First Aid for the Wards: Insider Advice for the Clinical Years [Paperback]

Tao Le (Author), Vikas Bhushan (Author), Chirag Amin (Author), Ross Berkeley (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0838525954 | ISBN-13: 978-0838525951 | Publication Date: October 24, 1997 | Edition: 1st

This guide is designed to help students make the transition from the basic sciences to the hospital wards. It offers an orientation to the hospital environment, its staff and individual rotations. Advice on planning the work day, interacting with ward team members, organizing patient information and surviving "on call" is included. Student recommendations for major clinical textbooks are also provided.

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From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: From the authors who brought you First Aid for the USMLE, this new book in the First Aid Series is designed to help medical students make the transition form the basic science portion of their studies to the hospital wards. Key Topics: The first book on the market written by medical students for medical students, this unique tool provides an orientation to the hospital environment, its staff, and individual clinical rotations. Student-proven advice on planning the work day, interacting with ward team members, organizing patient information, and surviving call is all included. Student recommendations for all major clinical texts are also provided. Market: Medical students.

About the Author

Tao Le, MD (Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut; University of California, San Francisco) Vikas Bhushan, MD (Diagnostic Radiologist, University of California, San Francisco) Chirag Amin, MD

Product Details

• Paperback: 302 pages
• Publisher: Appleton & Lange; 1st edition (October 24, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0838525954
• ISBN-13: 978-0838525951
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,869,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It helped me..., September 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: First Aid for the Wards: Insider Advice for the Clinical Years (Paperback)

I found this book to be quite helpful in alleviating those third year jitters. So much of the third year is spent trying to figure out your role on the team, and how to look like a star. This book gives some useful pointers.

If you have liked other books from the First Aid series, this book will also be well liked and used. Well written and to the point.

Each chapter gives pointers for a particular clinical rotation - explaining the role of a student as well as who the typical other team members will be. Also, gives a general breakdown of what to expect for a typical day.

Each chapter then has some vital clinical information that you need to know for each rotation. The chapters end with a review of which text books are most helpful for you to read.

Good book!

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK ALSO FOR THE CSA., November 15, 2001

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alexandre (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Aid for the Wards: Insider Advice for the Clinical Years (Paperback)

I bought this book to use as a review for the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA)(the pratical texy that all the FMG have to do in Philadelphia). It was great because it helped me to practice writting clear medical hystories, in the same manner I had to write in the real (CSA) test in english. It was also very good because it list the major symptoms, signs and differential diagnosis of the more common clinnical problems. By the way, again useful for the CSA, because they request us to give the dif diagnosis in these test.

I highly recomment this book as an adjunt for the preparation for the CSA. Of couse, should be useful also for the wards.

Don't forget also to use: Mastering the OSCE/CSA: Objective Structured Clinical Examination/Clinical Skills Assessment...

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but you will definitely need other books., May 20, 2006

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This review is from: First Aid for the Wards: Insider Advice for the Clinical Years (Paperback)

This book is far from comprehensive. If you only read this book for your clinical rotations, you would without doubt fail the rotation shelf exam, and probably not impress your residents/attendings. The only use for this book was to read before starting a new rotation to get a general overview before proceeding on to read other sources such as the blueprints book.