Table of Contents

Part 1 Planning Your Medical Career
1. Choosing a Medical 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 Your Successful Match
12.Your Medical Career Beyond Residency
Part 2. Specialty Profiles
13. Anesthesiology
14. Dermatology
15. Emergency Medicine
16. Family Medicine
17. General Surgery
18. Internal Medicine
19. Neurology
20. Neurosurgery
21. Obstetrics & Gynecology
22. Ophthalmology
23. Orthopedic Surgery
24.Otolaryngology
25. Pathology
26. Pediatrics
27. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
28. Plastic Surgery
29. Psychiatry
30. Radiation Oncology
31. Radiology
32. Urology
Appendices: Internet Resources Guide

About the Author

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