Preparing for Internship

[vicinihil]

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I'm starting my prelim peds internship this june and was just wondering what you all found helpful in terms of studying for the wards or helpful resources. I think the program I go to provides the Mass Gen Handbook for Peds. Anything else you guys found helpful?

This may be jumping the gun but thanks for your advice!

 

[Stitch]

My best advice for those about to become interns is to kick back and spend time with friends and family. Or travel. Enjoy yourself. It's really the last summer break you'll get, and any knowledge you glean from a book is going to be tiny (and unlikely to help you much) compared to the amount you'll learn in your first month or two. Better to go in fresh and ready to work.

If you happen to see a Pediatrics in Review lying around, then that's a good, easy read with great gen peds stuff in it. But DO NOT buy it. You'll get a subscription when you start.

 

[michigangirl]

My best advice for those about to become interns is to kick back and spend time with friends and family. Or travel. Enjoy yourself. It's really the last summer break you'll get, and any knowledge you glean from a book is going to be tiny (and unlikely to help you much) compared to the amount you'll learn in your first month or two. Better to go in fresh and ready to work.

If you happen to see a Pediatrics in Review lying around, then that's a good, easy read with great gen peds stuff in it. But DO NOT buy it. You'll get a subscription when you start.

THIS.

Please enjoy the rest of the summer you have left. Do not read in the weeks going in-- you won't regret enjoying yourself. I speak from experience-- please-- have fun.

Hey Stitch, just came back from Disneyworld. Rode your ride, Stitch's great Escape. Didn't appreciate you jumping on my shoulders and spraying water on my face. Just sayin' 😀

 

[umass rower]

Get a good night's sleep and download a reliable drug database like Epocrates or Lexi-Comp.

 

[Socrates25]

If you happen to see a Pediatrics in Review lying around, then that's a good, easy read with great gen peds stuff in it.

PIR is an incredible resource that I didnt appreciate until halfway thru residency. Its straight up da bomb when studying for boards later. Its a quick concise read without all the BS that uptodate has in it.

I recommend you save all of these PIR journals and put them into binders. You will refer to them a lot later on when studying for boards and there's a ton of free CME credits in them that you can use to carry you thru CME for the first couple of years after residency.

 

[SurfingDoctor]

What everyone already said. Go to Hawai'i or Jamaica (good rum there)

 

[deleted311769]

If you are moving, spend your time getting fully furnished, unpacking, decorating, organizing - making your living space the zen retreat you want to walk into after a long day. I can tell you from experience, if the box doesn't get unpacked before your first day, it's really hard to be motivated to unpack it later.

 

[Stitch]

THIS.

Please enjoy the rest of the summer you have left. Do not read in the weeks going in-- you won't regret enjoying yourself. I speak from experience-- please-- have fun.

Hey Stitch, just came back from Disneyworld. Rode your ride, Stitch's great Escape. Didn't appreciate you jumping on my shoulders and spraying water on my face. Just sayin' 😀

*grin* I just couldn't resist!

 

[BigRedBeta]

Get a good night's sleep and download a reliable drug database like Epocrates or Lexi-Comp.

I'd hardly call epocrates reliable for peds dosing. Lexi-comp is the way to go but wait until you find out what your program has subscriptions to.

But like others have said, relax, enjoy your time, maybe hit the gym so you start in great shape.

 

[jonb12997]

I agree... take it easy. Go on some sort of vacation, even if it's just going to a state park for a day and taking a hike through the woods. (My wife and I went to Disney before I started residency).

I also like the person that wrote, try to get into your place and get things set up and ready to go. Get your internet hooked up, your TV set up (and your DVR set up to record your shows), get your bills set up to auto-pay, all that good stuff as best you can.