Rotation Resources Brought to you by AOA With special thanks to Scott Davenport and Gina Piscitello Information presented today is a collection of information that has been gathered from fellow students over the years. Special thanks to Scott Davenport and Gina Piscitello for sharing some of this information with us. Most of the comments included come from real student feedback. We will go through books, pocket guides, phone apps, and websites.

General Resources Case Files Pretest First Aid USMLE World Qbank FA for Step 2 CK USMLE World Qbank Blueprints Step-Up To… These are book series that are commonly said as being helpful for all rotations as well as the USMLE World Qbank. The top three were more commonly cited as being helpful than the last two, but all of these were at least mentioned with some frequency and in varying amounts of helpfulness depending on the rotation. The FA book for Step 2 was also specifically mentioned multiple times. I’ll now mention the specific books cited as being helpful for certain rotations. Stars indicate the most highly recommended. For most rotations, there is more than one resource recommended. You really only need one so find out if you like case files or pretest or first aid format and stick to what works best for you.

Medicine I/II MKSAP for Students* Step-up to Medicine Not recommended as only resource SHELF exam is tough! Step-up to Medicine USMLE World Qbank* NBME free practice questions Found in Content Outline and Sample Items MKSAP most commonly recommended. Also UWOrld, free practice questions found on the NBME website under the content outline and sample items, and step up to medicine.

Surgery Pestana Review* NMS Casebook* Surgical Recall* Free PDF (google it) Need to pair with NMS or Pretest NMS Casebook* Helpful cases Surgical Recall* Use for pimping, not for SHELF USMLE World Qbank* Tip: Surgery questions on SHELF are sometimes really similar to internal medicine questions. KNOW MEDICINE! www.onlinemeded.org Free online brief lectures Operative Dictation Access through BioMed Library First Aid for Surgery Surgery pretest was marked on several responses as not good!

Pediatrics Online CLIPP materials (provided by school)* Exam is based on CLIPP cases Some say online CLIPP cases alone is sufficient, others recommend pairing with one of the resources below Pretest Pediatrics Case Files NBME Pediatrics Practice Tests ($) Pediatrics in Review journal articles Others did

OB-GYN Case Files* Blueprints* www.apgo.org* USMLE World QBank Student Resources  Uwise USMLE World QBank

Psychiatry Lange Q&A: Psychiatry* Pretest Psychiatry* First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship* Dr. Mackenzie’s Psych Primer from year 1 * Email brittney.lemke@gmail.com if you can’t find it, seriously she doesn’t mind Psychiatry Clerkship Guide* Used to be given out at HCMC, not sure if still is Brittney has this too, see above UWorld Qbank All come highly recommended but you really only need one resource.

Emergency Medicine Test is based on online curriculum (CDEM) provided online Ex. Approach to Abdominal Pain No need to study additional resources

Neurology Case Files Neurology* Pretest Neurology* USMLE World Qbank You probably get the idea of what case files and pretest covers look like by now, so I picked this picture instead.

Family Medicine Cases provided online* Wednesday Lectures* Recommended textbook student reviews: Would not recommend studying textbook Textbook has minimal yield but was helpful for musculoskeletal portion Can check it out from the library Really no need to go beyond the information presented in lecture or online. There is a recommended textbook that most didn’t find useful, but one said it was helpful for MSK portion.

Orthopedics Assigned readings from textbook given (Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care) Netter’s Concise Orthopedic Handbook Fracture Handbook

ENT ENT AcademyU Videos on ENT exam Clinical Otolaryngology Virtual Cases Primary Care Otolaryngology E-book (FREE!) On this entnet.org website, there are great resources. There is a free e-book and a program called AcademyU which includes ENT exam videos and Clinical Otolaryngology Online cases (COOL). Both of these can be found under the education and research tab.

Neurosurgery No formal exam Must complete 12 online cases Department loans you a copy of “The Neurosurgeon’s Handbook” by Samandouras

Urology Assigned online readings*

Electives Dermatology Ophthalmology Plastic Surgery Visual Dx (online and phone App) Receive textbook and Powerpoint Ophthalmology Review lectures www.ophthobook.com Plastic Surgery Essentials of Plastic Surgery ($$$) Michigan Manual of Plastic Surgery Neligan text (free on clinical key, very detailed) And just a few miscellaneous notes for some electives. Visual Dx which is a website and app for derm is really good. You also get a textbook and powerpoint. For optho, they recommend reviewing the lectures and using the optho book website. For plastic surgery, there are a few books listed but some a pricey or a little detailed.

Pocket Guides Pocket Medicine Maxwell Quick Medical Reference “The purple book” (Previously “green book”, “red book”) Maxwell Quick Medical Reference Sanford Antibiotic Guide White Coat Clipboard These are probably the most commonly used pocket guides. Pocket Medicine and Sanford are also available as apps. White Coat Clipboard isn’t a pocket guide per se but it is a nice option that fits in your pocket, contains helpful equations and facts, can be used to easily contain all your notes, and doubles as a hard surface for writing. Also labels yourself as a med student (no shame).

Honorable Mention Pocket Guides Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia The Little ICU Book of Facts and Formulas On Call Principles and Protocols Zheng’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Urology House Officer Series Wieder’s Pocket Guide to Urology Pocket Pediatrics I add these for completeness but much fewer students recommended these (maybe only 1) and it’s probably best to not over-resource yourself and to just stick with one. Some of these might also be helpful if you were pursing residency in these areas etc.

Phone Apps General information Medications Antibiotics DynaMed Medscape First Consult Up To Date WikEM Emergency Medicine topics Pocket Medicine ($) Medications Micromedex Epocrates Antibiotics Sanford ($) Medical Calculators QxCalculate Med Calc ($) Differential Diagnosis Builders Diagnosaurus DDX ($) Recommendations AHRQ ePSS USPSTF recommendations Shots by STFM ($) Immunization schedule There are a ton of phone apps. Here they are divided by certain categories. I tried to mark which ones cost money.

Honorable Mention Phone Apps General Information 5 Min Clinical Consult Skyscape Medications Merck Manual ($) Tarascon Pharmacopoeia ($) Antibiotics Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide ($) Heart Sounds Blaufuss Sound Builder Medical Literature QxMD Read Miscellaneous PDF Printer 10 Second EM ($) Seattle Heart Failure Pocket ECG Medical Spanish ($) PregWheel MD on Call ($) ABG Eval Eponyms Miscellaneous (continued) eOpioid ($) Convert between SA and LA opioids Iddx Emphasis on ID topics LabGear Medical lab values PediSTAT ($) Pediatric dosing Nerve Whiz Dermatomes GoodRx Helping patients find affordable meds ARUP Consult Laboratory test selection and intepretation LactMed Safety of medications while breastfeeding More honorable mentions, either mentioned only once or are so expensive there are better options that are free I would have put this on more than one page but I couldn’t think of any other good pics

Websites General Information BioMed Library site Amion.com Up to Date Dynamed Medscape BioMed Library site MD Consult Access Medicine Amion.com Paging  Medfools.com Downloadable scutsheets Literature Search PubMed Google Scholar Onlinemeded.org Free lectures Practicalclinicalskills.com Walmart’s $4 drug list Most of these websites are familiar but these are the ones most commonly cited as being helpful. Medfools.com is also great and has a number of downloadable scutsheets for rounding on wards.

Advice Don’t over-resource yourself! Find what works for you and stick with it. Consider Qbank subscription for third year. Can use for SHELF exams and Step 2 Carry something to read on rotations in downtime. Don’t feel like you have to buy anything – there are many free resources through BioMed Library and online. Find antibiogram at hospital. Use DropBox to email yourself articles. Choose 1-2 resources and study them thoroughly! I performed best on exams when I did this versus skipping around and using many different resources. Consider getting apps on Kindle or other tablet – easier to read than on phone and sometimes cheaper. Have fun! You are there to learn.

Good Luck. See you on the Wards. (Unless we’re 4th years and moving Good Luck! See you on the Wards! (Unless we’re 4th years and moving. In that case, peace out)