Rotation Essentials

[UF12]

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Hello everyone

I will be going on rotations next year and was wondering if there is any books/apps that would be useful while on rotations. I have a subscription to lexicomp already but I see a lot of students carrying around some smaller books in their coat pocket.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[n0n0nsense]

The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy: http://www.amazon.com/Sanford-Guide...51&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=stanford+antibioitic

Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2013 (there's also a deluxe version): http://www.amazon.com/Tarascon-Pock...F8&qid=1379901989&sr=8-1&keywords=pharmacopea

 

[owlegrad]

The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy: http://www.amazon.com/Sanford-Guide...51&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=stanford+antibioitic

Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2013 (there's also a deluxe version): http://www.amazon.com/Tarascon-Pock...F8&qid=1379901989&sr=8-1&keywords=pharmacopea

I had both of these...and used neither.

 

[Sparda29]

I mainly used Johns Hopkins ABX Guide and the pocket DiPiros.

 

[BBW123]

I thought the PharmPrep app was a little pricey but it did quiz me and help prepare me for some of the important points for my hospital rotations.

I thought RxPrep gave good overviews on topics and had useful condensed refresher lessons for me to study. I actually bought the 2012 edition at the start of my rotations to help with the refresher lessons and then I bought the 2013 edition to help study for the NAPLEX. This was the most useful resource by far.

 

[UF12]

Thanks guys, these all seem helpful

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[Ackj]

Only thing I really used was UpToDate on my Nexus 7 (which fits great in a labcoat pocket). Depending on the rotation, I also would have some powerpoints or pdfs from the lectures relating to what we were doing. Didn't really carry any books around though (that is so 20th century).

 

[joetrisman]

Granola bars

 

[BenJammin]

Do: Sanford guide, tablet with appropriate apps, two mini snickers bars

Don't: Smartphone, nintendo ds, Tarascon

 

[rxlea]

Eat a good breakfast

 

[thisoneorthat]

On rotations, I used LexiComp, DynaMed, and DropBox (for lecture & chart PDFs).

LexiComp is good as an overall drug reference.

DynaMed is organized & concise. I could search for a topic and find an easily accessible list of evidence-based links. Think of it as PubMed but quick & dirty. It's also updated more frequently than UpToDate. I recall having to d/l it the app itself, then d/l something else like AccessPharm (or something similiar) at the school library. A library staff did it for me.

If you want to be kept up to date on AmCare, join Essential Evidence Plus & sign-up to the daily POEMs sent daily to your email. Had an AmCare preceptor that hounded me on a daily basis on the latest breaking news.

 

[joetrisman]

On rotations, I used LexiComp, DynaMed, and DropBox (for lecture & chart PDFs).

LexiComp is good as an overall drug reference.

DynaMed is organized & concise. I could search for a topic and find an easily accessible list of evidence-based links. Think of it as PubMed but quick & dirty. It's also updated more frequently than UpToDate. I recall having to d/l it the app itself, then d/l something else like AccessPharm (or something similiar) at the school library. A library staff did it for me.

If you want to be kept up to date on AmCare, join Essential Evidence Plus & sign-up to the daily POEMs sent daily to your email. Had an AmCare preceptor that hounded me on a daily basis on the latest breaking news.

+1 on dynamed. I <3 Dynamed.

 

[thisoneorthat]

+1 on dynamed. I <3 Dynamed.

I was one of the rare students in my class to even utilize it. The others students on my rotations were like, "What the hell is that.... looks complicated."

If I was strapped on time, DynaMed was a lifesaver, soooo much more quick than sifting through all those PubMed links. I used it on a daily basis, especially w/preceptors that would say, "Okay that's fine & dandy, but what does the latest evidence say?"