Specialty Selection & The Match

An excellent resource on all aspects of The Match, from specialty choice to application and interviewing tips to a description of SOAP.

Med students can create an account to: Identify career goals, explore specialty and practice options, choose a specialty, select and apply to residency programs, make good career decisions. You can also see: personal characteristics within specialties, physician compensation, workforce statistics, match data, and links to more than 1,000 specialty groups and publications.

The American Board of Medical Specialties Member Boards certify physicians in more than 145 specialties and subspecialties. Include list of all specialties and subspecialities.

This site from the University of Virginia is designed to help medical students choose a medical specialty. This material was originally published in the book "How to Choose a Medical Specialty", by Anita Taylor.

So you want to be a neurosurgeon, but aren't sure how long the residency program is? Check out the specialty training stats in FRIEDA. Also lists average number of interviews, work hour stats, and more.

Subject guide with library and web resources to help medical students evaluate their personality and potential career choices.

How do you “follow your passion” when it is unclear or is seemingly unconnected with what you understand about work?

Veysman, Boris. (2005). BMJ, 331.

Gordon, Mara. (2014, Sept 18). The Atlantic.

Career development resources and articles for medical students and residents.

ACP student members only - information on all internal medicine, medicine-pediatric, and other combined programs in the United States and Canada.

A complete guide to surgeon traits, surgical fields, residency programs, and more.

Family medicine and medical education resources for students.