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Match ranking advice: Consider goals beyond clinical training

One challenge of making a rank list can be balancing the desire for the best clinical training with other goals. A resident and a fellow offer advice.

Transition to Residency
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Family, friends matter too in Match ranking

Match ranking may seem daunting for medical students. A resident gives practical strategies for simplifying the decision-making.

Transition to Residency
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What it's like to specialize in rheumatology: Shadowing Dr. Seo

An associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine offers frank insights into his specialty.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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Report reveals severity of burnout by specialty

Topping the list: emergency physicians, with nearly 60% reporting burnout—up from 50% in 2013. How can organizations address this pressing issue?

Physician Health
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Making a Match ranking list? A fellow’s advice: Think long term

A University of Chicago fellow advises medical students to look at residency as the start of their careers, not just the next step in training.

Transition to Residency
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7 Min Read

What it's like to specialize in hospital medicine: Shadowing Dr. Gupta

A hospitalist at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center offers insights into this relatively new specialty.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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What it's like to specialize in geriatrics: Shadowing Dr. Lammers

A geriatrician with more than 30 years in practice offers frank insights into his specialty, including the challenges of caring for a fragile population.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
Best of 2016: Specialty series
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“Shadow Me” series offers frank insights on specialty choice

The most valuable advice on medical specialty choice comes from those in practice. These are five best-read entries in our “Shadow Me” series.

Specialty Profiles
Best of 2016: Students
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The top 5 stories medical students should read

It is what comes after medical school—residency and a choice of specialty—that often piques the most interest among medical students.

Specialty Profiles