Wischnitzer's Residency Manual: Selecting, Securing, Surviving, Succeeding

by Saul Wischnitzer , Edith Wischnitzer

• ISBN13: 9780521675161
• ISBN10: 0521675162
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Residency is a defining period in a physician’s life because it is the decisive stage for personal growth, intellectual challenge and emotional stress. It is a major transitional period transforming a medical student into a practice-ready physician. This role-change for the physician-in-training usually takes place in a new setting and necessitates coping with conflicting demands, heavy responsibility and long work hours. Adding to the residents’ burden is the ongoing need to manage their financial, social and work demands. This manual was designed to help medical students on this final critical segment of their journey to become practicing physicians. It will enhance the students’ awareness of the potential obstacles along the way and provide them with guidance on how to avoid them. The book includes: selecting an appropriate specialty, maximizing the chances of being selected, surviving residency and beginning practice.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Selecting a Specialty: 1. Considering your options

2. Selecting your specialty

3. Major specialties

4. Medical subspecialties

5. Surgical subspecialties

6. Other subspecialties

Part II. Securing a Residency: 7. Laying the groundwork

8. Getting started

9. Residency program selection

10. Applying for a residency

11. The residency interview

12. Facing the match

Part III. Surviving a Residency: 13. Becoming oriented

14. Meeting responsibilities

15. Protecting your assets

16. Professional challenges facing residents

17. Personal challenges facing residents

18. Surviving yet thriving

Part IV. Succeeding in Practice: 19. Securing a position

20. Practice options

21. Marketing and operating a successful practice

22. Monitoring your professional and personal finances

23. Responding to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

24. The Art of medicine

Appendix I. Major professional organizations

Appendix II. Sample resumes

Appendix III. Sample personal statements

Glossary

Abbreviations

Bibliography.