Posts tagged reference
Bugs & Drugs.
This pocket reference has been a saving grace many times on the ward. It is not applicable in a lot of circumstances but in rotations such as emergency, internal medicine, and paediatrics, there was not a day that went by where this book would not be used.
The Reference Stack.
As I begin packing my belongings for my move for the third year clerkship, I have to decide what resources to take with me. At the moment, these are most of the hard copy books I have available to me. In order from left to right:
- SOAP for Family Medicine. Maldonado and Zuniga
- SOAP for Emergency Medicine. Bond and Uzelac
- SOAP for Internal Medicine. Uzelac, Moon, and Badillo
- Essentials of Clinical Examination Handbook. Lincoln et al.
- Pocket Medicine. Sabatine
- On Call, Principles and Protocols. Ruedy
- Therapeutic Choices. Grey
- Pathology of Heart Disease. Lilly
- Cardiovascular Physiology. Courneya and Parker
- Renal Physiology. Koeppen and Stanton
- Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases. Blumenfeld
- Medical Microbiology. Brooks et al.
- Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple. Gladwin and Trattler
- Netter’s Essential Histology. Ovalle and Nahirney
- Gray’s Anatomy for Student. Drake, Vogl and Mitchell
- Gray’s Atlas of Anatomy. Drake et al.
- Robbins and Cotran’s Pathologic Basis of Disease. Kumar et al.
- Medical Physiology. Boron and Boulpaep
- Drug Information Reference. Cadario and Leathem
- Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties. Repchinsky
- Toronto Notes. Chen and Tran
- Bate’s Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. Bickley
For the medical students, what books do you use and what have you found most useful in your clerkship? Leave a comment below.
11 Apps for the Medical Student
The recent rise of smartphones and tablets has opened up the doors for new ways we can use technology in our day-to-day lives. From reading news to playing games, it seems that we suddenly have a lot more options and a lot more flexibility.
Medicine has leveraged these advances to make tools and utilities that can take advantage of the new market, where a computer and more importantly the software that is on it has become portable.
Nearing the start of my clinical years, I present to you my list of phone and tablet apps that I currently use or have used in the past that I feel will continue to be useful for any medical student.
Disclaimer: The following apps are all available for iOS. Availability online, on Android, Blackberry, or any other operating system may vary depending on the author of the respective programs.
