"Recall" review books for rotations

[Mike59]

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I just bought "Pathology Recall" and find it to be perfect for my learning style.
I was wondering if there are any other books in the Recall series that you have found useful for rotations?

 

[Mumpu]

Medicine Recall is only so-so. Surgical Recall is considered to be gold standard by many.

 

[greets fr. nyc]

surgical recall, dude! a must!

aside from that, strangely(!), during 3rd year, i found PHARM recall and ANATOMY recall to be super helpful for cementing that pharm and body knowledge while swimming in a constantly draining knowledge pool.

others?

medicine = so-so
peds = ok, very basic, light read
ob = way too thick.

 

[punjabiMD]

I second the Pharm Recall. It's fantastic.

 

[Gut Shot]

Surg recall is the ultimate weapon against OR pimping. You will be amazed.

 

[gwyn779]

Surg recall is the ultimate weapon against OR pimping. You will be amazed.

I second this. Since it's in the Q&A format, it's perfect. The best way to use it is to find out what surgeries you'll be seeing the next day, then go through those sections in Recall. When I actually did this, it actually felt like deja vu the next day, the questions were even usually asked in almost the exact same words. (Remember this for 3rd year.)

If this is a good learning style for you, then I'd go with the series in general. I don't know if you have a PDA, but Skyscape has handheld versions which are comparable in price to the print versions (and obviously much smaller to keep with you).

 

[carol ann]

Ok, I am in a small minority not endorsing Surgery Recall -- But I think it just doesn't work well with my learning style.

MEDICINE RECALL SUCKS!

 

[kem]

Ok, I am in a small minority not endorsing Surgery Recall -- But I think it just doesn't work well with my learning style.

MEDICINE RECALL SUCKS!

Surgery Recall isn't about learning. It's about not looking (and feeling) like a total fool when an attending is asking you what thin layer of muscle he's cutting through to begin a CEA. For that, it is brilliant.

 

[carol ann]

Then perhaps what I should have written is - surgery recall DID NOT help me in terms of pimping...I compared a couple of cases - when I prepared by briefly (5 minutes) skimming a pertinent textbook chapter online prior to going into the OR I did much better on the pimping questions than if I read Surgical Recall. I just cannot memorize that way either (the whole information out of context thing). But I do recognize that MOST PEOPLE LOVE THIS BOOK AND RECOMMEND it. I just thought I'd present the minority position.

 

[energy_girl]

Well I'm in the minority too--I love Medicine Recall. I think it's just the Q&A style that really appeals to me. The material is not always up to date, but it's very complete.

 

[Mumpu]

I've tried a bunch of stuff over the past seven weeks and I've decided that MKSAP (for med students, not the full-blown version, thankyouverymuch 😛) and Pretest are the best learning tools for medicine. The explanations for the questions are worth more than 50 pages of reading and cover most major topics. MKSAP is particularly good for getting current evidence-based material. Between these books and the reading I do on my patients' problems, I'm hoping for a good result on the shelf at the end of the rotation. I'll know in a month if I was right or not. 🙂

 

[Scott_L]

If you have any ideas on how to make the Recall Series better, I'd love to hear them. Are there any other subjects that you think would lend themselves to the Recall format. Feel free to post, PM or e-mail me.

Thanks!

Scott Lavine
[email protected]
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins