Textbooks.....

[neuro kid]

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I am a PGY2 in neurology, and i recently realized that my education for the last year or so has been baed solely on Uptodate, and maybe a handful of papers....

Does anyone read textbooks any more???? I mean stuff like Merritt's, Bradley and stuff.

 

[PainDr]

I am a PGY2 in neurology, and i recently realized that my education for the last year or so has been baed solely on Uptodate, and maybe a handful of papers....

Does anyone read textbooks any more???? I mean stuff like Merritt's, Bradley and stuff.

Huh?!?!?! What program are you in...that's pathetic! Of course you should be readng Bradley. We had to read two chapters a week and then had a written test and oral review! Merritts is ok, but too superficial.

 

[GopherBrain]

And walk uphill to work both ways, and craft your own LP needles from chicken bones...

I think neuro kid's point is that he WASN'T in a neurology program last year. He was doing that painful prelim year. Personally, I pretty much stuck to UptoDate as well.

My program gave us a small "curriculum" pocket-book, and I am reading that first (plus a few review articles). I'll leave the dense texts for after I have the practical stuff down better.

 

[PainDr]

Sorry, I did misunderstand his/her post, but I wasn't exaggerating our reading assignments. In fact, the reading was only a small portion of the program. Our didactics were as follows: morning report with our chairman (lots of pimping and localization exercises) Monday and Tuesday from 7-8, then some type of clinical lecture from 8-9, Wednesdays from 7-9 Bradley test and review, Thursdays 7-8 neuroradiology and Fridays 7-8 neurosurgery grand rounds, 8-8:30 neurology case reports (we took turns and each had to do them 2-3 times per year), 8:30-9:30 guest speaker. It seemed like torture at the time but looking back, it really wasn't that bad.

 

[DCSwing]

I've recently been using a book by R. T. Ross for review and study. It's not a textbook, but it is very concise and well put together. That's why I chose it. It has been very helpful for me so far. It's "How to Examine the Nervous System." ISBN 0-8385-3852-5. HTH