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Internal Medicine: Handbook for Clinicians (Resident Survival Guide) Editorial Review: Written by 5 former Internal Medicine Residents at Stanford University Medical Center, this helpful, pocket-sized book contains a wealth of useful clinical information. Very similar in design to Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility: Handbook for Clinicians, this new title in the Resident Survival Guide Series is sure to become a classic.
Customer Reviews: Concise, it deserves a place in a resident's pocket. This handbook is concise enough to make it ideal for a quick glance while being in the ward. A unique, as far as I know, feature of this handbook is the fact that it provides references to textbooks or scientific papers in case someone would like to read further on a matter.
All in all, it surely deserves a place in a resident's pocket (perhaps along with the Oxford handbook of clinical medicine).
GREAT pocket handbook for med students/interns/residents I've owned every pocket guide and this is one is really well-designed!
I've had 2 pound, 1000 page 'pocket guides' (which gave me daily headaches from carrying them in my whitecoat pocket) that were far less helpful than this small/lightweight book.
From common issues like....
Constipation. When you are on in-house call and the nurse pages you and he/she wants to know what to give a patient for constipation? It's right there at your fingetips. Try to find it in those other guides. How can you make a med student/intern/resident handbook and not address issues like constipation?
To things like.....
Vent settings....or procedures....or actual DOSAGES for the medicines they recommend. How many times I've opened the other guides to find:
'administer heparin' (or similar statements)
well...thanks...BUT HOW MUCH and...HOW OFTEN?! Do they expect me to then open a pocket pharm guide and try and cross reference for the particular situation?
Definitely NEEDS updated (WITHOUT changing the design please!) as it's seven years old, but it's still the best thing to carry in your pocket.
Incredibly well thought out and designed. It's obvious to me that the authors are doctors who KNOW what you are going through as a student/intern/resident.
Audio Companion try that also Audio Companion dvd set nicely complements this book. I used both to pass the boards. Very easy to use.
Very Handy This book has been very handy to have on the floor. It has all the most important info about diseases, values that are difficult to remember, disease criteria, and helpful charts. I really found this book useful.
Handy reference This is a great pocket guide for quick review of current guidelines of common IM diagnoses.
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