MedSOS- Student Affairs Bookshelf and Web Sites

Student Affairs Bookshelf and Web Sites

Books and articles in this listing can be checked out for a three day loan period from the Office of Student Affairs, 3040 Murphy Administration Building.

Class of 2006 Residency Review Seminar Online

CAREERS IN MEDICINE - (formerly MedCAREERS) is a career planning program designed to help you choose a medical specialty and select and apply to a residency program. This four-phase process will guide you through the elements of career planning, including self-understanding, exploring a variety of medical careers, and finally choosing a specialty to meet your career objectives. People whose choice of careers matches their values, skills and interests tend to be more satisfied and successful in their working lives. This is also true of selecting a specialty.

Careers in Medicine and Your School
The program includes a password-protected Web site, printed student manuals, school-sponsored workshops, and advisors. While developed and sponsored by the AAMC, the program is a partnership with your medical school's central administrative offices.

Careers in Medicine Web Site
Students must receive an access code from their school's CiM Liaison and register to begin using the Web site, which will guide you through the entire program. You can:

  • Complete, review and store the results of your online assessments in your secure, confidential Personal Profile
  • Review extensive career information about specialties through the CiM Specialty Pages
  • Access an online decision making tools designed to help you select a specialty and apply to residency programs.

FREIDA - Fellowship and Residency Interactive Data Base

Extramural Electives Compendium - online resource of elective opportunities available at all AAMC accredited medical schools.  Click first on Tools, then on Find, and enter the name of the state or school desired.

Career MD - Residency Find and Fellowship Find - search engines provide detailed contact information for every residency program in the country.  Program Statements - central on-line location where Program Directors publish extensive descriptions of their residency programs.  House Staff Profiles - current residents provide students with candid insider's perspectives of life at their programs.

IRIS - Listing of 4,000 Internships and Residencies in All Specialties.  Automated Information-By-Mail Request Service.  Online Program Information.  Direct Links to Program Website.

HRSA State Health Workforce Profiles - A comprehensive guide of current data on the supply, demand, distribution, education and use of physicians, nurses, dentists and twenty other health professionals in each state and the District of Columbia.

2002 Survey of Housestaff Stipends, Benefits and Funding - The report summarizes responses from 333 member hospitals and medical schools for the July 2000 through June 2001 academic year.

Kansas Recruitment Center - a health care career service center for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners and other allied health professions.  The Center assists candidates in finding a community and practice or career opportunity that meets their requirements.  For further information visit their website at http://ruralhealth.kumc.edu

E-Learning for the HealthCare Community

Residency Information By Specialty
Preparing for the Residency Selection Process
How To Choose a Residency/Specialty
The Match
The Interview
Certification, Licensure, Specialty Boards and Societies
Employment Information
General Information of Interest to Medical Students
Debt Management

Residency Information By Specialty

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Allergy and Immunology

  • 1993 Allergy and Immunology Training Program Directory; by American Academy of Allergy and Immunology

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Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Anesthesiology

  • Career Insights M.D., Vol. II, Spring 1992 The Profiles pg. 34 and The Specialties pg. 14
  • Journal for Minority Medical Students, Vol. 7, pg.36 Dr. Dorothea Jackson-Burns trains for a career in Anesthesiology.
  • Web site: Anesthesiology-Kansas City
  • Web site: Anesthesiology - Wichita
  • Web site: Anesthesiology - Yahoo Links

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Dermatology

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Emergency Medicine

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Family Medicine

Generalist Physician

  • AAMC Paper: Specialty Intentions of 1995 Graduates and Patterns of Generalist Career Choice and Decision Making, Academic Medicine, Vol. 70, No. 12, December 1995
  • Redefining "Generalist Physician", Academic Medicine, Vol. 70, No. 12, December 1995
  • Determinants of the Generalist Career Intentions of 1995 Graduating Medical Students, Academic Medicine 71:197-209, 1996
  • Graduates' Interest in Generalist Specialties Nearly Doubles in Three Years by Philip L. Szenas, Academic Physician and Scientist, November 1995 

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Geriatrics

  • Why Geriatrics as a Career Choice?; by American Geriatrics Society

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Internal Medicine

Combined Medicine/Pediatrics

Military

  • The 1994 Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services; by the American Council of Education
  • Profile (a guide to military careers) Basic Facts Edition, January 1989; by the Department of Defense
  • Web site: Military Medicine - Yahoo Links

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Neurological Surgery

  • Neurological Surgery Matching Program sponsored by the Society of Neurological Surgeons - PGY2 Match for Neurological Surgery for applicants who wish to start their PGY-2 in July 1998. Registration fee is $35; non-refundable; covers registration and matching. Applications forms available in Student Affairs in June 1996.
  • Web site: Neurosurgery - Yahoo Links
  • Web site: Neurological Surgery Matching Program

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Neurology

  • Neurology Matching Program sponsored by the Association of University Professors of Neurology - PGY2 Match for Neurology for applicants who wish to start their PGY-2 in July 1998. Registration fee is $35; non-refundable; covers registration and matching. Applications forms available in Student Affairs in June 1996.
  • Web site: Neurology-Kansas City
  • Web site: Neurology - Yahoo Links
  • Web site: Neurology Matching Program

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Nuclear Medicine

  • Career Insights M.D., Vol. II, Spring 1992; Profiles pg 126; Residency Training in Nuclear Medicine: A Special Profile; Spotlight pg 28

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ophthamology

  • Opthalmology Matching Program sponsored by the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology - PGY2 Match for Ophthalmology for applicants who wish to start their PGY-2 in July 1998. Registration fee is $35; non-refundable; covers registration and matching. Applications forms available in Student Affairs in June 1996.
  • Web site: Ophthalmology-Kansas City
  • Web site: Ophthalmology - Yahoo Links
  • Web site: Ophthalmology Matching Program

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Orthopaedic Surgery

Otolaryngology

  • Otolaryngology Matching Program sponsored by the Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - PGY2 Match for Otolaryngology for applicants who wish to start their PGY-2 in July 1998 or PGY-3 in June 1999. Registration fee is $35; non-refundable; covers registration and matching. Applications forms available in Student Affairs in June 1996.
  • Web site: Otolaryngology-Kansas City
  • Web site: Otolaryngology - Yahoo Links
  • Web site: Otolaryngology Matching Program

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Pathology

  • 28th Edition Pathology Training Programs,1996-97 by the Intersociety Committee on Pathology Information
  • Career Insights M.D., Vol. I, Fall 1991 The Profiles pg. 51 and The Specialties pg. 20
  • Career Insights M.D., Vol. II, Spring 1992 The Profiles pg. 61 and The Specialties pg. 16
  • Web site: Pathology-Kansas City
  • Web site: Pathology - Yahoo Links

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Pediatrics

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Directory of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Programs, 1995 Edition; by Association of Academic Physiatrists

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Preventive Medicine

  • Directory of Preventive Medicine Residency Programs in the United States and Canada--(Edition V) 1988
  • by the American College of Preventive Medicine
  • OSR Progress Notes, Spring 1995-Vol. 15--(Article)"Did You Know This Is A Medical Specialty? by the Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Web site:  Preventive Medicine - Kansas City and Wichita
  • Web site: Preventive Medicine - Yahoo Links

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Primary Care

Psychiatry

  • Career Insights M.D., Vol. I, Fall 1991 The Profiles pg. 82 and The Specialties pg. 16
  • Career Insights M.D., Vol. II, Spring 1992 The Profiles pg.105 and The Specialties pg. 10
  • Web site: Psychiatry-Wichita
  • Web site: Psychiatry - Yahoo Links

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Public Health

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Radiology

Rheumatology

  • Directory of Rheumatology Training Programs by American College of Rheumatology

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Rural Health Education and Services

Surgery

  • The "So you want to be a surgeon...a medical student guide to finding, and matching with, the best possible surgery residency," is online at http://www.facs.org/residencysearch/index.html

    This is an electronic version of the "little red book" so familiar with general surgery faculty advisors, now expanded to include all surgery specialties that admit PGY1 residents through the NRMP (general surgery, neurological surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, and urology). The resource includes introductory material for students considering a surgery career, surgical "traits," a how-to find a residency section, descriptions of the content of each of the specialties, and a geographical guide to the accredited programs in each specialty including responses to a survey distributed by the ACS in preparation for the site.
  • Career Insights M.D., Vol. II, Spring 1992; Profile pg. 108
  • Web site: Surgery - Yahoo Links
  • Web site: Surgery - Wichita
  • Web site: Vascular Surgery-Kansas City

     

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Transitional Programs-(3)

  • 1996-97 Transitional Year Program Directory; formerly "The Purple Book", by The Association for Hospital Medical Education

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Urology

  • AUA Residency Matching Program for Urology sponsored by the AUA Office of Education - for medical students graduating in 1997 (and other qualified applicants) for their first year of urology, regardless of the number of pre-urology training years required. Registration fee is $50; non-refundable. Application forms available in Student Affairs.
  • Accredited Urology Training Programs by The Office of Education
  • AUA Residency Matching Program for Urology Match Directory

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Preparing for the Residency Selection Process

A Medical Student's Guide to Strolling Through the Match or The What, Where, When, Why and How of Residency Selection, Kansas City, MO, The American Academy of Family Physicians. Now is the Time - Preparing for a Residency is a Four Year Process by Norma E. Wagoner, Ph.D., Dean of Students, Pritzker School of Medicine, February 1990 Writing the Personal Statement; Career Insights M.D., 1995

Web site: Timetable for Residency Application Process

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    How To Choose a Residency/Specialty

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Certification, Licensure, Specialty Boards and Societies

American Board of Medical Specialties; by J. Lee Dockery, M.D., Executive Vice President

Medical Specialty Certification and Related Matters; by the American Board of Medical Specialties

Which Medical Specialist for You; by the American Board of Medical Specialties

U.S. Medical Licensure Statistics and Current Licensure Requirements, 1995 Edition; by the American Medical Association

Web site: Academic Societies
Web site: Medical Specialties

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Employment Information

MINK - Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska & Kansas Physician Recruitment & Retention Network, Inc. Check out their website to discover lots of information including The Link Newsletter, hundreds of job opportunities listed within our own 4-state region, and thousands of opportunities all over the U.S. through their national organization, the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters (ASPR).   MINK activities, such as Blitz Week and the Annual Heart of America Physician Career Fair are also listed, and you can also register online for any of the events you wish to attend.

Future Practice Alternatives in Medicine; by David B. Nash, M.D.
The Pfizer Guide: Medical Career Opportunities; Old Saybrook, CT, Merritt Communications, Inc.

Will Competition Change the Physician Workforce? Early Signals from the Market, Academic Medicine 71:15-22, 1996

Is Doctors' Hard Work Paying Off? by Mark Crane, Medical Economics, September 27, 1993

The Nation's Physician Workforce: Options for Balancing Supply and Requirements; by the Institute of Medicine Committee on the U.S. Physician Supply, 1996

The Initial Employment Status of Physicians Completing Training in 1994, JAMA 275:708-712, 1996

Will You Wind Up on the Unemployment Line? What Jobs Are Out There Now, Medical Economics 72 (17):171-178, 1995

Will You Wind Up on the Unemployment Line? Which Jobs Will Be There Tomorrow, Medical Economics 72(17):187-207, 1995

Will You Wind Up on the Unemployment Line? Who Can Help You Land A Job, Medical Economics 72(17):208-220, 1995

Forecast for Doctors: Stonger Winds of Change, Medical Economics 72(23):161-171, 1995

Income Was Down Sharply Last Year, Primary-Care Physicians Were The Main Exceptions by Joel Goldberg in Medical Economics, September 12, 1994

Social and Community Service in Medical Training and Professional Practice; by Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

Physicians for the Twenty-First Century(2); by the Association of American Medical Colleges

Web site: Employment Opportunities
Web site: Employment Opportunities
Web site: Employment Opportunities
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General Information of Interest to Medical Students

Debt Management:

AAMC Financial Planning for Medical Students
Web site:  MD2
Educational Debt-Management Services from the AAMC - Layman's Guide on the web
Web site:  Debt Management
Information on student loans including loan repayment calculators
Web site:  Sallie Mae
Current listing of lenders offering HEAL Refinancing
Web site:  HEAL
Information on Student Loans including loan repayment calculators and a great Q and A on the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
Web site:  Student Loans
Information on the Direct Loan Consolidation program
Web site:  Direct Loan Consolidation Program
Information on AAMC-sponsored MEDLOANS Program
Web site:  MEDLOANS

Mentoring: The National Minority Mentor Recruitment Network

Clinical Education and the Doctor of Tomorrow; by Barbara Gastel and David E. Rogers

Code of Medical Ethics, 1994-95 Edition(2); by the American Medical Association

A Survival Manual for Medical Students(3); by the Committee on Medical Education Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

Inspiration Is An Active Process:Taking Charge of Your Own Learning in Medical School; by Neal Whitman, Ed.D.

Sexual Harassment in Medical Education: A Review of the Literature with Comments from the Law: Academic Medicine 71:S113-118, 1996 by Lois Margaret Nora, M.D., J.D.

How Can I Manage My Debt?(15); by the Division of Education American Academy of Family Physicians

The International Medical Graduates Guide to U.S. Medicine; by Louise B. Ball

Health Economics, Version 1.0; by the Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Without Handicap: Issues of Medical Schools and Physically Disabled Students Academic Medicine 71:7, July 96

Web site: SuccessTypes Medical Education Page
Web site: Integrated Medical Curriculum
Web site: Vesalius Interactive Anatomy
Web site: Achoo-On-line Healthcare Services
Web site: Doctor's Guide to Medical Resources
Web site: Clinical Pharmacology 2000
Web site: Journal for Minority Medical Students
Web site: USMLE - publications and application deadlines
Web site: NBME publications, application deadlines, frequently asked questions
Web site: American Medical Students Association (AMSA)
Web site: American Medical Women's Association, Inc. (AMWA)
Web site: American Professional Practice Association
Web site: Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
Web site: Diversity Calendar
Web site: Campus Events Calendar
Web site: International Studies
Web site: All About Kansas City
Web site: Medscape offers free Medline searching
Web site: MedSearch America
Web site: Physicians On-line
Web site: Cyberspace Telemedical Office
Web site: The Wilderness Medical Society
Web site: Student Doctor Network
Web site: KUMC Bookstore
Web site: Medical Student Publishing Opportunities in MSJAMA

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