CITATION

Ganti, Latha; Kaufman, Matthew S.; and Mishra, Nitin. First Aid for the Surgery Clerkship, Third Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2016.

First Aid for the Surgery Clerkship, Third Edition

Published:  October 2016 Pages: 560

eISBN: 9780071842105 | ISBN: 9780071842099

Book description:

The student-to-student, step-by-step guide to surgery clerkship success – now in full color!

There is no better way for medical students to ace the surgery clerkship exam and impress on the wards than First Aid for the Surgery Clerkship. Completely updated throughout with a new full-color presentation, the Third Edition includes a guide to excelling in the clerkship, a high-yield review of core material, common exam and "pimp" questions, a section of "classifieds" including scholarship opportunities, and integrated flashcards.

· Market: Medical students in required surgery rotations (18,500/year), physician assistant students in surgery rotations

· Detailed what-to-study and what you must-know advice from clerkship veterans helps you ace the surgery clerkship exam and impress on the wards

· Frequently-tested high-yield facts and mnemonics maximize your study time

· “Exam Tips” reinforce concepts you need to know on exam day

· “Ward Tips” prepare you for common “pimp” questions

· “Classifieds” highlight extracurricular opportunities and scholarships

Matthew S. Kaufman, MD, is an attending hematologist-oncologist at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY.

Latha G. Stead, MD, FACEP, is Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine (Rochester, NY).

Nitin Mishra, MD, is a general surgical resident at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New York.