Books before residency

[hossofadoc]

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Any advice on what books to read that would be helpful before starting/during residency?

 

[EM_Rebuilder]

Playboy...


Seriosuly, relax and dont read anything before starting.

 

[kungfufishing]

Obviously an intern, picking the softcore.

 

[GeneralVeers]

Any advice on what books to read that would be helpful before starting/during residency?

It helps if you read the cardiology, pulmonary, trauma, and pediatrics sections of Tintinalli before you begin.

 

[kungfufishing]

also find some people and do a couple thoracotomies if you can get the time.

actually veers' advice isnt bad at all IF you can remember a bit of what you read, so read it near the start of your year.

 

[GeneralVeers]

also find some people and do a couple thoracotomies if you can get the time.

actually veers' advice isnt bad at all IF you can remember a bit of what you read, so read it near the start of your year.

I thought I was being sarcastic....

 

[docB]

House of God

 

[lucky_deadman]

I've was always told that War and Peace in the original Russian was a good way to kill a day or two.

If you want something a bit more challenging there's always Where's Waldo?

 

[lucky_deadman]

But in all seriousness. Do not read anything medical. You'll read more than you care to or that your brain can handle once you start residency.

 

[kungfufishing]

The count of monte cristo is a kickass book. As is house of god.

Veers I see I failed to notice sarcasm, happens even to the...great ones...?

 

[EctopicFetus]

House of God

House of God for sure.. Althought if you read it prior to intern yr read it sometime afterwards because it only rings more and more true. Also reading it before intern year helps with those long call nights where you are getting beat down.

They can always hurt you more went through my head on a number of times last yr as well as being on call this yr.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Also, read a book on how a physician should handle and manage their assets and money if you have any knowledge on these subjects otherwise start with personal finance for dummies or some other basic book. You will prob never again have the time to deal with this very very important issue. Why work hard when you can have your money do that for you.

 

[GeneralVeers]

I also recommend Playboy (or girl).

 

[Jeff698]

If you like SciFi, anything by Peter Hamilton.

Great stories and they're huge and in multiple volumes so the rest of your year will go quickly.

Take care,
Jeff

 

[enfuegoEP]

I thought I was being sarcastic....

Damn...I was halfway through Tintinalli's cardiogolgy before reading this post.

 

[Hercules]

I'll second House of God and a basic book on finances or asset allocation.

 

[enfuegoEP]

Sounds like you old salts are advocating preparing for life as a resident more than diagnosing and treating disease.

 

[GeneralVeers]

Sounds like you old salts are advocating preparing for life as a resident more than diagnosing and treating disease.

No. We are advocating NOT preparing for either one. It's coming, and you will be unprepared regardless of what you do.

 

[2bnevryorfis]

I will be a resident as well this summer...I've read House of God twice during med school and just finished reading Tobias Only investment Guide you will ever need, Stanley and Danko Millionaire Next Door, and about halfway through 100 Questions Every First Time Home buyer should Ask and The Truth about Money. Man, its nice when you mother in law owns a bookstore! Would definitely recommend all of these....and I can't wait to be underprepared and overwhelmed this summer!

 

[WallowaWanderer]

It's coming, and you will be unprepared regardless of what you do.

😱ooooohhhhhh nnnooooooooo!!!!!!!!!😱

 

[enfuegoEP]

I actually started HOG today. When I read it before medical school I couldn't relate much, but after two years of clinical rotations at a county hospital it seems a little more personal.

"We felt sad that someone our age who'd been playing ball with his six-year-old son on one of the super twilights of summer was now a vegetable with a head full of blood, about to have his skull cracked by the surgeons."-Roy Basch

 

[Jeff698]

People!

What part of SciFi do you NOT understand?

Geez. Ya try to help a guy out.....

Take care,
Jeff

 

[Universe_Explorer]

I'm not really into Sci-Fi - anyone have suggestions for a long, engrossing paperback unrelated to medicine that I can plow through on my flight down under? I've heard "Pillars of the Earth" may fit, but I don't know much about it...

 

[MDinSD]

I would go with The Fountainhead (long) or Atlas Shrugged (much longer). Great books!

 

[RxnMan]

I'm not really into Sci-Fi - anyone have suggestions for a long, engrossing paperback unrelated to medicine that I can plow through on my flight down under? I've heard "Pillars of the Earth" may fit, but I don't know much about it...

Guns, Germs, and Steel.

 

[Febrifuge]

Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson. It's kind of adenture fiction for nerds, and it's 900-odd pages. That ought to keep you out of trouble.

 

[Jeff698]

I would go with The Fountainhead (long) or Atlas Shrugged (much longer). Great books!

I loved those books when I was 13. Now they seem a little self-absorbed. I'm guessing I'm the one that changed since I doubt the books themselves changed much.

Isn't it weird what happens when you re-read books?

Stranger In A Strange Land, though, has always been good for me when I re-read it. Not all of Heinlein's stuff has, though.

Take care,
Jeff

 

[Jeff698]

BTW, as I approach the end of residency, one the things I'm most looking forward to is being able to spend more time reading for fun.

Take care,
Jeff