing job market and new chapters on military residencies, the couple match and shared schedule residencies.

Contains information on every specialty and sub-specialty approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties, including medical genetics and radiation oncology.

Presents a Summary Physician Profile for each specialty with a numerical scoring table for self comparison, allowing the reader to compare his or her characteristics with those reported by questionnaire respondents, all practicing clinicians.

Offers timely pointers on residency planning.

Features self-assessment questionnaires to help students determine their own talents, goals, and temperament.

Examines practice options, both in clinical and no-clinical settings, nicheand part-time opportunities, as well as workforce projections and the impact of managed care on specialty choice.

Provides Website addresses for the major specialty organizations, many of which provide access to information on medical student resources and residency training.

Offers up-to-date information on the process of applying to residency programs, including the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) as well as military matches, shared-schedule residencies, what to do if you dont match, and changing specialties during and after residencies.

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Other editions

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  How to Choose a Medical Specialty

  • 1986
  • 222 pages
  • Paperback
  • Saunders
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  How to Choose a Medical Specialty: Sixth Edition

  • 2016-09-30
  • - pages
  • Paperback
  • Student Doctor Network