Reading and Learning opportunities

[CAmedicRawlings]

Hello everyone! I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on reading material for learning about science and medical...anything really? I am preparing for a deployment here in the next couple of months so I won't be able to take any classes and I don't want my mind to go to waste while I'm overseas. I'm an Army Civil Affairs medic so that is a great chance to get patient contact and interaction but I'm curious as to any good reading material that you may be able to suggest. I hope this question doesn't seem stupid.

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[ManBroDude]

What are your future plans? Are you taking the MCAT or applying soon?

"science and medical" is pretty broad for not wanting your "mind to go to waste".

I have listened to the MedPod 101 podcasts which are pretty basic and covers a lot of the most common issues you see in the ED or in clinic. If you have a lot of driving time or spend a lot of time doing cardio, I'd suggest purchasing it from their website at medpod101.com.

Any Atul Gawande books are good reads, too.

 

[mydec]

Some stuff I like to read so I can "stay in the loop" is Medscape because it has recent medical news/breakthroughs, quizes and free data bases. Here is the link: http://www.medscape.com/medicalstudents

I also read Pubmed although I don't like it as much. Here is the link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

You can always start studying for USMLE or MCAT review material stuff, depending on which test is next for you.

Another book which I am reading right now is called The House of God by Samuel Shem. It is a novel about a medical student in a hospital. It not about science more about his experience as a medical student in the 1970s.

 

[ManBroDude]

Another book which I am reading right now is called The House of God by Samuel Shem. It is a novel about a medical student in a hospital. It not about science more about his experience as a medical student in the 1970s.

No, remember, they're all graduates of "BMS", or Best Medical School, so they are therefore interns/residents.

The description of the book you give makes it sound so regal.

 

[FutureDoctorrrr]

Hello everyone! I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on reading material for learning about science and medical...anything really? I am preparing for a deployment here in the next couple of months so I won't be able to take any classes and I don't want my mind to go to waste while I'm overseas. I'm an Army Civil Affairs medic so that is a great chance to get patient contact and interaction but I'm curious as to any good reading material that you may be able to suggest. I hope this question doesn't seem stupid.

Since some reading material has already been suggested, here is a link to some videos worth watching.

TEDMED videos

http://www.tedmed.com/videos

 

[CAmedicRawlings]

Thank you all so much for your responses!


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