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I'll be starting rotations soon and I need advice for books and tools that I will need for rotations. Internal Medicine is my first rotation so if anyone has suggestions what I will need for this rotation and the shelf exam let me know.

If any one has any other suggestions for other rotations let me know!
 
Nicoll: Pocket Guide to Diagnostic tests

Chan: Current Clinical Strategies - Medicine

If you want to impress people, you'll do a good H&P and then be able to write a solid admit order. You won't be able to do the admit order from looking at pocket medicine, it is a ******ed and over rated book that presents a mess of factoids, in the most annoying way possible (abbreviations), and leaves you only with questions and zero guidance. If you want to learn things like pathophysiology, presentation, and DDX, please don't try to read pocket medicine, find something (anything) else.
 
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There's a nice thread about this stickied at the top of this forum. Also, you can read through the shelf exam thread for any rotation and see what people suggest.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=198236

Thats a good link, but poorly concise.

OP, most everyone carries Pocket Medicine to look up the stuff medicine people see the most in their pocket. Great resource to have.

You need a PDA with Epocrates or some other such pharma program.

For Studying...

Essentials and MKSAP 4 are recommended to go together by most program directors. Solid review of knowledge, makes you potent on the wards, poorish shelf studying.

Step Up Medicine and UWorld are recommended to go together to get the Shelf score you want. You'll have tidbits, fodder for pimping, but won't likely be able to communicate lengthily about any topic. First Aid is an alternative to Step Up.

Case Files is mediocre, but fits in your white coat for down-time studying.

As VoiceofReason said, Medicine people are usually more impressed by confident and concise oral presentations rather than thorough H+Ps and medical tidbits. Unfortuantely, there aren't many good books that teach you that.
 
Essentials? haha Essentials of what? Damn I have no idea what book you're referring to.

... Thread is about Internal Medicine...

I'll be starting rotations soon and I need advice for books and tools that I will need for rotations. Internal Medicine is my first rotation so if anyone has suggestions what I will need for this rotation and the shelf exam let me know.

If any one has any other suggestions for other rotations let me know!

Yes


I think he meant this

Thanks for the advice everyone!
 
Just to tag onto this thread a bit, are there any iphone aps that contain templates for the various orders/admit/discharge etc...?
 
Just to tag onto this thread a bit, are there any iphone aps that contain templates for the various orders/admit/discharge etc...?

Not sure about iphone, but there is a "standard dictations" app for android that lists all of those. Something that nearly every student (and resident) carries is Maxwell's Pocket Reference which has all those templates plus normal lab values and other useful items. There is an osteopathic version as well which contains some additional OMM/OMT info.
 
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