obgyn

[Iron123]

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hi everyone,

i'm starting my 3rd year obgyn rotation soon. since it's not near the school, i have to start packing and moving into a new place for the rotation. soo, i was wondering what books should i take with me? i got the specific obgyn books (beckman, pretest) but what about netters, moore anatomy, robbins path, etc year 1 and 2 books. should i take them or leave them behind? did you guys use them during your rotation? what about an ophthalmoscope, otoscope, reflex hammer...do i bring these?

i'd really appreciate any help
🙂 thanx

 

[smgilles]

hi everyone,

i'm starting my 3rd year obgyn rotation soon. since it's not near the school, i have to start packing and moving into a new place for the rotation. soo, i was wondering what books should i take with me? i got the specific obgyn books (beckman, pretest) but what about netters, moore anatomy, robbins path, etc year 1 and 2 books. should i take them or leave them behind? did you guys use them during your rotation? what about an ophthalmoscope, otoscope, reflex hammer...do i bring these?

i'd really appreciate any help
🙂 thanx

Thick skin and Blueprints for OB/GYN and you should be set.

 

[nykka3]

hi everyone,

i'm starting my 3rd year obgyn rotation soon. since it's not near the school, i have to start packing and moving into a new place for the rotation. soo, i was wondering what books should i take with me? i got the specific obgyn books (beckman, pretest) but what about netters, moore anatomy, robbins path, etc year 1 and 2 books. should i take them or leave them behind? did you guys use them during your rotation? what about an ophthalmoscope, otoscope, reflex hammer...do i bring these?

i'd really appreciate any help
🙂 thanx

dr mom has a link posted for books for obgyn. but i used case files and a little bit of blueprints, a little boards and wards or step up for step 2 and blueprints Q and A
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=245218

 

[Iron123]

so in addition to the ob books i shouldn't take any year1,2 books?

 

[46&2]

In short, no. You don't need 1st and 2nd year books. As far as instruments, they should all be at the hospital. All you need is a stethoscope. You rarely if ever use otoscopes and reflex hammers (maybe to check for hypermagnesium) in Ob/Gyn. You do use a speculum, but if you can bring one of those from home, well, that's just plain scary.

 

[felipe5]

i'd recommend bringing your netters and brushing up on some some anatomy before any surgeries you may scrub in on....my gyn attendings love to pimp about the marvels of the anterior abdominal wall and pelvic floor

 

[JulianCrane]

I just finished my OB/GYN rotation a few weeks ago. I used Beckman and Blueprints. Who knows if that helped for the shelf . . .but anyways, I really enjoyed the rotation. Got pimped on the layers of skin and fascia in making a pfannensteil incision. Sheesh.

 

[felipe5]

Can anyone that used Drife and Magowan's book (british) comment on how it prepared them for the shelf? I managed to borrow a copy of this and Pretest and would like to know if I could do well on the shelf w/out having to buy anything else.

 

[carrigallen]

Blueprints for Ob-Gyn, read it twice: once at the beginning of the rotation and again before the test. 👍 it covers ~90% of the material. Pre-Test is overkill/excess depth.
forget all of your special equipment - just bring a cheap stethoscope and a pregnancy wheel. The reflex hammer is only rarely useful in OB, when you're testing the reflexes of patients on Mg drips.
If you're interested in surgery, then get an old needle-holder from your surg dept and then you can practice suture technique on an old shoe.

 

[Pinner Doc]

I too will be doing my ob/gyn rotation at an away site during the month of Sept. 2 questions:

1) What is a pregnancy wheel (see above post) and where can I get one?

2) Is it REALLY helpful to read Blueprints before the rotation starts (see above post)? I could probably fit it in because I'm on surg. subspecialties now, and we've already taken the shelf, so my afternoons are free.

 

[felipe5]

a pregnancy wheel is a simple tool that allows you to estimate the EDC/EDD (estimated date of confinement aka estimated date of delivery) using the pts reported last menstrual period. All you do is rotate the wheel so that one arrow points to the LMP and this will place another arrow ~40 weeks down the road. You can usually get these free from drug reps or from doc's that have extra just laying around.

 

[carrigallen]

Sorry - I didn't really mean to say you need to read all of blueprints before starting.

I just felt like when I began seeing patients on OB, the residents and attendings almost expect you to have a basic knowledge about pregnancy, gestational age, prenatal tests, etc. You get your feet wet fast in Ob (literally!) so its helpful to have a basic knowledge of things like cardinal movements of labor, labor curve, methods of induction, fontanelles, etc.

 

[DOctorJay]

there is also a pregnancy wheel program for palms (not sure if it's for ppc as well) called "pregwheel" which calculates this very quickly for your.

also get the program "breastca" for gail and claus model risk calculations.

-J

 

[Shodddy18]

I would recomend some goggles and a snorkel!

J/K

I havent had my OB core yet. I went off service one night while nothgin was happening on medicine and saw a few deliveries. Since we are not supposed to go off service I didnt assist, just watched. I got splashed from a few feet away... I imagine it is worse the closer you get 😱

 

[footcramp]

if you are a guy then you should bring estrogen perfume and spray it all over your body so that the psychotic man hunting predatory beasts can't sniff you out, stomp on your manhood, and feed you to their offspring.