Surgery Shelf

[ziffy 850]

i know there's a stickie about this, but i can't seem to find what i'm looking for. can anyone give me any ifo on the surgery shelf exam(specifically: content-high yield studying, etc.) seems to be some controversy as to what it encompasses-i'm so busy during the rotation, i'm having trouble actually finding the time to study and it is a good portion of my grade, so i'd love some help.

 

[Medical123]

It seemed like I had a lot of GI and renal stuff on my Surgery Shelf exam. I took it back in October, so it has been a while and I don't really remember. Try Dr. Mom's sticky. I think that there may be some stuff about the surgery shelf there. There were some Peds questions on things like intussusception and diaphragmatic hernias.

I just remember feeling really pressed for time on this exam. The clinical vignettes were long! Pace yourself accordingly.

 

[RonaldColeman]

i know there's a stickie about this, but i can't seem to find what i'm looking for. can anyone give me any ifo on the surgery shelf exam(specifically: content-high yield studying, etc.) seems to be some controversy as to what it encompasses-i'm so busy during the rotation, i'm having trouble actually finding the time to study and it is a good portion of my grade, so i'd love some help.

There are multiple versions of the test so everybody is going to tell you something different. My version happened to heavily stress G.I. stuff and, surprisingly, neuro. In contrast to what some people have said, I had very little fluids and nutrition. About the only thing I will guarantee you is that (1) you don't have to know anything about the different types of surgeries--you just need to know whether surgery would be indicated or not (2) you don't have to know cancer staging or treatment (3) everyone agrees that there are a lot of questions on post-op and next step in management questions.
Regarding books, I thought surgical recall was excellent preparation for the exam. If you are at the end of your third year, this is really the only book you need to do well on the exam.

 

[Happy613]

I took it yeasterday.

kaplan notes for surgery were right on target, the clinical scenario section was ultra-high yield. In fact some of the vingettes were worded so similarly it has to get one thinking......

There are multiple versions of the test so everybody is going to tell you something different. My version happened to heavily stress G.I. stuff and, surprisingly, neuro. In contrast to what some people have said, I had very little fluids and nutrition. About the only thing I will guarantee you is that (1) you don't have to know anything about the different types of surgeries--you just need to know whether surgery would be indicated or not (2) you don't have to know cancer staging or treatment (3) everyone agrees that there are a lot of questions on post-op and next step in management questions.
Regarding books, I thought surgical recall was excellent preparation for the exam. If you are at the end of your third year, this is really the only book you need to do well on the exam.