First Aid for the Pediatrics Clerkship

by Latha G. Stead

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

Genres: Medical, Medicine, Psychiatry

560 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jayyan Al-Bailasan · Rating 3 out of 5]

ممتاز للمراجعة ولإعطاء فكرة مبسطة عن الطب النفسي ، لكن لا يمكن اعتماده كمرجع أساسي

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for prepping for the Psychiatry Shelf and day-to-day for the Psych clerkship. I almost entirely relied on this for Shelf prep and got a 91.

[The Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basics. Nice bedtime reading.

[Dustin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not helpful at all. Bad scenarios. Poor format. Very unhappy.

[Keenan Boulnemour · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good review. Not enough on its own to cover the psych shelf, so supplementing with practice Q's is a must along with this.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this book as content review to prepare for the NMBE exam for my peds clinical rotation.

I liked the format, and found it was well-written and organized.
It focuses on high-yield information, which I appreciate, though there were times that I needed to use additional resources to read more information about topics (this book deals more on facts than on explanations).

I'd recommend it to help prepare for the NBME, if used along with a question bank book like Lange or PreTest.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a LOOOOOONG review book to go through... almost 600 pages of review. I found that a lot of it was straight medical review and not necessarily for just pediatrics. Either way since I am studying for Step 2 as well as my pediatrics shelf I found the book to be an excellent (if long) review. Fairly comprehensive, but give yourself at least 4-5 days for your "quick" review in order to get through the whole text.

[Jen Bergeron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Keeps it concise. The pharm chapter is really helpful