Advice for an upcoming 3rd year

[ErinO]

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So, in going over the way too vast amount of texts and review books I bought during medical school... I have boiled the best down to the following. Now, being that I am going into IM, the books are geared for this rotation

1. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment: Definately the best text available. Up to date and very well written. Its basically a book you can use on all your rotations as it goes over most of the diseases you'll encounter, or be tested on in all your rotations - except Peds. A must buy.

2. The Consult Manual of Internal Medicine: A friend turned me onto this handbook. Its excellent. Its layout flows very nicely - with a ton of high yield info for both the wards and shelf exams. Its now a favorite among my friends. Oh... it also has great treatment sections.

3. The ICU Book: A fantastic book to be read by all. Great explanations of everything from IV fluids to vent management to fever. Allows for a strong foundation in critical care.

4. Pathophysiology of Disease: Great - with chapters divided into physiology and pathophysiology. Extremely well written. This is one that you get for the understanding of the overall picture. Its a realistically readable version of the the most important aspects of physiology with great pathophys taking up the later half of each chapter.

4. The obvious:
A. Tarascon pharmacopoeia - get the large edition w/ off
label uses and tons of other useful info.
B. The Sanford Guide

Also great, but by no means a must have, The Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis by Sapira - Awesome physical diagnosis text.

Anyway... hope that helps.

 

[Winged Scapula]

I've found that a lot of the rules of social interaction are ignored in medical training

True...it seems some of us are proud of that fact! 😀

But if students on your team just flat out refuse to eat even a piece of hard candy in fear of "getting caught" then thats their problem. Heck I'll go to Sam's Club and load up on the snacks for everyone if need be. But if a member of the med student team refuses to eat that isn't going to stop me from discretely throwing back a Starburst or two.

Well, I agree...my comment above wasn't meant to include the random Starburst or if other members of the team refuse to eat. Rather it was in reference to comments (and observed behavior of some medical students in the past) that it was ok to whip out a sandwich on rounds.

 

[raidermedic]

Rather it was in reference to comments (and observed behavior of some medical students in the past) that it was ok to whip out a sandwich on rounds.

Yeah I'm pretty ballsy but I don't think I would ever just whip out a sandwich on rounds. If nothing else I can't imagine eating a sandwich I have been waving through the air all the way through the ICU. I prefer my hoagies resistant bacteria free

 

[Winged Scapula]

Yeah I'm pretty ballsy but I don't think I would ever just whip out a sandwich on rounds.

Yeah one would think it wouldn't happen, but some students are pretty ballsy and don't seem to care or that it might be seen as rude or at the very best, inappropriate.

 

[fab4fan]

group_theory made that for me.

Don't I look pretty?! 😉

It makes me think of that Aerosmith song, "Dude(Looks Like a Lady)"

 

[Winged Scapula]

It makes me think of that Aerosmith song, "Dude(Looks Like a Lady)"

Here's his latest shop at my insistence that he made my hair too dark in the original...not much of an improvement, I'd say!