Best books to prepare for internship?

[Gordon Sims]

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What are the best books to help one prepare for a psychiatry internship? (This includes the IM/FM, Neuro and ER portion of our internship.)

If one were to pre-study would first aid for step 2ck and/or master the boards for step 3 be useful?

Thanks in advance.

 

[HCE]

What are the best books to help one prepare for a psychiatry internship? (This includes the IM/FM, Neuro and ER portion of our internship.)

If one were to pre-study would first aid for step 2ck and/or master the boards for step 3 be useful?

Thanks in advance.

I'd go with Catcher In The Rye....

 

[Gordon Sims]

I'd go with Catcher In The Rye....

Yes, yes very clever. Now if anyone had any real insight I'd appreciate hearing it. Also, to all those that advocate NOT pre-studying for internship, could you provide valid reasons or personal experiences as to why it would be a waste of time?

Thanks.

 

[digitlnoize]

I'd do some light reading. Make sure your life is straight, your bills are auto paid, and you know how to get the best deals on your loans after graduation. Find a great place, explore the city, If you're moving. If you're bored, read MGH Pocket Medicine and UpToDate. For fun, read fun things. Relax...some.

 

[billypilgrim37]

Yes, yes very clever. Now if anyone had any real insight I'd appreciate hearing it. Also, to all those that advocate NOT pre-studying for internship, could you provide valid reasons or personal experiences as to why it would be a waste of time?

I don't know, maybe you should read something about how to write responses with a tone that doesn't alienate other people.

 

[digitlnoize]

Yes, yes very clever. Now if anyone had any real insight I'd appreciate hearing it. Also, to all those that advocate NOT pre-studying for internship, could you provide valid reasons or personal experiences as to why it would be a waste of time?

Thanks.

Sorry, as I tried to say in my above suggestions, I think the best reason NOT to spend this last bit of time pre-reading is to make sure you get your life as straight as possible prior to starting residency. Granted, some of this will depend on if you're moving or not, but regardless, things can still be worked out.

I don't think it'd be a waste of time, learning never is...but you're going to be doing plenty of studying for the next few years, this might be your last chance to not to, as Mater would say. If you don't know who Mater is, you've probably been studying too much and should get out and see the world.

 

[Gordon Sims]

I don't know, maybe you should read something about how to write responses with a tone that doesn't alienate other people.

Lmao..my tone "alienates" you? I didn't realize egos were so fragile in this forum.


Anyway thanks for the advice digitlnoize! 👍

 

[nitemagi]

Get a survival guide. Buy my app. 😀

Figure out your new city and realize you have the opportunity to plan ahead on how to live a balanced lifestyle before you're in the middle of the chaos storm.

 

[beezley]

People magazine, trashy novels. Because all the reading in the world won't prepare you for

1. the first time you testify that someone doesn't have the right to decide about their meds
2. The first time a patient fires you
3. The first time your decision sends someone to jail
4. the first time you get sucked into borderline drama



seriously though, just have fun. Work takes up enough of our lives, have fun while you can. Residency will train you to do what you need, you can read then.

 

[Majesty]

Agree with 2, 3 and 4 but definitely not 1.

There is a lot you can and should read and prepare prior to testifying.

 

[beezley]

I don't mean the act of testifying, I meant the feeling of taking someone's rights away. I should have been clearer-sorry. I will never forget how my patient looked at me as if I had betrayed him. It was tough, this was 'A Beautiful Mind' type, brilliant, new onset psychosis. Those cases are heartbreaking.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

People magazine, trashy novels. Because all the reading in the world won't prepare you for

1. the first time you testify that someone doesn't have the right to decide about their meds
2. The first time a patient fires you
3. The first time your decision sends someone to jail
4. the first time you get sucked into borderline drama



seriously though, just have fun. Work takes up enough of our lives, have fun while you can. Residency will train you to do what you need, you can read then.

I was just thinking, with any luck you can cover 3, maybe all four of those in one fell swoop! I came close the day I had to send off an intoxicated suicidal borderline strapped to a gurney from an outpatient setting... "OPD, I'll never share anything with anyone EVER AGAINNNNNN......" 🙄

 

[digitlnoize]

Umm...Bump?

I'd really like to know which are the "must buy" textbooks. I know a lot of people say Kaplan's and Stahl's, but what do you guys think? Are there good alternatives to these?

 

[MDchouette]

Umm...Bump?

I'd really like to know which are the "must buy" textbooks. I know a lot of people say Kaplan's and Stahl's, but what do you guys think? Are there good alternatives to these?

This is a different question from the OP and a good one. 90% (more?) of your learning during intern year is patient-based, especially on medicine and neuro. Also, there is little time for reading, or least, there was for me. I think survival and maintaining important relationships should be your primary objectives during intern year.

I was told that the Mass General Hospital Handbook of General Psychiatry is a "must buy." There's also a residents' guide that I have found invaluable for overnight call in the ED (comparable to the red pocket medicine book everyone has).

 

[psychphan]

There's also a residents' guide that I have found invaluable for overnight call in the ED (comparable to the red pocket medicine book everyone has).

Whats that called?

 

[MDchouette]

Whats that called?

http://www.amazon.com/Massachusetts-Hospital-Residency-Handbook-Psychiatry/dp/0781795044