How to search for medical information

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>This forum is loaded with information. Past discussions treat coursework, majors, test taking, and career planning. If you look, you will likely find useful information.</p>

<p>To search this forum use <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/search.php?f=480[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/search.php?f=480&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>See the Bureau of Labor Statistics site at <a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm[/url]”>http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm&lt;/a&gt; for salary information and job descriptions of professionals such as doctors, dentists, nurses and the like.</p>

<p>Information about medical school and becoming a doctor can be found at <a href=“http://www.aamc.org%5B/url%5D”>www.aamc.org</a></p>

<p>Information about the match can be found at <a href=“http://www.nrmp.org/[/url]”>http://www.nrmp.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>General information can also be found at Google.com and Wikipedia.com</p>

<p>If you have questions about admissions at a particular medical school, try Google.</p>

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<p>From the AAMC “Medical Schools” page at <a href=“http://www.aamc.org/medicalschools.htm[/url]”>http://www.aamc.org/medicalschools.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://services.aamc.org/memberlistings/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.search&search_type=MS&wildcard_criteria=&state_criteria=CNT%3AUSA&image=Search[/url]”>http://services.aamc.org/memberlistings/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.search&search_type=MS&wildcard_criteria=&state_criteria=CNT%3AUSA&image=Search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Useful content including career explorer, news links, resource links, and personal profiles.</p>

<p>Explorehealthcareers.org mission statement.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.explorehealthcareers.org%5B/url%5D”>www.explorehealthcareers.org</a></p>

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<p>See the excellent overview of medical education at:
<a href=“http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2320.html[/url]”>http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2320.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>For a list of all residency programs choose “List of programs by specialty” from the sidebar at:
<a href=“http://www.acgme.org/adspublic/default.asp[/url]”>http://www.acgme.org/adspublic/default.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>See the FREIDA listing on training details and stats, by specialty at:
<a href=“http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/spcindx/0,,TR,00.html[/url]”>http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/spcindx/0,,TR,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For information on specialization see the American Board of Medical Specialities:
<a href=“http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2320.html[/url]”>http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2320.html&lt;/a&gt;
Follow the links to specific member boards for detailed discusions.</p>

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<p>Here are links to Medical Specialty sites: <a href=“http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7634.html[/url]”>http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7634.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>See the NRMP fellowship stats:
<a href=“http://www.nrmp.org/fellow/match_name/index.html[/url]”>http://www.nrmp.org/fellow/match_name/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I thought this site would be interesting for all prospective students interested in medschool. It’s the diary of a third year medstudent from a couple years ago. </p>

<p><a href=“http://upalumni.org/medschool/[/url]”>http://upalumni.org/medschool/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;