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This post is part of our series on the best books and resources to help you do well on your junior year rotations and shelf exams. Also see our listings of internships in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Surgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine. You can also check out our full list of “best books” for medical students here.
You are reading: Internal medicine rotation books
background: internship qualifications
At the beginning of each of these clerkship lists there are a few things I must say. First, your grade on clinical rotations will depend on both your clinical performance and your performance on a shelf exam at the end of the rotation. While it is true that how you work with your teams and patients will play into your evaluation, there is no denying that your knowledge of the subject matter is, by far, the most important part of your final grade because it directly affects both of these two areas of evaluation. As a resident, I currently find myself filling out medical student evaluations every week. There are very few ‘incredible’ medical students and very few ‘terrible’ medical students. The vast majority of you (~95%) fit into the “good and easy to work with” group; the only thing you have to set you apart from others is your knowledge base. You have no alternative but to study! First Aid for the Wards
is a great resource to understand the dynamics of your clinical rotations, I highly recommend it.
essential resources
The resources I’ll describe in the employee lists are books and online question banks. Right off the bat, let me point out two undesirable resources that I won’t mention for each rotation individually.
- First, I consider a large online question bank essential. both kaplan and usmle world are very good products. i recommend purchasing a one year subscription to one of these usmle step 2 question banks. as you complete your third year rotations, these question banks will prepare you for 1- your clinical duties, 2- your rotational shelf exam and 3- step 2 of usmle during his fourth year.
- Second, online review materials (eg, medscape, uptodate, etc.) are essential resources for preparing your patients in the hospital. books and question banks can never provide the kind of in-depth details about disease processes that you will need to learn how to properly care for your specific patients. To be a great medical student, you need to prepare more deeply for the illnesses you face personally in the hospital.
book series for the third year
Medical students are not all the same; we are all very different learners. There are several companies that produce review materials for third-year medical students, each with a slightly different focus. each of these companies produces a different book for each internship. Interestingly, some companies’ books are rated higher on some trades than others. If you find a product that works for you, consider continuing with it through your third year, even if that product doesn’t have a high “rating” for a specific trade. Below are some of the review products and their features.
- The Case Files Series
: A unique teaching model; the Case Files series introduces a number of important clinical cases and follows them up with clinical pearls and important concepts. For students who need vivid clinical situations to remember factoids and concepts, this is a great series. (Case Files Internal Medicine) - The PreTest Series: The PreTest series is a classic question bank format with questions and detailed explanations. As I previously mentioned, I believe there is no substitute for a great question bank. While an online resource (USMLE World or Kaplan) can be more robust and mobile, a good question book is still a great option. The PreTest series produces a couple fantastic question banks (PreTest Medicine).
- The BluePrints Series: The BluePrints series has a beautiful format that is very easy to read. The text is laid out in a bulleted lists, but with more details and descriptions than the First Aid series with which most students are familiar. I think very highly of these review books. (Blueprints Medicine).
- First Aid Clerkship Series: The First Aid series well known to most students also produces review books for third year clerkships. The content is similar to what students are used to, bulleted lists of high yield information. While I highly recommend many of the First Aid review books for USMLE Step preparation, the books are not quite as widely read and recommended for clerkships. (First Aid for the Medicine Clerkship).
: A unique teaching model; the Case Files series introduces a number of important clinical cases and follows them up with clinical pearls and important concepts. For students who need vivid clinical situations to remember factoids and concepts, this is a great series. (Case Files Internal Medicine
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so we agree that books are not enough to succeed in your internships, but they are still an amazing resource to take advantage of. Let’s review the best books and resources for your internal medicine rotation. these lists come both from my experience and from one medical school’s annual survey of its 250 graduating medical students trying to detail which resources were most helpful in their rotations.
There are actually a number of great resources to help you prepare for the internal medicine rotation and shelf exam. the review will focus heavily on inpatient internal medicine, but outpatient material cannot be completely ignored.
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1. move to medicine:
The reputation of the step-up series for drug rotation is proven true. has been a stable list of medical student studies for decades and continues to produce a well-received review manual that I consider to be the closest thing to a ‘must have’ in third year medical school.
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2. mksap book or q-bank online:
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These questions are produced by the Internal Medicine governing body, the American College of Physicians (ACP). The MKSAP Book
is a well known resource, but recently the ACP released a digital edition of the MKSAP questions that can be used any of your electronic devices or computers.
3. fundamentals of internal medicine for students:
This book was a collaboration of the American College of Physicians along with directors of internal medicine practices from across the country. internship directors devise a plan for success during their medication rotation. Unsurprisingly, the content is highly relevant and is generally rated very highly by students.
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4. internal medicine case files:
Most students agree that the case-based case file series is very good for the drug shelf exam. I would rate this book very highly and feel that it was specifically responsible for some correct answers on my bookshelf test.
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