Rotation Resources
Brought to you by AOA
With special thanks to Scott
Davenport and Gina Piscitello
General Resources
• Case Files
• Pretest
• First Aid
▫ FA for Step 2 CK
• USMLE World Qbank
• Blueprints
• Step-Up To…
Medicine I/II
• MKSAP for Students*
▫ 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
Surgery
• Pestana Review*
▫ 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!
• www.onlinemeded.org
▫ Free online brief lectures
• Operative Dictation
▫ Access through BioMed
Library
• First Aid for Surgery
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
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Pretest Pediatrics
Case Files
NBME Pediatrics Practice Tests ($)
Pediatrics in Review journal articles
OB-GYN
• Case Files*
• Blueprints*
• www.apgo.org*
▫ Student Resources  Uwise
• USMLE World QBank
Psychiatry
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Lange Q&A: Psychiatry*
Pretest Psychiatry*
First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship*
Dr. Mackenzie’s Psych Primer from year 1 *
• Email brittney.lemke@gmail.com 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
Emergency Medicine
• Test is based on online curriculum (CDEM)
provided online
▫ Ex. Approach to Abdominal Pain
▫ No need to study additional resources
Neurology
• Case Files Neurology*
• Pretest Neurology*
• USMLE World Qbank
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
Orthopedics
• Assigned readings from textbook given
(Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care)
• Netter’s Concise Orthopedic Handbook
• Fracture Handbook
ENT
• ENT AcademyU
▫ Videos on ENT exam
▫ Clinical Otolaryngology
Virtual Cases
▫ Primary Care Otolaryngology
E-book (FREE!)
Neurosurgery
• No formal exam
• Must complete 12 online cases
• Department loans you a copy of “The
Neurosurgeon’s Handbook” by Samandouras
Urology
• Assigned online readings*
Electives
• Dermatology
▫ Visual Dx (online and phone App)
▫ Receive textbook and Powerpoint
• Ophthalmology
▫ Review lectures
▫ www.ophthobook.com
• Plastic Surgery
▫ Essentials of Plastic Surgery ($$$)
▫ Michigan Manual of Plastic Surgery
▫ Neligan text (free on clinical key, very detailed)
Pocket Guides
• Pocket Medicine
▫ “The purple book”
▫ (Previously “green book”, “red book”)
• Maxwell Quick Medical Reference
• Sanford Antibiotic Guide
• White Coat Clipboard
Honorable Mention Pocket Guides
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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
Phone Apps
• General information
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• Medical Calculators
DynaMed
Medscape
First Consult
Up To Date
WikEM
• Differential Diagnosis Builders
 Emergency Medicine topics
• Recommendations
▫ Pocket Medicine ($)
• Medications
▫ Micromedex
▫ Epocrates
• Antibiotics
▫ Sanford ($)
▫ QxCalculate
▫ Med Calc ($)
▫ Diagnosaurus
▫ DDX ($)
▫ AHRQ ePSS
 USPSTF recommendations
▫ Shots by STFM ($)
 Immunization schedule
Honorable Mention Phone Apps
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Merck Manual ($)
Tarascon Pharmacopoeia ($)
Antibiotics
Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide ($)
Heart Sounds
Blaufuss Sound Builder
Medical Literature
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Miscellaneous (continued)
Medications
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5 Min Clinical Consult
Skyscape
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QxMD Read
Miscellaneous
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PDF Printer
10 Second EM ($)
Seattle Heart Failure
Pocket ECG
Medical Spanish ($)
PregWheel
MD on Call ($)
ABG Eval
Eponyms
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eOpioid ($)
 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
Websites
• General Information
▫ 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
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 email 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.
Good Luck!
See you on the Wards!
(Unless we’re 4th years and moving. In that case, peace out)