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Med School Confidential A Complete Guide to the Medical School Experience: by Students, for Students

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ISBN-10: 0312330081

ISBN-13: 9780312330088

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert H. Miller, Dan Bissell, Harold M. Friedman

List price: $21.99
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Med School Confidential uses the same chronological format and mentor-based system that have made Law School Confidential and Business School Confidential such treasured and popular guides. It takes the reader step-by-step through the entire med school process--from thinking about, applying to, and choosing a medical school and program, through the four-year curriculum, internships, residencies, and fellowships, to choosing a speciality and finding the perfect job. With a foreword by Chair of the Admissions Committee at Dartmouth Medical School Harold M. Friedman, M.D., Med School Confidential provides what no other book currently does: a comprehensive, chronological account of the full…    
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Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 7/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Robert H. #147;Rob Miller is a trial lawyer, equity partner, and member of the Management Committee at the New England-based law firm of Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green. He is also the critically acclaimed author of titles including Law School Confidential. A fan of wrestling since childhood, Miller has always considered Bob Backlund his hero. Miller lives in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, with his wife, Carolyn, and their two sons.

Dan Bissell, M.D., graduated cum laude from Middlebury College in 1993 and from the University of Colorado School of Medicine as an Adler Scholar in 2002. He recently completed his residency in emergency medicine at the Maine Medical Center. During residency, he received the Gold Foundation Award as Resident Teacher of the Year and was appointed chief resident of the emergency medicine program. He is now in practice in Portland, Oregon.

So you wanna be a doctor ...
Thinking about med school? : think again ...
A road map of the med-school education process
Surviving premed
Beating the MCAT
Applying to medical school
Crafting the perfect application
Choosing your school
Finalizing your AMCAS application and completing your secondaries
How to ace your med-school interviews
Handling acceptance, rejection, and everything in between
The preclinical years
The five things to do before classes begin
Funding your med-school education
Getting off to the right start in the preclinical years
The first year : normal systems
The second year : disease and medicine
Bringing it all together : the USMLE step 1 exam
The clinical years
Life on the wards
Problems in the wards - and how to deal with them
Core clinical rotations
Bringing it all together again : the USMLE step 2 exam
Elective rotations
Applying for residency and surviving the match
Thinking about residency
Applying all over again
Selecting your programs
Residency interviews
The match
Finishing up
The transition to residency and life as a physician
Making the leap
Starting out strong in residency
Advice for the spouses, partners, significant others, and families of med students
The realities of life with a doc-in-training and strategies for making it livable