Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Forms
- Preface
- Message to the Reader
- Abbreviations
- PART ONE SELECTING A SPECIALTY
- 1 Considering Your Options
- 2 Selecting Your Specialty
- 3 Major Specialties
- 4 Medical Subspecialties
- 5 Surgical Subspecialties
- 6 Other Subspecialties
- PART TWO SECURING A RESIDENCY
- PART THREE SURVIVING A RESIDENCY
- PART FOUR SUCCEEDING IN PRACTICE
- Appendix 1 Major Professional Organizations
- Appendix 2 Sample Resumes
- Appendix 3 Personal Statement
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Other Subspecialties
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Forms
- Preface
- Message to the Reader
- Abbreviations
- PART ONE SELECTING A SPECIALTY
- 1 Considering Your Options
- 2 Selecting Your Specialty
- 3 Major Specialties
- 4 Medical Subspecialties
- 5 Surgical Subspecialties
- 6 Other Subspecialties
- PART TWO SECURING A RESIDENCY
- PART THREE SURVIVING A RESIDENCY
- PART FOUR SUCCEEDING IN PRACTICE
- Appendix 1 Major Professional Organizations
- Appendix 2 Sample Resumes
- Appendix 3 Personal Statement
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Overview
The previous two chapters discussed the medical and surgical subspecialties. There are, however, a number of subspecialties that do not fit into either of these categories. Nevertheless, these are areas that merit serious consideration by medical students planning their future careers.
It should be noted that two specialty areas, Pathology and Pediatrics, have a large number of subspecialties. Six of each of these will be identified and are shown in Table 6.1 (see also Table 2.1).
Characteristics
Table 6.2 summarizes the characteristics of the other subspecialties. A detailed discussion of each of them follows.
The choices
Each of the following six other subspecialties will be discussed below.
Aerospace medicine
Status: Preventive medicine subspecialty
Projected need: Above average
Securing a residency: Extremely competitive
Training programs: Four years (half being military)
Positions open: Ca. 40
Training.: Three years (after internship)
Weekly patient contact hours: Average
Attaining patients: Self and by referral
Remuneration: Starting, above average; median, above average
Night and emergency calls: Infrequent
scope. Aerospace physicians provide relevant medical guidelines and care for individuals involved in aviation and space travel.
activities. Personel serviced by these physicians are both flight and ground crews. Employers are NASA, the FAA, the aerospace industry, and the military. Areas of service in this specialty include clinical medicine, research and development, and administration. Certification of pilots as to their eligibility for flight duty is a large part of their activity.
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- Wischnitzer's Residency ManualSelecting, Securing, Surviving, Succeeding, pp. 91 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006