advise for surgery shelf

[oonural]

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what should i study for surgery self? I havent taken medicine yet...so i know that it is going to suck....so what is my best bet
these are the books i have:
nms casebook
recall
kaplan surgery
kaplan qbank

do i need anything else?

 

[EM Junkie]

I reccommend Lawrence, Essentials of General Surgery

 

[phoenixsupra]

Use everything you can get you hands on. The surgery shelf is HARD 😉

 

[bigfrank]

what should i study for surgery self? I havent taken medicine yet...so i know that it is going to suck....so what is my best bet
these are the books i have:
nms casebook
recall
kaplan surgery
kaplan qbank

do i need anything else?

I thought the surgery shelf was easy, but that's because I had medicine immediately before it. The surgery shelf is basically trauma + medicine. I think you'll be very well prepared with the above.

 

[Espion]

I've posted on this before, but make sure you don't neglect thyroid, breast and perioperative care (including pre-operative clearance and ICU-ish (i.e. recognizing PE with blood gas values, ARDS, etc.)
I used NMS (the first few chapters are necessary) and did well, even for my first rotation (although, ours is 12 weeks long). Make sure you do as many questions as possible.