Blueprints Ob/Gyn 3rd Edition vs. latest, and tips to do well on this rotation

[Horcrux]

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So the subject says it all:

I start Ob/Gyn next month and was able to get a hand-me-down 3rd Edition (2004) of Blueprints.My aim is to run through the book prior to starting the rotation and wondering if this edition is significantly different than the latest one? I also plan to use Case Files and Pre-test later when the rotation begins.

Also,I'd appreciate any tips to do well on the rotation, especially from H&P standpoint.Any feedback appreciated! Thanks.

 

[coldleg]

Good luck. Case files was pretty good too.

 

[turkeyjerky]

Good luck. Case files was pretty good too.

Awesome! Try your best to learn the material, recognize that the residents are all gonna be b!tches, so be prepared to be scutted out and yelled at for no reason whatsoever. Check your ego at the door and let everything roll off your back.

 

[Mace1370]

I second Case Files. I read blueprints once through, then read case files, and did the USMLE World OB/GYN questions and was pleased with the results.

 

[docman85]

What's everyone's view on step up to step 2 on/gyn section and the questions from uWise?

 

[AlexMorph]

Just wanted to add the worst people in the world are L&D nurses. There is a special place in hell inside Satan's butthole for them.

 

[turkeyjerky]

Another tip for this rotation: tuck it back.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Just wanted to add the worst people in the world are L&D nurses. There is a special place in hell inside Satan's butthole for them.

 

[Phenytoin]

Blueprints + World for the shelf

 

[MilkmanAl]

Just wanted to add the worst people in the world are L&D nurses. There is a special place in hell inside Satan's butthole for them.

L&D night nurses, in particular. They are beyond awful. At least I had my closet to disappear to.

 

[AlexMorph]

L&D night nurses, in particular. They are beyond awful. At least I had my closet to disappear to.

If I disappear...no one will contact me...but maybe thats a good thing.

 

[MilkmanAl]

The alternative is either holding a bladder blade or being in a room that smells potently of fresh baby. Disappearing wins in a landslide.

 

[VenusinFurs]

I got placentas out a couple times.

It was fun.

L&D OR staff have had any sense of humor or joy in life surgically resected.

 

[AlexMorph]

Truly awful human beings...the whole lot of them...

This one L&D turd of a nurse started giving me an attitude the other day when I wanted the resident to co-sign a progress note I had just done but her and the resident were busy watching youtube clips...I mean...jesus christ...I went to the on-call room for the next 2 hrs and took a nap...**** them all

 

[QuizzicalApe]

My obgyn rotation is at a hospital without an obgyn residency. We work directly with the attendings, who are almost entirely a really easygoing bunch that like to teach. The only exception is one attending who is super intense to work with fresh out of residency. The L&D nurses are, without exception, a friendly bunch that have made my experience a lot better.

Gonna buy them a crapload of appreciation donuts in my last week.

The trick is really to have no interest in OBGYN, and then plan out your schedule to do the rotation at a quiet community hospital.

 

[wannabeOBGYN]

Good luck. Case files was pretty good too.

Hahaha that is awesome!

I did my core ob/gyn rotation at a small community hospital with no residents and very laid-back attendings. I am thankful I had such an opportunity, because if I hadn't, I don't know if I'd be going into it now. If my entire impression of the specialty was based on one particular away rotation I did, I probably wouldn't want to do this for a living. They were the worst residents I have ever worked with. They either ignored or yelled at students and treated the interns like crap, constantly making fun of them or talking about them when they weren't around (in front of students, nurses, and sometimes attendings). The nurses I have worked with in ob/gyn have been nice for the most part, although I think night nurses in general are far and away better than day nurses. The attendings were a happy bunch as well. I guess it's a special place for residents with no souls and that's why I didn't fit in. 🙂