Books for Pimp questions?

[shadowfox87]

Ok, so I've looked all over SDN and all I can find are really old threads about this. The book lists are outdated as well. I'm not talking about Step 2 preparation or boards. I am just wondering is there any books out there that have a list of commonly asked on-the-spot questions during clinical rotations from doctors?

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[Aclamity]

Ok, so I've looked all over SDN and all I can find are really old threads about this. The book lists are outdated as well. I'm not talking about Step 2 preparation or boards. I am just wondering is there any books out there that have a list of commonly asked on-the-spot questions during clinical rotations from doctors?

good question. I haven't done Internal Med or Surgery yet, but I've been told that Pocket Med and Surgical Recall are awesome for pimp questions

 

[Perrotfish]

Ok, so I've looked all over SDN and all I can find are really old threads about this. The book lists are outdated as well. I'm not talking about Step 2 preparation or boards. I am just wondering is there any books out there that have a list of commonly asked on-the-spot questions during clinical rotations from doctors?

Surgery recall for surgery. Pestana Audio (illegal but widely available) is a great primer.

Read through case files in advance and you'll get most of the OB questions.

For medicine you pretty much need to read through the relevant up to date article on every patient you're seeing. I don't think that there's a good pocket reference for that wide a range of conditions.

Ditto for peds, though memorizing the 'milestones' section of blueprints will go a long way towards making you look competent.

For Neuro memorize the guidelines for thrombolyitic therapy and hope they don't ask anything else.

 

[Valadi]

For medicine you pretty much need to read through the relevant up to date article on every patient you're seeing. I don't think that there's a good pocket reference for that wide a range of conditions.

Agree for med uptodate/dynamed are your best friends. I used the saint-Frances guide though and thought it was spectacular for guiding decisions/answering questions. Fits in your pocket.

 

[shadowfox87]

Thank you everyone, you just made my life easier.

 

[DirtyNetter]

Ok, so I've looked all over SDN and all I can find are really old threads about this. The book lists are outdated as well. I'm not talking about Step 2 preparation or boards. I am just wondering is there any books out there that have a list of commonly asked on-the-spot questions during clinical rotations from doctors?

Sabatine's medicine ("the green book") was useful for answering most pimping questions on my medicine clerkship. That's especially true if you can't get to a computer (or god-forbid your institution does not have an up-to-date subscription).