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Student-To-Student
Guide to Pocket Stuffers
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clerkship:
Family Medicine|Medicine|OB / GYN|Pediatrics|Psychiatry|Surgery
Clerkship |
Family Medicine |
Textbook / Reference |
Sloan's Essntials of Family Medicine |
Pocketbook |
Manual
of Family Practice |
Questions |
Swanson's Family Practice Review |
Exam Tips |
* Read Sloan - most questions come directly
from it. |
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Clerkship |
Medicine |
Textbook / Reference |
Harrison's Essentials
of Medicine OR Cecil's Internal Medicine are
good reference texts, but too much to study from.
NMS Medicine - High-yield
Internal Medicine
|
Pocketbook |
Ferri's Care of The Medical
Patient
Washington Manual
Medicine Recall Baby Harrison's
|
Questions |
A & L Medicine
Pre-Test Medicine NMS questions
|
Exam Tips |
*Questions are key. Do them every week.
Read up on what you see on floors. Know initial management for
the exam. There is a lot of material to cover, so don't get bogged
down with the rare stuff. |
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Clerkship |
OB / GYN |
Textbook / Reference |
Beckman's OB & GYN
Blueprints: OB / GYN
NMS OB / GYN |
Pocketbook |
Current Strategies: OB /
GYN
OB / GYN Secrets
OB / GYN and Infertility
Handbook
OB / GYN Pearls
OB Pearls
GYN Pearls |
Questions |
A & L OB / GYN
J & S OB / GYN |
Exam Tips |
*WRITTEN: Read Beckman. The exam isn't
very tricky. Know diesases of breast, perinatiology and gyn-oncology. *ORAL: Know work up of common problems
of OB / GYN. Get a list of topics from 4th years.
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Clerkship |
Pediatrics |
Textbook / Reference |
Blueprints: Pediatrics
Nelson's Essentials NMS Pediatrics
|
Pocketbook |
Harriet Lane Handbook
Pediatric Pearls Baby Nelson
|
Questions |
A & L Pediatrics
Pre-Test: Pediatrics Nelson's Review
|
Exam Tips |
*Do A & L questions and the comprehensive
exam in NMS. Review ID, immunizations and development. |
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Clerkship |
Psychiatry |
Textbook / Reference |
NMS Psychiatry
Kaplan & Saddock Blueprints: Psychiatry
|
Pocketbook |
Psychiatry Recall
Current Strategies: Psychiatry Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs
|
Questions |
A & L Psychiatry
|
Exam Tips |
*WRITTEN: Know Recall, how to diagnose
psych d/o, initial management & treatment. *ORAL: Know your case well, especially
biopsychosocial aspects, defense mechanisms, treatments.
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Clerkship |
Surgery |
Textbook / Reference |
NMS
Surgery
Lawrence's Essentials
of Surgery
(Good,
but lacks depth for exam.)
Current Surgical Diagnosis
& Treatment
|
Pocketbook |
Surgical Recall
Mont Reid Surgical Handbook Schrock's Handbook of Surgery
|
Questions |
A & L Surgery
Pre-Test Surgery USMLE Step 2: Surgery
|
Exam Tips |
* Most questions are medicine; they focus
on the medical management of surgical patients. You may
want to use NMS Medicine. |
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* NMS questions are good for every rotation.
Some students also used Board books
(Prescription for the Boards, First Aid for the
Wards, Step II, etc.)
Recommendations from
the Class of 2002
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