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As a student, what are the best resources to use to read up on your patients during the surgery rotation?
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Schwartz. Some people like Sabiston, and I used Cameron a few times.
I didn't find UpToDate helpful for surgery.
AccessSurgery, basically, if your school subscribes to it, is the best resource. Zollinger is great for reading up on the operation before you see it.
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to the OP, I'm going to assume you're talking about your 3rd year core clerkship. If i'm wrong, please forgive me...
3rd year clerkship -- Essentials of General Surgery should be your core text (or whatever your clerkship reccommends. compare books if you can, pick one you'll actually read). It hits all the bread and butter stuff that you need and helps prepare you for your shelf exam. Don't underestimate the shelf or midterm. You can supplement with Schwartz or Cameron as needed about your particular patients as time permits but you need to nail the basic info from Essentials first. As a third year you probably will be given bread and butter patients to follow when you first start so you can master this material. Then they start sending spiffy stuff your way. Another gem is to ALWAYS keep Surgical Recall in your pocket. Some people did very well on shelf exams (and during pimping in general) by knowing this book inside and out. But Recall is rapid fire questions and not very useful to learn about a topic in depth.
4th year sub-i/ AI's-- here i ended up using Schwartz and Greenfield side by side. It was kinda cool cuz each would have a slightly different take (and diff pics) on particular procedures or pathologies. Ended up finding i read schwartz more and sold back greenfield. Cameron was nice to flip thru because it's a shorter book and kinda explained management a bit better.
3rd year clerkship -- Essentials of General Surgery should be your core text (or whatever your clerkship reccommends. compare books if you can, pick one you'll actually read). It hits all the bread and butter stuff that you need and helps prepare you for your shelf exam. Don't underestimate the shelf or midterm. You can supplement with Schwartz or Cameron as needed about your particular patients as time permits but you need to nail the basic info from Essentials first. As a third year you probably will be given bread and butter patients to follow when you first start so you can master this material. Then they start sending spiffy stuff your way. Another gem is to ALWAYS keep Surgical Recall in your pocket. Some people did very well on shelf exams (and during pimping in general) by knowing this book inside and out. But Recall is rapid fire questions and not very useful to learn about a topic in depth.
4th year sub-i/ AI's-- here i ended up using Schwartz and Greenfield side by side. It was kinda cool cuz each would have a slightly different take (and diff pics) on particular procedures or pathologies. Ended up finding i read schwartz more and sold back greenfield. Cameron was nice to flip thru because it's a shorter book and kinda explained management a bit better.
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Lawrence, Recall, and your favorite textbook (I prefer Sabiston's, but some like Schwartz).
Uptodate is more for primary care.
Uptodate is more for primary care.
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I used uptodate a lot for the medical issues in my surgical patients (e.g., pt had surgery now has pneumonia). If your school subscribes to MD Consult, Sabiston is on there, which meant I used it a lot. If I was home or in the call room (yeah, right) I'd use Lawrence, but the necessity of having a physical text with me at the moment I had 10 minutes of downtime really killed it for me.
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