First Aid for the Pediatrics Clerkship, Third Edition (First Aid Series)
The pediatrics clerkship survival guide written by students who aced the clerkship. This powerful review for the pediatrics clerkship provides medical students taking required rotations with a single, concise, high-yield resource for excelling on the boards and wards. Hundreds of high-yield facts–written by students and based on the clerkship’s core competencies–review everything students need to
The pediatrics clerkship survival guide written by students who aced the clerkship.
This powerful review for the pediatrics clerkship provides medical students taking required rotations with a single, concise, high-yield resource for excelling on the boards and wards. Hundreds of high-yield facts–written by students and based on the clerkship’s core competencies–review everything students need to know for the clerkship. Margin notes highlight common exam and “pimp” questions to really help students shine. New to this edition, mini-cases are integrated throughout to give a clinical “face” to disease discussions. A section of “classifieds” include scholarship and award opportunities. A new color insert contains 4 pages of full color images to amplify the text.
Features High-yield yet comprehensive review for the pediatrics clerkship based on the clerkship’s core competencies Written by students who just completed the clerkship NEW: Integrated mini-cases add clinical relevance and prepare students for questions they will see on the shelf exam and the USMLE Step 2 CK Exam tips and wards tips in the margins help students shine Edited by a pediatrician and reviewed by top faculty to ensure relevance and accuracy
The content you need to excel on the pediatric clerkship:
Section I: How to Succeed in the Pediatrics Clerkship; Section II: High-Yield Facts, Gestation and Birth, Prematurity, Growth and Development, Nutrition, Health Supervision and Prevention of Injury and Illness in the Well Child, Congenital Malformations and Chromosomal, Anomalies, Metabolic Disease, Immunologic Disease, ID, GI Disease, Respiratory Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Renal, Gynecologic, and Urinary Disease, Hematologic Disease, Endocrine Disease, Neurologic Disease, ENT, Musculoskeletal Disease, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Section III: Awards and Opportunities, Color Image Section
Product Features
- Used Book in Good Condition
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Pros and Cons Pros:1. very readable outline format.2. covers a lot of pediatric issues and diseases.3. more integrated mini-cases were added to this edition.4. silly looking sketches inside the book were replaced with more professional drawings, and the cover looks prettier now with the picture of smiling freckly girl on it. :)Cons:1. sometimes too simplistic and superficial. hematology is especially weak – Diamond-Blackfan Anemia is mentioned only as a differential…
ok i guess I bought this book for the pediatric shelf exam, but once I opened it and started studying it, it seemed like just too much information that was clinically relevant but not good for the shelf exam. This book would be great to read before your pediatric rotation, especially if you are thinking about going into pediatrics and really want to impress the right people. There is very good information in the beginning about full patient history and physical that is clinically important. However, I…