The nerd's guide to pre-rounding
Subtitle: a medical student's manual for looking smart while feeling stupid on the wards
By: Richard A. Loftus ... [et al.].
Contributors: Loftus, Richard A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780521676755
Subjects: Clinical clerkship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Medical students -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Students, Medical -- Handbooks.; Clinical Competence -- Handbooks.; Medical Staff, Hospital -- organization & administration -- Handbooks.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Description: This how-to guide for third year medical students moving from the classroom to the clinical/hospital setting, deals with a particularly stressful transition in a student-physicians career. The handbook is made up of short, easily digestible passages that advise students on everything from reading an EKG or chest x-ray to tips on dealing with ornery residents and what to wear on wards. Passages are peppered with light hearted anecdotes, The book contains appendices of useful information, including a PDF file of full size forms that can be accessed from our website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is the nerd's guide?; title: Warning : career ahead; title: The job of the medical student; title: Job performance: the big ten; title: Gear down : white coats, stethoscopes, and other fashion accessories; title: Pre-rounding and scut basics; title: Knowledge management : if I only had a brain; title: Pimping and the art of self-defense; title: Presentations : "here there be dragons"; title: Making the grade : emotional intelligence trumps all; title: Team management for the MS3; title: Morale management; title: Soapbox; title: physicians and the snare of egoism.