Opportunities in Physician Careers

by Jan Sugar-Webb

Overview

Opportunities In . . . series gives you valuable career insight into your job field of choice!

The most comprehensive career book series available, Opportunities In . . . explores a vast range of professions. In Opportunities in Physician Careers, you will find:

• The latest information on the field
• Training and education requirements you will need
• Salary statistics for different positions
• Up-to-date professional and Internet resources
• And much more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071466523
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/21/2005
Series:	Opportunities in.Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	269 KB

About the Author

Jan Sugar-Webb is a former research and policy writer for the American Medical Association and director of public affairs at Chicago’s Mount Sinai Hospital. She presently runs the Chicago communications firm Sugar-Webb & Associates.

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
1	Physicians: A Historical Perspective	1
	Ancient Egyptians
	Hippocrates and the influence of Greek medicine
	The Renaissance
	The seventeenth century-greater understanding
	The eighteenth century-the beginning of prevention
	The nineteenth century-the rise of modern medicine
	The twentieth century-revolutionary progress
	The future of medicine
2	Education and Preparation	13
	Preparing for medical school
	Applying to medical school
	Medical school today
3	Residency Training	27
	Residents, interns, and fellows
	Location of residency programs
	Specialization
	Hours worked
	Income during residency training
	Board certification
	New trends in graduate medical education
4	Family Practice and General Internal Medicine	35
	Family practice
	Internal medicine
5	Internal Medicine Subspecialties	41
	Cardiovascular medicine
	Endocrinology and metabolism
	Gastroenterology
	Hematology
	Infectious disease
	Medical oncology
	Nephrology
	Pulmonary medicine
	Rheumatology
	Other subspecialties
6	Surgery and Surgical Specialties	53
	General surgery
	Colon and rectal surgery
	Neurological surgery
	Ophthalmology
	Orthopaedic surgery
	Otolaryngology
	Plastic surgery
	Thoracic surgery
	Urology
7	Other Specialties	65
	Pediatrics
	Obstetrics and gynecology
	Anesthesiology
	Nuclear medicine
	Medical genetics
	Allergy and immunology
	Dermatology
	Emergency medicine
	Neurology
	Pathology
	Physical medicine and rehabilitation
	Preventive medicine
	Psychiatry
	Radiology
8	Medicine in the Twenty-First Century	85
	Job outlook
	Alternative medicine
	Patients' rights
	Conclusion
Appendix A	Medical Schools in the United States and Canada	91
Appendix B	Combined Degree Programs	123
Appendix C	Specialty Boards	137