The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty, Third Edition
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. You owe it to yourself to read this book before you choose a medical specialty! The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty , 3rd edition delivers a well-researched, insider’s look at the complex issues medical students face when choosing a medical specialty. Supported by first-hand knowledge, useful facts and statistics – plus the author’s personal experience and gut-level reports from current residents -- this unique guide provides everything necessary to compare specialties and make a confident decision. The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty , 3rd edition is divided into two sections:Part 1 Planning Your Medical Career delves into the main issues surrounding the choice of your medical specialty. These twelve chapters provide everything you need to begin making this major decision – from how to research each specialty to how to apply for residency. Part 2 Specialty Profiles features chapters devoted to each of the 20 major specialties. It provides important information such as the latest salary information, employment data, and match statistics. Features: An “insider’s look” at different areas of medicine -- with specialty chapters written by physicians just out of residency training Candid and revealing descriptions of each specialty Profiles of the major specialties, including those to which you may have had little exposure, such as radiation oncology A concise, up-to-date guide to the residency application and matching process A chapter with valuable advice to help you maximize your success in obtaining a residency position in each field Updated to include alternative career paths for MDs, such as laboratory science, the military, MD/MBA, and MD/JD Review: Great book. There are a couple other competitors - Great book. There are a couple other competitors, and you can search the internet, but nothing else comes close to the clarity and organization of this book. Highly recommended for medical students! Review: Five Stars - Great read, I really enjoyed this book!
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| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 25 Reviews |
P**L
Great book. There are a couple other competitors
Great book. There are a couple other competitors, and you can search the internet, but nothing else comes close to the clarity and organization of this book. Highly recommended for medical students!
C**R
Five Stars
Great read, I really enjoyed this book!
S**H
A good place to start, but not essential
I'm an MS2 interested in trying to narrow down my search for which specialty I'd enjoy most. I haven't seen the previous edition of this book, but from the reviews on the previous one, it sounds like this one is essentially the same. The book is great for starting to think about different specialties and offers good advice for things to consider when trying to choose. However, all of the short write-ups on each specialty are written by a specialist in the field who is really only focused on the pros of the field. I was hoping for a critical evaluation of the possible pros and cons of each field, but instead each description is very one-sided. It does offer good stats on boards scores, average salaries for each field, match rates, etc. Overall I think it's a good reference, but it's not as objective as I was hoping and I don't feel like there were too many special nuggets of information that I might not hear about each field. I was hoping for a special inside view of the fields with tidbits that you don't know until you are actually in the field. I think that because I just don't know enough about choosing a specialty that it's a good place to start, but it's not quite what I was hoping for.
R**D
Must buy
Must buy for undecided students who don't know where they want to specialise . but as a Foreign student , the view some times is different , the salaries are irrelevant and you have to know your own environment.
S**I
Good starting point
This is a solid text for someone during their clinical third year to get a good idea about what each medical specialty is like. It provides enough information to perhaps narrow down some specialty choices and pursue experience shadowing in others that a candidate is potentially interested in. There is a good discussion for each specialty that is written by someone in that field, including the author, who is an anesthesiologist. I would recommend this text.
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