Does anyone use Med-U.org?

[tco]

We were told today during third year orientation about "med-u.org" It seems as if it covers our previously required Family Med textbook very well. There are 40 cases, and it supposedly takes around 40 minutes to complete each case. I'm wondering if I should use it in addition to the resources I was already planning on using (Pretest, Casefiles). Does anyone have any experience with this website?

 

[VisionaryTics]

We have it for family medicine as well. Pretty great, actually. Does a great job of working through cases with tons of guidelines and summaries.

 

[tco]

We have it for family medicine as well. Pretty great, actually. Does a great job of working through cases with tons of guidelines and summaries.

I just finished the first case, and I must say that I agree.

At first, I thought it was a bit cheesy. However, it was easy to read, I actually enjoyed going through the case, and the MCQs were fairly challenging, given their format. I also feel that the recap would be good to go over at a later date, to refresh what was covered in the case.

 

[1Life]

Great resource, we also used it for internal medicine (inpatient and primary care) and pediatrics

 

[Dissected]

Those family med cases were the bane of my existence...

 

[majahops]

They are terribly inefficient. If they got rid of the "Tommy told the staff how much he truly appreciated the lollipop that he was given after his vaccination"-type b.s., it might actually be worth paying attention to.

 

[MrBeauregard]

Is there any way to print out some sort of educational objective for each case, or any way to take notes on the cases? We are also required to complete some MedU cases for our family med rotation (and a few others).

Also, can anybody else reading this just give a nice, succinct list of books to use for FM clerkship? It's my first rotation and I don't have any background knowledge, unlike those people who had FM as their 3rd, 4th, or 5th rotation and thus had learned something about many of the topics encountered. This is my idea so far:

1. Attempt to read that God-awful Essentials of Family Medicine book to cover my bases
2. Case Files for FM
3. Blueprints for FM
4. PreTest for FM
5. Reference with Cecil/Harrison's if necessary

Any help would be appreciated. I just can't seem to find a list or review of good books for FM, as no one even includes that in their rotation list on SDN.

 

[da8s0859q]

They are terribly inefficient. If they got rid of the "Tommy told the staff how much he truly appreciated the lollipop that he was given after his vaccination"-type b.s., it might actually be worth paying attention to.

The summaries at the end of the cases weren't half bad, but the cases themselves made me sad inside.

 

[Mace1370]

Not by choice, they were terrible.

They are way too long for the amount of information they present. There is a lot of padding in there that is not learning related (see lollipop comment above). Basically a huge waste of time, which is probably why they were mandatory.

 

[olemissbabydoc]

We used them for every rotation except IM. Family was definitely the worst as our final counted 35% (while the board counted 2%) and "came from these cases"... but not really. It was uber annoying. Surgery was the best, it was just videos and you could watch like 7 at the time... Peds weren't bad because they only expected us to do about ten.

 

[msandford]

I would definitely recommend using it as an additional resource. I found these case studies to be very helpful. I agree, they were a little "cheesy" but still, a great learning resource!