The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty (2012) (PDF) by Brian Freeman

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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.

User’s Reviews

Brian Freeman, MD is Assistant Program Director in the Department of Anesthesiology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

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.

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