MCASOM: Specialty Selection & the Match: Choosing a Specialty

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

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

from AAMC, including salary stats

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.

AMA members only - fast facts on the different specialties

From the BMJ Christmas issue

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?

The application

FREIDA Online is a database with over 8,700 graduate medical education programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, as well as over 200 combined specialty programs.

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

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