NEJM - worth it?

[chattkis]

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I just got a really cool offer to subscribe to the NEJM for a year, $52 for 52 issues.
(most of you probably got it as well)
Is this something that would be worthwhile as a med student?

Anyone skim through any good journals you could mention?

Thanks!

 

[geogil]

I just got a really cool offer to subscribe to the NEJM for a year, $52 for 52 issues.
(most of you probably got it as well)
Is this something that would be worthwhile as a med student?

Anyone skim through any good journals you could mention?

Thanks!

If you're really interested, you can read the NEJM for free from your library website, I'm sure.

 

[Mr hawkings]

I just got a really cool offer to subscribe to the NEJM for a year, $52 for 52 issues.
(most of you probably got it as well)
Is this something that would be worthwhile as a med student?

Anyone skim through any good journals you could mention?

Thanks!

You should be able to get the articles free online if access it from campus at your school. most schools have institutional memberships. The way i see it, there is no reason to pay for journals as a student.
I dont think its worth the money or the paper to get this delivered to you. I subscribe to 2 journals that came with membership to a professional organization and they pile up after a while and i barely read them unless if there is a paper that personally interests me.

 

[DarthNeurology]

If you're really interested, you can read the NEJM for free from your library website, I'm sure.

If you can get NEJM for free it is worth it. However, I think that a dollar and issue for the hard copy is worth it as you don't have to download articles you can just open it up and read it.

The articles are really good, but from a student's perspective a lot of the info and jargin may be lost on you, i.e. you may get more education at this point by reading board review materials and medical textbooks geared for students.

But if you are in residency then the articles are really interesting, and the clinical case reviews are good too, but with a good knowledge base otherwise a lot of it may be over your head if you haven't had third year or even fourth year under your belt.

 

[cpants]

Save the 50 bucks, and take a date out to dinner this fall. You can read the NEJ for free on-line or in hard copy at the med school library.

 

[dienekes88]

You should be able to get the articles free online if access it from campus at your school. most schools have institutional memberships. The way i see it, there is no reason to pay for journals as a student.
I dont think its worth the money or the paper to get this delivered to you. I subscribe to 2 journals that came with membership to a professional organization and they pile up after a while and i barely read them unless if there is a paper that personally interests me.

Exactly.

NEJM is a good read.

 

[footballrules]

Save the 50 bucks, and take a date out to dinner this fall. You can read the NEJ for free on-line or in hard copy at the med school library.

Co-signed. These journals don't care if you are a high school student, college student, medical student, so forth and so forth. They just want your money so they can keep their job and pay the bills. That is why they offer packages like this...to try and draw you into subscribing to their journal(s).

I agree with the other poster. If you have a significant other, take them out for a romantic meal or something like that and go and visit a local hospital/clinic library or medical library and get a copy of the NEJM articles.

PM me and I can give you free access to the NEJM (a legal way).

 

[cpants]

My local library even has JAMA and NEJM hard copies for free.

 

[footballrules]

My local library even has JAMA and NEJM hard copies for free.

I have access to four medical libraries for my research associate job that I work after my full-time day job. One of the libraries I use has a username and password for free online access to certain journals. NEJM is one of them.

NEJM is a good journal, but do you think you will honestly understand the material, be able to tell what is junk and what isn't, what is relative, what is arleady know, and what is novel if you are only a freshman or sophomore in college? I work with the medical literature 8 hours a day (after my day job) and I still struggle trying to figure out if a research paper is junk or if it is important....not an easy thing to do...meaning being able to critically analzye the article.

If you are young, I would say to read up on stuff that you find interesting and go from there. Your time will be better spent and you will give yourself a chance to find out what you really find interesting (on a written word base anyways).

 

[chattkis]

NEJM is a good journal, but do you think you will honestly understand the material, be able to tell what is junk and what isn't, what is relative, what is arleady know, and what is novel if you are only a freshman or sophomore in college?

Hmm, where did you get that info? I'm a 3rd year so I certainly hope I will be starting to understand the material since I am suppose to be a doctor in a year and a half.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions. I won't read it online probably, just being honest. I mean - I would already be reading it if that was the case. Just wondering if the hard copy is worth it. I'll check it out online and see if I like it.

 

[Cirrus83]

It's a good deal, but for actually looking up old articles the website is way better (and free).
If you actually have a lot of free time where you just wanna browse the new issues for fun it's a pretty good deal, and you can read it on the plane or train or whatever. Plus it looks nice on a coffee table I guess. But more or less whatever magazines I get end up piled up taking up space as it is so from a paper management perspective the online one is probably more reasonable.

 

[91Bravo]

I am a subscriber to the NEJM, and I am glad that I am. While I wouldn't see much utility in the journal as an M1 or M2, I find the articles quite relevant for various rotations. Also, as an online subscriber you get access to other features on the website, including Podcasts of articles and web videos on various procedures, etc.

I also have free access to NEJM online and in print through my school, like other students. However, I hate reading articles online, and I loath printing them. I like to have the copy in my hands. That's just how I roll.

 

[SomeDoc]

I just got a really cool offer to subscribe to the NEJM for a year, $52 for 52 issues.
(most of you probably got it as well)
Is this something that would be worthwhile as a med student?

Anyone skim through any good journals you could mention?

Thanks!

Save your money, save the trees, and use your school's library.

You're already paying for it.

 

[footballrules]

Hmm, where did you get that info? I'm a 3rd year so I certainly hope I will be starting to understand the material since I am suppose to be a doctor in a year and a half.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions. I won't read it online probably, just being honest. I mean - I would already be reading it if that was the case. Just wondering if the hard copy is worth it. I'll check it out online and see if I like it.

I didn't know what stage you were with your training or education. So I just assumed freshman or sophomore undergraduate student because of the type of question (no pund intended).

Why not ask a librarian to make a copy of a certain article for you?

 

[Mr. Freeze]

Hmm, where did you get that info? I'm a 3rd year so I certainly hope I will be starting to understand the material since I am suppose to be a doctor in a year and a half.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions. I won't read it online probably, just being honest. I mean - I would already be reading it if that was the case. Just wondering if the hard copy is worth it. I'll check it out online and see if I like it.

FWIW, I didn't get the impression that you were a UG freshman. Oh, and how do you get this info? By reading lots of articles. Just don't pay any more of your own money for them...

 

[DarthNeurology]

I am a subscriber to the NEJM, and I am glad that I am. While I wouldn't see much utility in the journal as an M1 or M2, I find the articles quite relevant for various rotations. Also, as an online subscriber you get access to other features on the website, including Podcasts of articles and web videos on various procedures, etc.

I also have free access to NEJM online and in print through my school, like other students. However, I hate reading articles online, and I loath printing them. I like to have the copy in my hands. That's just how I roll.

I like how you roll! I think eventually I will go the hard copy route as it would save me a lot of time, and I think you still get online access with hard copy delivery of the journal too.

 

[xanthomondo]

I just got a really cool offer to subscribe to the NEJM for a year, $52 for 52 issues.
(most of you probably got it as well)
Is this something that would be worthwhile as a med student?

Anyone skim through any good journals you could mention?

Thanks!

What year are you?