How to Choose a Medical Specialty |
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| Author:
| Taylor, Anita D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7216-0122-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2003 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $66.55 |
Book Description:
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The New Edition of the popular "Red Book" provides medical and pre-medical students with the information they need to select the specialties and practice settings that will best suit their interests, abilities, and personalities. Self-assessment questionnaires help them to pinpoint their talents, goals, and temperaments. "Summary Physician Profiles" for every specialty and sub-specialty approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties let students compare their responses to those...
More DescriptionThe New Edition of the popular "Red Book" provides medical and pre-medical students with the information they need to select the specialties and practice settings that will best suit their interests, abilities, and personalities. Self-assessment questionnaires help them to pinpoint their talents, goals, and temperaments. "Summary Physician Profiles" for every specialty and sub-specialty approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties let students compare their responses to those reported by practicing clinicians. Readers will also find · handy timetables for planning applications · tables on residency competitiveness · changing specialties during and after residency · websites for major specialty associations · and many more sources for additional information.
- Design features 2-color page layout to enhance text.
- "Fast Facts" boxes at the beginning of each specialty chapter summarize for the reader key facts about that specialty that are helpful in making informed decisions about career choices.
- Information based on latest student and practitioner questionnaires
- Describes every specialty and sub-specialty approved by the American Board of Medical Specialists
- Includes newer specialties like medical genetics and hospice and palliative medicine
- Provides questionnaires to help readers assess what is important to them in a career in medicine
- Includes information on applying to osteopathic as well as allopathic residency programs
- Special section on careers in military medicine
- Lists Websites for major specialty associations and other resources
- 4-color cover
- New 2-color internal design
- New "FAST FACTS" boxes
- All Specialty data completely updated
- Web resources completely updated
- New chapter based on information derived from Student and Practitioner surveys