M1 doing an externship this summer...need advice on intro clinical med. pocketbook

[SuperFly123]

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hey, im going to be doing an externship this summer (basically shadow physicians in different fields)...i thought it might be helpful to have a little pocketbook to look up various diseases, terms, words, meds that i encounter. does anyone recommend a decent book that can fit in your white coat? im an M1 so i know next to nothing when it comes to the clinical setting. does anyone know of any pocket book that is user-friendly (for an M1 soon to be M2) and general enough to cover the most common things i will see with a internal medicine doc, surgeon, family, ob/gyn...etc without getting bogged down with details that wont make sense to someone who hasnt had path, pharm, etc...

thanks!

 

[ZAZA67401]

Hey,

How did you find your externship?

 

[SuperFly123]

hey, it was thru my state's medical society...
check to see if your state has a program; if not, most medical schools offer some sort of early clinical experience summer program for M1s....
if that doesn't work, just organize your own. go to your school's hospital, find a few doctors and ask them if you chould shadow each one for a week or two. most wont mind.

 

[liveandlearn]

look for "medicine in a page." if you are an M1 with no prior experience your probably need a pocket medical dictionary along with medicine in a page. have fun.

 

[liveandlearn]

look for "medicine in a page." if you are an M1 with no prior experience your probably need a pocket medical dictionary along with medicine in a page. have fun.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref...?search-alias=aps&keywords=medicine in a page

 

[nebrfan]

Check out "The Scut Monkey's" Clinician's Pocket Reference
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071402551/ref=sr_11_1/103-3622896-8157458?%5Fencoding=UTF8

 

[SuperFly123]

thanks for the tips! both books look awesome...ill have to go to my book store to decide on the one to get.
p.s. do these books fit in a white coat comfortably?

 

[liveandlearn]

thanks for the tips! both books look awesome...ill have to go to my book store to decide on the one to get.
p.s. do these books fit in a white coat comfortably?

medicine in a page is made specifically to fit in the lower pockets of a white coat. have fun.