Iserson's Getting Into a Residency: A Guide for Medical Students, 7th Edition by Kenneth V. Iserson Iserson vs the others Thought I would give you pros and cons of the residency books out there. This from someone who has probably all of them. Here goes:
1) Getting into a residency (by Iserson) - Pros: detailed, comprehensive, excellent for helping you choose specialty, good section on interviewing. Cons: c...read more...
Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers (Literature and Medicine) by Jay Baruch An Honest Portrayal of Medicine as it is Practiced Today I'm an ER doctor, and when I was reading this book, I felt like I was at work. Even so, I couldn't put it down. The pace is brisk, but the book is never superficial. A must read for anyone who is interested in the way illness affects our lives, and anyone considering a career in medicine or in nu...read more...
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Blueprints Medicine (Blueprints Series) by Vincent B Young William A Kormos Davoren A Chick Allan H Goroll Who was the moron who edited this book? This book is absolutely rife with grammatical and spelling errors. If poor editing (or, more likely in this case, NO editing) bothers you, do NOT buy this book, as you will be too distracted by the numerous errors to concentrate on the content. Here are some of the more blatant examples from chapt...read more...
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Apple MacBook Air MB003LL/A 13.3 Inch Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive) Lighter than Air, But Heavy in Quality I have owned 3 previous Macbooks, and the last one I owned before this one was the the 17in Macbook Pro which was an impressive machine, with an impressive weight. After owning it for a few months I noticed that I would get home and my back would be in agony from carrying so much weight around dall...read more...