The Ultimate Medical School Rotation Guide

The Ultimate Medical School Rotation Guide
Author: Stewart H. Lecker
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1028
Release: 2021-06-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030635600

Written by the top medical student rotators, this book provides medical students with the often elusive information and skills required to ace their clinical rotations Chapters cover all major medical sub-specialties such as internal medicine, general surgery, cardiology, dermatology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and ophthalmology. Additionally, the book offers many novel features including a review of core rotation skills for oral presentations and a walk-through of a day in the life of the medical student on a particular rotation. It focuses on the common cases that students actually encounter in the hospital. This format thereby administers a complete, concise overview of what is needed for each rotation A unique resource, The Ultimate Medical School Rotation Guide is not only instructional and comprehensive, but also assuring and supportive as it encourages students to appreciate this rewarding time in their medical careers

Med Stud

Med Stud
Author: Ronit Shah
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2020-05-28
Genre:
ISBN:

Want to be a STUD in medical school? This book will give you all the information and skills you need to elevate your game from being an average medical student to being the STUD who makes medical school feel like a breeze. It provides a STEP-by-STEP guide on achieving success, taking readers from the start of medical school all the way through to matching into the competitive residency of their dreams. Packed with insider-tips, strategies, and study hacks, this guide will give you the edge you need in the competitive medical environment. The book has been written in a concise and easy to read fashion, making it a must read, high-yield resource for all students who are in medical school, will be starting medical school, or are applying to medical school. What's Inside: -Play-by-play breakdown of the entire med school journey from orientation week to residency match week -How to score a 260+ on the USMLE STEP 1 and USMLE STEP 2 CK Exams -A complete guide on the highest-yield study resources to use for every exam -Unique Strategy Lists for excelling on all major pre-clinical and clinical exams -Procured Study Schedules for each year of medical school with a dedicated chapter on teaching you HOW TO STUDY for efficiency and perfection -Comprehensive explanations, advice, and strategies for all the major obstacles in medical school from first year through fourth year, including getting letters of recommendation, advising, research, and extracurriculars -Insider tips for getting your dream residency, with in-depth coverage of how to perform on away rotations and crush residency interviews -Key knowledge insights for improving your person-to-person interactions and performing your best on Clinical rotations, with guides included for Medicine and Surgery

Dr. High Yield's Internal Medicine Notes (for the Step 2 CK & Shelf Exams)

Dr. High Yield's Internal Medicine Notes (for the Step 2 CK & Shelf Exams)
Author: Steven Vuu, MD
Publisher:
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2020-05-22
Genre:
ISBN:

Enter the mind of a top scorer for the Step 2 CK and Shelf medical board exams. These personal notes are ultra condensed for maximum repetition and solidification of knowledge. These notes are written in a condensed numbered format for a rapid and efficient review for this high stakes exam. Dr. High Yield covers almost every must-know topic essential for success. This book provides a rapid review of high yield information to best prepare you for your upcoming examinations. This book will help you zone in on key details and equip you with knowledge to help answer a question you may encounter. This book is best used as a last minute review leading up to the exam when you no longer have enough time to read a textbook or do more practice questions.

The Ultimate Guide To Choosing a Medical Specialty

The Ultimate Guide To Choosing a Medical Specialty
Author: Brian Freeman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2004-01-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071457135

The first medical specialty selection guide written by residents for students! Provides an inside look at the issues surrounding medical specialty selection, blending first-hand knowledge with useful facts and statistics, such as salary information, employment data, and match statistics. Focuses on all the major specialties and features firsthand portrayals of each by current residents. Also includes a guide to personality characteristics that are predominate with practitioners of each specialty. “A terrific mixture of objective information as well as factual data make this book an easy, informative, and interesting read.” --Review from a 4th year Medical Student

U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Medical Schools

U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Medical Schools
Author: Josh Fischman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN:

"A great resource. Well-organized with all necessary information easy to find. A must-have for any aspiring doctor. If only getting into medical school was as easy as using this book." - Vanessa E. Kass, reader The #1 medical school book! The U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Medical Schools helps students carefully assess the long road to successful career in medicine. A chapter-length essay directly from a medical school graduate describes what her first year in medical school was like. Descriptions of five top medical school programs give students an inside peek at med school academics. The exclusive U.S. News Insider's Index reveals which schools cost the most and least, and which get the most research money and turn out the most primary care residents. The Ultimate Medical School Directory features complete profiles of the nation's medical schools. - How to pick the best med school for you - Succeeding at the MCAT - Writing the personal essay and understanding what admissions officers really look for - Foreign medical schools that welcome medical students - Additional careers in healthcare

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
Author: Bliss J. Chang
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2021-07-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323760341

Be ready with specific evidence when you present patient plans during medical rounds! Concise and easy to use, Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine: Key Summaries for Common Medical Practices simplifies the complexity of clinical studies using key landmark trials in the core medicine specialties. Ideal for those early in their medical education and career, this portable guide helps you make the most of your limited time by introducing and explaining classic studies, preparing you to seek out and quickly digest future evidence-based medicine information. Highlights the landmark trials that have driven the evolution in medical practice, focusing on the critical information necessary to know about the study. Organizes evidence by disease and further by diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. Includes key takeaways and important notes from trials. Indicates which studies are new or controversial to help you develop an informed perspective.

Mistake-Based Learning: Cardiology - E-Book

Mistake-Based Learning: Cardiology - E-Book
Author: Bliss J. Chang
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2024-01-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323931952

Medical errors are one of the leading causes of death. Deliver the highest quality care to your patients by recognizing and minimizing common mistakes. Providing quality care free of clinical errors isn’t just a matter of knowing what to do in any given situation—it’s about actively knowing what not to do. Mistake-Based Learning in Cardiology: Avoiding Medical Errors provides healthcare professionals with a summary of the common ways to inadvertently cause medical errors for each major clinical action. This resource also provides valuable information on why the mistake may be made and openly discusses medical errors to facilitate growth, learning, and psychological safety in today’s workplace. Identifies the most common errors associated with each disease and clinical action. Dissects each mistake into potential reasoning errors and pinpoints the major clinical principles related to the error. Helps you understand why the mistake was made and how to avoid similar mistakes, empowering you with pre-emptive thoughts that act as an excellent first-line defense against medical mistakes. Supports you with timely, point-of-care solutions if the medical error were to occur. Uses a concise, templated format for quick reference and review. Helps prepare you for clinical rotations and future practice, as well as for the medicine and cardiology board exams. An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Biology of Infectious Disease

Biology of Infectious Disease
Author: Michael G. Milgroom
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2023-11-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3031389417

This textbook provides a broad introduction to the biological processes underlying infectious diseases in a range of hosts and pathogens. The text covers topics at all levels of biological organization, from the molecular and cellular level, organismal level, and population and ecosystem level, and goes well beyond infectious diseases of humans. The details of how microbes interact with their hosts are unique for each interaction, but emphasis is on the common principles of host-pathogen interactions that result in disease. Biology of Infectious Disease: From Molecules to Ecosystems is aimed at undergraduate and early graduate-level students in biology or public health, including pre-medical and pre-public-health students, who are interested in a broad introduction to infectious disease but do not have any previous background in microbiology or immunology.

How to Succeed at Medical School

How to Succeed at Medical School
Author: Dason Evans
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015-08-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118703413

Can you adapt to the wide variety of learning environments in medicine? Can you show your best abilities in the exams at the same time as learning to be a doctor? Can you balance your studies with an enjoyable social life? Can you develop your professionalism and manage your 'digital footprint'? How to Succeed at Medical School will help you learn these vital skills, and much more. Written by experienced medical school teachers and packed full of case studies, illustrations, quotes from other students, tip boxes, exercises, portfolios and learning techniques to help you communicate, study and revise - it’s an essential resource to help you thrive at medical school. This thoroughly updated second edition includes new chapters on Professionalism and Teaching, and provides invaluable insight into what to expect from the start of medical school right through to the start of your medical career.