The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty, Third Edition (Usmle Review Books)

Great read, I really enjoyed this book!

Great book. There are a couple other competitors, and you can search the internet, but nothing else comes close to the clarity and organization of this book. Highly recommended for medical students!

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.

Well-written, easy to read, Brian is definitely a good writer; presents a snapshot of the entire medical and practice process from start to finish; includes essays from top specialists in each of the 22 specialities.

Well-chosen content, helpful descriptions of specialties, useful intro to Match, and rank lists.

Just starting this book but it is jam packing with information and I love it so far!

This is a solid text for someone during their clinical third year to get a good idea about what each medical specialty is like. It provides enough information to perhaps narrow down some specialty choices and pursue experience shadowing in others that a candidate is potentially interested in. There is a good discussion for each specialty that is written by someone in that field, including the author, who is an anesthesiologist. I would recommend this text.

This book is really informative and really helpful. I am very interested in medicine and found this book very interesting.

Must buy for undecided students who don't know where they want to specialise .but as a Foreign student , the view some times is different , the salaries are irrelevant and you have to know your own environment.

Good.

My daughter, a first year med student, gleaned substantial benefits from the book, which contains information simply unavailable elsewhere.

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This was a gift for my son and daughter in law who are in their second year of med school. My son seemed very interested....I think I timed it right