what books are a must have for rotations

[jackets5]

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what are the best texts to have for rotations. also, im looking to pick up a book for EKG interpretation, is dubin or thaler the better book. Heard that Dubin may be a little simple. any suggestions. thanks

 

[Droopy Snoopy]

what are the best texts to have for rotations. also, im looking to pick up a book for EKG interpretation, is dubin or thaler the better book. Heard that Dubin may be a little simple. any suggestions. thanks

sticky at the top has some good info

 

[caffeine37]

best in my experience:

Medicine: Step Up Medicine, Pocket Clinical Medicine, MKSAP for Students
Surgery: NMS Cases, NMS Surgery, Surgery Recall, Kaplan notes
Pediatrics: NMS Pediatrics, BRS Pediatrics, PreTest Pediatrics
OB/Gyn: Blueprints
Neurology: Case Files Neurology

Overall great books to have: Kaplan Question Book for Step 2 CK, Blueprints Step 2 CK Question book

 

[futuredo32]

IM- Step Up To Medicine, Case Files for IM
Psych- First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship
Surgery- NMS Case Files plus Petsana Review for the shelf, Surgical Recall for the rotation
OB/Gyn - Case Files for OB/Gyn was the best, I also used Blue Prints
Peds- I used Blueprints and hated it.

 

[spicedmanna]

Surgical Recall
Boards and Wards
The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia
Pocket Medicine
Maxwell Quick Medical Reference
The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
The Clinical Smart Book

For ICU: The ICU Book

Have Mosby's or similar reference and Harrison's accessible. Also, UpToDate (web reference) is the bomb. JAMA's website has some great videos on procedures.

 

[AmyO]

SpicedManna....I thought you were a 2nd year? How can you give advice on rotations when you haven't done any? I'm not trying to start a fight, but it's weird you're giving advice on a thread about "books essential for clinical rotations" when you haven't done any. I agree w/ some of your suggestions, but some of them are overboard. My picks:

IM: Step-up to medicine, Ferri (pocket medicine is also pretty good)
Surgery: Essentials of General Surgery by Lawrence, Surgical Recall for pimping
OB/GYN: Blueprints OB/GYN, Case Files
Peds: ? Blueprints was ok, Harriet Lane is good if you are planning to go into peds

 

[spicedmanna]

SpicedManna....I thought you were a 2nd year? How can you give advice on rotations when you haven't done any? I'm not trying to start a fight, but it's weird you're giving advice on a thread about "books essential for clinical rotations" when you haven't done any.

Currently, I am a 2nd year medical student. I am merely passing on advice given to me from others well past my stage of the process (attending physicians, interns, and residents). I have several close associates who I have either worked with directly, or have talked to in depth about this subject, that made these exact recommendations to me, hoping to save me the trouble of figuring out what was needed the hard way. I figured I'd pass on the advice given to me. Perhaps I should I have initially made this disclaimer, but I guess I just wasn't thinking as clearly as I could have, given that my brain is a bit fried from studying (test tomorrow). I guess it's better late than never:

Please forgive my intrusion into territory that doesn't yet belong to my current academic station. I did not mean to offend or imply that I have experiences that I do not yet have. Accept these suggestions as merely what was passed onto me from sources much more experienced than myself, but I will say that I have used some of these resources during clinical experiences that I had last summer and found them quite useful (they have even saved my life a few times, figuratively speaking, of course).

Again, very sorry. I'm going to slink back into my books and notes now, so I can make it to where you all are currently.

 

[AmyO]

No harm, no foul. It's not a big deal. I get annoyed (more so on the boards forums) when students who haven't even started/just started studying for an exam are saying what is emphased on the boards when they have never taken them! I just think if you are going to pass along advice you should have firsthand knowledge of what you are talking about or at least mention that this is simply advice you have heard. Plus, stuff changes....better books come out than when an attending was a medical student 10-20+ years ago. Anyways, good luck on your test!

 

[kalenakai]

In terms of pocketbooks, I generally carry around the following:
Pocket Medicine
Sanford Antimicrobial Guide
Maxwell Quick Med Reference
Palm: eProcrates, basic calculator, MedCalc, Shots

Rotation specific:
Peds: Harriet Lane, Shots on Palm
Surg: Surgical Recall
IM: Pocket Medicine
Psych: Kaplan & Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psych
FP: AHRQ ePSS screening guidelines on my Palm
In general: Pretest or Recall

 

[jonb12997]

on your palm - epocrates, harriet lane.
in your pocket - sanford guide

ICU = the ICU book
surgery = surgical recall
don't carry but have *** pretest for the rotation. I liked this when I got home late, knew I should study some, but didn't want to break out Robbin's, Nelson's, Harrison's.

but above all else... UPTODATE!

 

[pseudo]

General Surgery Textbook
Nelson Textbook of Pediatric
Textbook of Medical Physiology
Novak’s Textbook of Gynecology

and for sure ''Robbins pathology''