1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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!
Free online brief lectures
Operative Dictation
Access through BioMed Library
First Aid for Surgery
Surgery pretest was marked on several responses as not good!

5. 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

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

7. Psychiatry Lange Q&A: Psychiatry* Pretest Psychiatry*
First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship*
Dr. Mackenzie’s Psych Primer from year 1 *
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.

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

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

14. Urology
Assigned online readings*

15. Electives Dermatology Ophthalmology Plastic Surgery
Visual Dx (online and phone App)
Receive textbook and Powerpoint
Ophthalmology
Review lectures
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.

16. 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).

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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

20. 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.

21. 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 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.

22. 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)