Book recommendations for a CA-1?
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Last year, I used Morgan and Mikhail a lot. It has a nice combination of both the basic science as well as practical application that helps take care of patients. I have found M&M to be a great text to have on hand in the OR. In some instances, you may want a more in-depth background when you're studying in your "spare time", and that's where Miller or Barash is more useful.
It's worth noting that if you have access to mdconsult.com, you can pull up the entire Big Miller text, thus obviating the need to spend cash on it.
It's worth noting that if you have access to mdconsult.com, you can pull up the entire Big Miller text, thus obviating the need to spend cash on it.
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Alan Reed's clinical cases in anesthesia
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Reeds book is awesome.
I also really like:
Yao & Artusio's Anesthesiology
Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease
Anesthesiologists manual of surgical procedures (good quick overview but a little dated)
I also really like:
Yao & Artusio's Anesthesiology
Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease
Anesthesiologists manual of surgical procedures (good quick overview but a little dated)
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On the book subject...What should us interns be reading to prepare for CA-1 year right now in our spare time?
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If i was you I would pick up Basics of anesthesia 5th ed by Miller & Stoelting. This is commonly called "baby miller" and does a basic overview which will help you prepare for CA1. This is NOT a comprehensive book. Many residents use morgan and mikhail as their "goto" book.
If i was you I would pick up Basics of anesthesia 5th ed by Miller & Stoelting. This is commonly called "baby miller" and does a basic overview which will help you prepare for CA1. This is NOT a comprehensive book. Many residents use morgan and mikhail as their "goto" book.
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My answer is, "Whatever floats your boat," that you enjoy reading and will actually read during your internship, and that makes you hopeful as you look forward to your anesthesiology residency. Agreed that Baby Miller is a decent one, with the older editions being much more readable for a beginner than the new one. The newest edition is nice and pretty, but much longer and denser and if you can digest the boring old one a couple of times you will be in good enough shape. If you flip through Baby Miller and don't like it, Morgan and Mikhail is also a decent book to read if you like it. I also read the MGH Handbook from time to time (quicker to read since it's in outline format).
You can also look up any articles and practice guidelines that interest you if you're wandering around the wards and a textbook is just a little too much to be carrying around the hospital. I went to the Anesthesiology journal website and the ASA website and printed out some of the practice guidelines, statements, and CME articles when I was bored.
