hireNursing | First Aid for the Medicine Clerkship (First Aid)

First Aid for the Medicine Clerkship (First Aid) by Latha Stead, S. Matthew SteadMatthew S. KaufmanSamy I McFarlane
	List Price: ~~$42.95~~ Our Price: $37.80 (Paperback) Usually ships in 24 hours 28 new, 22 used (from $19.99)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical (9/15/2005) ISBN: 0071448756 Edition: 2 Paperback: 416 pages Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches Average Customer Review: based on 12 reviews.
REAL ANSWERS TO CLERKSHIP QUESTIONS * The only student-to-student, step-by-step guide to clerkship * Detailed how-to-succeed and what-to-study guidance from medicine clerkship vets * Hundreds of recently tested high-yield topics from shelf exams and the USMLE Step 2 * Insider tips for outstanding performance from students who've been there * "Classifieds" do the research for you, featuring high-yield websites and top extracurricular opportunities and scholarships * Tear-out cards with essential internal medicine concepts in pocket-ready format The Student-to-Student Guide * Discover med students' "secret weapon" for the clinical clerkship * Get answers to shelf-exam questions from students who passed * Save time with high-yield topics, mnemonics, and pocket-ready reminders * Apply the First Aid formula for clerkship success!

Customer Reviews
Excellent resource This is an excellent resource for your needs in Internal Medicine rotation. It delivers pertinent and well organized information. It also provides "pearls" relating to each subject area that bring the information down to practical application. It should not be your only source but definitely will complement the others.

Whats going on. Well, I have to say errors. I dont know who fact checked this book but I hope it wasn't a doctor. How many errors can one book have? I am only half way through and I have found at least 10. These are not small spelling or grammer errors. They are errors that could get someone killed. How about coagulation factors all being increased in DIC? or TIBC being decreased in iron def. anemia? The book should be returned to the publisher. My words of advice, read something else if you want to learn something correctly.

decent outline - many factual mistakes This book follows the standard first aid format, serving as a decent outline of the material you'll need to know for the medicine clerkship and shelf. It's a great review tool if you already have a grasp of the material. However, it completely skims over underlying concepts focusing on teaching buzzwords and quick associations, so not a great text to use as your primary teaching tool if you want to learn the material in any greater depth than cramming. Additionally, the second edition has a lot of errors, both typos and factual. Some winners include stating that Plasmodium ovale is the cause of Tinea Versicolor (it causes maleria), and telling you to use cefixime for Pseudomonas coverage (use ceftazidime or a 4th generation cephalosporin)

Great for overview I would recommend this book for a good review but not as the primary source of information.

Not the best choice for medicine clerkship and for USMLE step 2 CK. You can read my comparative amazon review of 3 titles - 'Blueprints Medicine', 'First Aid for the Medicine Clerkship', and 'Step-Up to Medicine' - at 'Step-Up to Medicine', ISBN:0781747872