Websites

Association of American Medical colleges.

AAMC Career Planning.

Bibliography

American Board of Medical Specialties, Which Medical Specialist for You.

American Hospital Association. (Annual). Guide to Health Care Field.

American Medical Association. (Annual). U.S. Medical Licensure Statistics and Licensure Requirements.

American Medical Association. (Annual). Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the United States.

American  Academy of family Physicians. (Annual). A Medical Student's Guide to Strolling Through the Match (or The What, Where, Why, When, and How of Residency Selection).

Bolles, R.N. (2002)What Color is your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.

Burack, J.H.; Irby, D.M.; Carline, J.D.; Ambrozy, D.M.; Ellsbury, K.E.; & Stritter, F.T. (June 1997). A study of medical student's specialty choice pathways: Trying on possible selves. Academic Medicine. 72(6),534-541.

Haywood, B.G. (May 1993). Career planning and development. Hospital Material Management Quarterly. 14(4),42-48.

Henry, P.; Leong, FTL.; & Robinson, R. (1992). Choice of medical specialty: Analysis of students needs. Psychological Reports. 71,215-224.

Iserson, K.V. (1996). Getting Into A Residency: A Guide for Medical Students, Tucson: Galen Press.

Kassebaum, D.G. & Szenas, P.L. (February 1994). Factors influencing the specialty choices of 1993 medical school graduates. Academic Medicine, 69(2),164-170.

Laster, Leonard. (1996). Life After Medical School: 32 Doctors Describe How They Shaped Their Medical careers, New York: W. W. Norton.

Lewis, D.M.; Savickas, M.L.; & Jones, B.J. (August 1996). Career development predicts medical school success. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 49(1),86-98.

Courtsey of the Careers in Medicine (CiM) Program, AAMC (www.aamc.org).