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Appendix A
From Student Doctor Network WikiWhere to Go From Here
Now that you have finished reading this wiki, you should have an idea of what your next steps are. If you are still in need of information, you can try the following resources. Some of the material listed below is not free. This appendix is one of the few places where I will list resources that are not freely available through the Internet.
Contents |
Books about applying
Books link to the SDN Bookstore.
| Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| The Best 168 Medical Schools, 2007 | Princeton Review | 0375765662 |
| Becoming a Physician | Jennifer Danek | 0471121665 |
| Essays That Will Get You Into Medical School | Adrienne Dowhan | 0764120298 |
| Essays That Worked for Medical Schools | Emily Baer | 0345450442 |
| Getting In: How Not to Apply to Medical School | Paul Jung | 0761917578 |
| Getting Into Medical School | Sanford Brown | 0812042662 |
| Getting Into Today’s Highly Competitive U.S. Medical Schools | Andres Jimenez | 0972929509 |
| Medical School Admission Requirements | AAMC | 1577540492 |
| Medical School Admissions: Insider’s Guide | John Zebala | 0914457942 |
| Peterson’s Game Plan for Getting into Medical School | Cathy Jewell | 0768903939 |
| Peterson’s Insider’s Guide to Medical Schools | Ivan Oransky | 0768902037 |
| U.S. News Ultimate Guide To Medical Schools | Josh Fischman | 1402207050 |
Books about medical school, residency, and practicing
Books link to SDN Bookstore.
| Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| E-Myth: Physician | Michael Gerber | 0066214696 |
| Kill as Few Patients as Possible | Oscar London | 089815197X |
| Just Here Trying to Save a Few Lives | Pamela Grim | 0446524239 |
| Mount Misery | Samuel Shem | 0804115559 |
| On Call | Emily Transue | 0312324839 |
| On Doctoring | Richard Reynolds | 0743201531 |
| The House of God | Samuel Shem | 0385337388 |
| What I Learned in Medical School | Kevin Takakuwa | 0520239369 |
| What Patients Taught Me | Audrey Young | 1570613966 |
Journals and magazines
| Title | URL |
|---|---|
| American Journal of Bioethics | www.bioethics.net |
| New England Journal of Medicine | www.nejm.org |
| Journal of the American Medical Association | www.jama.org |
| Physician's First Watch | firstwatch.jwatch.org/ |
| U.S. News & World Report | www.usnews.com |
Websites
| Title | URL |
|---|---|
| Credit Boards Forums | www.creditboards.com |
| EquiFax credit bureau | www.equifax.com |
| Experian credit bureau | www.experian.com |
| FICO Score | www.myfico.com |
| MSN Money | moneycentral.msn.com |
| Trans Union credit bureau | www.transunion.com |
| KMLE Medical Dictionary | www.kmle.com |
Scholarships and Loans
| Title | URL |
|---|---|
| Broke Scholarship Search | www.brokescholar.com |
| FastWeb Scholarship Search | www.fastweb.com |
| FAFSA | www.fafsa.ed.gov |
| Indian Health Services | www.ihs.gov |
| National Health Service Corps | nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov |
| National Student Loan Data System | nslds.ed.gov |
Misc and forums
| Title | URL |
|---|---|
| Admissions Advisers | www.admissionsadvisers.com |
| Essay Edge | www.essayedge.com |
| Kaplan (test review) | www.kaplan.com |
| MCAT Pearls | www.mcatpearls.com |
| MD Applicants | www.mdapplicants.com |
| Military publications | www.e-publishing.af.mil |
| National Institutes of Health Research | training.nih.gov |
| Princeton Review | www.review.com |
| Stats about applicants | www.aamc.org/data/facts |
| Student Doctor Network | www.studentdoctor.net |
| Nontraditional Medical Student | www.NontraditionalMedicalStudent.com |
