Total Page : 768
Publisher : Lippincott Williams Wilkins
Publication Date : 1998 01 15
>> Key to success in the OR
I found the OR to be an almost laughable game once I started reading Recall The attendings would ask the exact questions in Recall in almost every case with very few exceptions Knowing what case you are about go into and taking the 10 mins or so to read the relevant chapter or section in Recall made answering those questions very easy
I never tried to read Recall from cover to cover Doing so would be painfully difficult as it is truly just a list of high yield facts with very little interpretation or explanation
Recall is organized around procedures / diagnosis and as such is of limited use as a reference for expanding a differential diagnosis in a case write up
It is however an absolutely invaluable tool for surviving the OR
>> Pimp book
This is an excellent book for getting your attendings questions right but it isn t going to help you for the shelf exam It doesn t give clinical vignettes and doesn t introduce principles of managing conditions Most of the surgery shelf exam has to do with managing post operative complications or how to manage a surgical patient as a medical intern With that said this book gives general information that a beginner needs to know ranging from where the surgeon stands and how to tie knots to how to classify orthopedic fractures It is a good pocket book but if you only have one source to choose to pass the shelf leave this one at the store
>> acceptable
This book is fantastic to study from The diagrams triad listings and Q A format is wonderful for my surgery rotation as a PA student However the book is a little heavy to carry around during rotations in the lab coat As a student it s imperative to carry around as many references as possible so when a question arises i have a quick way to look it up but this is just a little too bulky but it is perfect to study from
