First Aid for the Match: Insider Advice from Students and Residency Directors [Paperback]

Tao Le (Author), Vikas Bhushan (Author), Chirag Amin (Author), Kieu Nguyen (Author), David Altman (Author)

Book Description

Series: A student-to-student guide | Publication Date: January 15, 1997

Finding the ideal match between student and appropriate residency can prove demanding. This guide is designed to help medical students and foreign medical graduates make the most effective choices. Written by students for students, personal anecdotes appear throughout. Key issues covered include choosing which programmes to apply to, handling the paperwork, making the application stand out, how to solicit strong reference letters, and successful interviewing.

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From the Back Cover

This is an affordable high-yield guide designed to help medical students and foreign medical graduates navigate, select, and get into the right residency program.

Key issues include choosing which programs to apply to, handling the paperwork, making the application stand out, how to solicit strong reference letters, and successful interviewing.

Medical students.

About the Author

Tao Le, MD (Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut; University of California, San Francisco) Vikas Bhushan, MD (Diagnostic Radiologist, University of California, San Francisco) Chirag Amin, MD (University of Miami, Miami, Florida)

Product Details

• Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Appleton & Lange; 1st edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0838525962
• ISBN-13: 978-0838525968
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,705,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Which book should you get to help you match successfully?, April 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: First Aid for the Match: Insider Advice from Students and Residency Directors (Paperback)

I am about two months away from starting my internship and I'd like to offer those who are about to start the residency application process some advice. At my medical school, I am a member of a committee that provides guidance to students through the match process. Other members of the committee include residency program directors, interns/residents, deans, and clerkship directors. Our mission is to help students match successfully. Here are the books we reviewed:

FIRST AID FOR THE WARDS BY VIKAS BHUSHAN - It was the committee's feeling that this book is not as strong as some of the other books in the First Aid Series. It contains a lot of information about the different specialties in terms of spots available and competitiveness. But after reading through the various sections (personal statements, letters of recommendation, interview), most of our students didn't feel like they had a strategy for developing a great personal statement, securing a strong letter of recommendation, and knocking the socks off the interviewer. One of its strengths were the many examples of CVs and personal statements that if offers.

ISERSON'S GETTING INTO RESIDENCY - This book, which is now in its 6th edition, has an amazing amount of information. This is a book that clearly should be bought on day #1 of med school because it has info that is helpful in years 1, 2, 3, and 4. It's organized better than First Aid for the Wards.

THE RESIDENCY MATCH: 101 BIGGEST MISTAKES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM BY SAMIR DESAI - This is a new book that wasn't available when I was applying for residency last summer. It's a different perspective on the whole process, with the author focusing on the mistakes students make. After looking it over, the members of our committee felt that these were indeed some of the major errors made during the way. In many cases, these errors can hurt your chances of matching with your top program. I recall making some of these mistakes myself and would have found this book useful had it been available. It's probably better to use Iserson's book along with this book rather than either one alone.

And finally, none of these books can take the place of a good advisor. That's the last piece of advice I will leave you with. Best of luck!

0 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great condition and great price, May 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: First Aid for the Match: Insider Advice from Students and Residency Directors (Paperback)

This book is in real good condition and surprisingly low price.

3 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars First Aid comes to the rescue again!, March 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: First Aid for the Match: Insider Advice from Students and Residency Directors (Paperback)

I am using First Aid to study for the boards, and in glancing at this book, it seems to be very helpful. I think they really did a good job with all of the books in this series.