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The ultimate guide to choosing a medical specialty / Brian Freeman.

Title
The ultimate guide to choosing a medical specialty / Brian Freeman.
Author
Freeman, Brian S.
Publication
New York : Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, [2004], ©2004.

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Description
xv, 474 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
Alternative Title
Choosing a medical specialty
Subject
  • Career Choice
  • Internship and Residency > organization & administration
  • Medicine > Specialties and specialists
  • Medicine
  • Professional Practice
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Planning your medical career -- 1. Choosing a specialty : the most difficult decision of your career -- 2. The specialization of medicine -- 3. Ten factors to consider in specialty selection -- 4. Personality assessment : are you my type? -- 5. Finding the perfect specialty -- 6. Special considerations for women -- 7. Combined residency programs -- 8. Options for the undecided medical student -- 9. Applying for residency : an overview of the match process -- 10. Love and medicine : the couples match -- 11. Top secret! : the ultimate guide to a successful match -- 12. Your medical career beyond residency -- Pt. 2. Specialty profiles -- 13. Anesthesiology / Brain Freeman -- 14. Dermatology / Amy J. Farmer -- 15. Emergency medicine / Jeremy Graff -- 16. Family practice / Michael Mendoza and Lisa Vargish -- 17. General surgery / Danagra Georgia Ikossi and Jonathan Long Le -- 18. Internal medicine / Jennifer Lamb and Ian Tong -- 19. Neurology / Tomasz Zabiega -- 20. Neurosurgery / M. Jafer Ali -- 21. Obstetrics & gynecology / Kelly Oberia Elmore -- 22. Ophthalmology / Andrew Schwartz -- 23. Orthopedic surgery / John C. Langland -- 24. Otolaryngology / Daniel J. Lee -- 25. Pathology / Lisa Yerian -- 26. Pediatrics / Aaron J. Miller -- 27. Physical medicine & rehabilitation / Vicki Anderson -- 28. Plastic surgery / Gregory H. Borschel -- 29. Psychiatry / Kathleen Ang-Lee -- 30. Radiation oncology / Stephanie E. Weiss -- 31. Radiology / Derek Fimmen -- 32. Urology / Jane Lewis.
ISBN
007141052X (alk. paper)
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries