Insider Medical Admissions: More Options for Those Interested in Emergency Medicine

Monday, November 15, 2010

More Options for Those Interested in Emergency Medicine

For those of you considering a career in Emergency Medicine, the American Board of Medical Specialties recently approved Emergency Medical Services (EMS) as a subspecialty. It is the sixth subspecialty available to boarded Emergency Physicians, along with Hospice and Palliative Care, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology, and Sports Medicine. The American Board of Emergency Medicine is the sole sponsor of the EMS subspecialty.

About Me

Years of candidate selection at Harvard taught me what characteristics comprise a desirable applicant and how even bright candidates make mistakes that undermine their admissions success. I am a practicing Emergency Physician with nine years of experience training medical students, residents and fellows. I won three teaching and mentorship awards while at Harvard. Please see Insider Medical Admissions for the full array of personalized services I offer to clients applying to medical school, residency, fellowship and post baccalaureate programs.

Dr. Finkel thanks David Presser, MD, MPH for his contributions to the content of her blog entries. Dr. Presser is a practicing Emergency Physician who has written several primers for applicants to medical school and Emergency Medicine residency. Dr. Presser is a graduate of Stanford University, UCSF Medical School, the UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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