tailieunhanh - THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHOOSING A MEDICAL SPECIALTY

Three years ago I was a confused third-year medical student, not having any idea about the next step in my education and professional training. Deciding on a ca- reer in medicine was easy; choosing a specialty, on the other hand, was agoniz- ing. Like my classmates, I felt overwhelmed by the number of choices. I imag- ined myself as a future surgeon or emergency medicine physician, but after extensive research and clinical experiences, I soon discovered that anesthesiol- ogy was the perfect fit. I realized at the time that medical students need a good written resource to guide them through this difficult career-defining decision. This is when the. | LANGE ongirul ưudcnc u Mu knc BRIAN FREEMAN MD CHOOSING A MEDICAL SPECIALTY WRITTEN BY RESIDENTS FOR STUDENTS SALARY INFORMATION EMPLOYMENT DATA AND MATCH STATISTICS ALL MAJOR MEDICAL SPECIALTIES LIFESTYLE ISSUES AND PRACTICE CONSIDERATIONS HOW TO ENHANCE THE PROSPECTS FOR OBTAINING A RESIDENCY IN YOUR CHOSEN FIELD a LANGE medical book THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHOOSING A mediCAl Specialty Brian Freeman MD Resident in Anesthesiology and Critical Care University of Chicago Hospitals Chicago Illinois And Associate Authors Lange Medical Books McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto On AlcCraiV tfib CnwiporalDt Copyright 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976 no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-145713-5 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title 0-07-141052-X. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name we use names in an editorial fashion only and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions or for use in corporate training programs. For more information please contact George Hoare Special Sales at george_hoare@ or 212 904-4069. TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted work and The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. McGraw-Hill and its licensors reserve all rights in and to the work. Use .