Underground Clinical Vignettes Neurology Clerkship

Underground Clinical Vignettes Neurology Clerkship

Priceless input from medical students who’ve succeeded at the wards

This famous review book for third year medical students taking required rotations on the wards delivers high-yield info for each clerkship: internal medicine, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and emergency medicine.

About the AuthorTao Le, MD is a Fellow in Allergy & Immunology at Johns Hopkins University.

Vikas Bhushan, MD is a practicing diagnostic radiologist.

Underground Clinical Vignettes Neurology Clerkship Picture

Underground Clinical Vignettes Neurology Clerkship Picture

Underground Clinical Vignettes Neurology Clerkship Picture

Underground Clinical Vignettes Neurology Clerkship Image

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35 of 35 humans found the following review helpful.
Riding the coattails of the other primary help books
By JT
Having used First Aid for the USMLE step I, picking up this book before starting third year was a no brainer for me. Too bad it’s not in the same league. Although the book has over 400 pages, it actually has only 75 pages of utile info. Essentially that’s the original 50 pages and then 5-10 pages at the beginning of each clerkship section. The rest of the book is fundamentally high yield topics in each clerkship. While that sounds good, the topics are not written in any depth. So, when you in the end reach the clerkship, you won’t find the data useful. I don’t know of any students who did. My point is – why spend $ 40 for 75 pages of utile info. Better to borrow it from a friend.

14 of 15 humans found the following review helpful.
Good resource, but perchance redundant
By Intern Year Is Glorious
I agree with the other reviewers that when it comes time for each rotation, you in all likelihood will end up turning to more focalized review books in each specialty.

On the other hand, if you are disciplined enough, this is a outstanding quick read to do before each rotation. It’d be much harder to finish Step-up or totally unlikely to read to Washington Guide in a weekend for internal med! The hard portion is motivating yourself to sit down and work for the duration of your golden weekend!

Also, I find myself ofttimes getting bogged down in the nitty-gritty for the duration of each rotation and forgetting to get a huge picture overview. It’s outstanding to read uptodate all the time, but the shelf exams don’t genuinely care when it comes to the most recent meta-analysis on prophylactic antibiotics for pancreatitis, for example. This is a good book to give you a quick broad-picture overview and make sure you recognise your basics.

I decisive to write this review to give the book credit b/c right now I am doing an Emed rotation without having rotated in Peds. First aid for the wards is giving me just what I need – a QUICK reference on peds. I’m probably going to re-read the surgery part to review abdominal complaints. And possibly the ObGyn portion too if I have time.

So, yes, you will get this data in other books. But it is useful. It covers 7 specialties, so even if you don’t read three of the sections, you’re paying when it comes to 10 dollars per specialty. It’s up to you if that’s worth it.

Oh yeah, other nice perks that I haven’t found elsewhere are their “ward tips” subdivisions for each distinguishing trait – it tell you the frequent structure, what attendings expect, etc. Also, at the end it has a database of references/books. This is similar to the back part of First aid for USMLE I. I found it utile to see what other books are out there and how they are rated.

6 of 6 humans found the following review helpful.
A Must Have Resource for clinical rotations!
By J. Lynch
I love the fact that this book has just a few pages devoted to each discipline which allows for it to be read rather quickly. It is perfective for those 10 minute periods of down time you often get on rotations. This book doesn’t dawdle on the tiny details, but it focuses on the key points necessitated to succeed without leaving crucial selective information out. A ought to have for any 3rd or 4th year student!

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