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Adolescent Medicine Allergy/Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiology Colon & Rectal Surgery Critical Care Medicine Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Family Practice Gastroenterology General Surgery Geriatric Medicine Hematology Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Medical Oncology Nephrology Neurology Neurological Surgery Nuclear Medicine Obstetric/Gynecology Ophthalmology Orthopedics Otolaryngology Pathology Pediatrics Rehabilitation Medicine Plastic Surgery Preventive Medicine Psychiatry Pulmonary Medicine Radiology Rheumatology Sports Medicine Thoracic Surgery Urology |
For more information on a specific type of medical specialty, click on one below. On each specialty link below you will find information on required training, fellowship options, salaries and projected future job markets. You will also find a listing of 5-10 of the most commonly encountered medical issues for the specific field, including medical back ground, and current research on treatment and etiology of each issue. Review sample clinical cases to gain insight and perspective into each specialty. Furthermore, you can participate in the journal club for each specialty and stay current on recent important literature as recommended by practicing specialist. |
 US News Report
detailing America's Best Hospitals for 2006. Here you can
find out rankings of hospitals and medical centers by specialty,
which can help you choose what might be the best programs to pursue
the respective post graduate specialty training.
(click here to visit US News Report's Website).
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| Excerpt from our 2006 Medical Student Guide (click here for more) | |
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All about Step 1
The step 1 of your boards, test you on all
information learned in Years 1 & 2 of Medical School, considered the Medical
Basic Sciences. What you learn during years 3 & 4 are considered the
clinical sciences. Medical school is grueling, and there is so much to learn
on a day by day, month by month basis. So imagine reviewing all of that into
preparing for a one day test. It’s tough. The importance of your score in
the exam depends on what type of residency you wish to pursue after medical
school, and where. It may be difficult to know for sure at this point what
specialty you wish to pursue, but doing well on step one will keep all doors
open, and doing poorly, will close many. Despite the intended principle of
this exam to only measure basic science knowledge for the purpose of medical
licensure, many residency programs use your score on this exam, like some
medical schools use the MCAT. That is, to set a cut-off score and only
review applications from applicants whose scores measure above. That being
said, you can expect that doing poorly or even average, can limit ANY
residency position at the BEST hospitals. Furthermore, certain specialties
are so competitive, that regardless of where you apply, your scores are
crucial to getting in anywhere (i.e. Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Plastics,
Radiology, Dermatology, ENT, etc). Last but not least, programs in cities
like NY, or LA tend to be highly desired, and are often more competitive
than other “less desirable” locations. |
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