Amazing General Resources

Below are the must have books / sites / programs that WILL make your life easier in med school (for specific subjects & clerkships see the appropriate post, below are overarching resources in alphabetical order).

• Access Medicine - Provides practice tests (same questions as "Pre-Test" for Step 1, Step 2 & the Shelf exams). Check with your school to see if you have access.
• EndNote - if you ever tried to write a paper for publication without EndNote you were missing out.
  
• EndNote locates reference data and creates bibliographies for curricula vitae, manuscripts, grant proposals, term papers and other publications. Simply select a publication by name from over 1000 journals and styles guides and EndNote will generate a perfectly formatted document.
• Download a free trial or ask around school, every lab should have a licensed copy.
• Enounce-2xav
  
• Allows you to speed up or slow down content in RealPlayer
• Amazing for watching lectures in 1/2 the time (if you're lucky enough to go to a med school that uploads them) & for watching suture videos & 0.5x.
  
• Cost $30 but you get 2 access codes so you can split this purchase with a buddy, best $30 bucks I spent the 1st yr. of med school.
• Maxwell's Quick Refernce Cards - These are especially useful for your first rotation when writing notes & performing H&Ps are not yet routine tasks.
• USMLE Blog, Medical Heaven & Medical E-books - Two sites with thousands of free medical textbooks for download (not sure about copyright infringement).
• MD Consult - Tons of free e-books & the ability to save stuff you want to your PDA. Check with your school to see if you have access.
• PubMed - because everyone needs a good journal article now & then.
• Studentdoctor.net (SDN) - Limit your time, and read selectively, but there is some excellent information here.
• Up-to-Date - A comprehensive evidence-based clinical information resource with almost everything you will ever need to know. Integrated with Lexi-Comp for all of your pharmacy formulary needs.
  
• The Clinician's Ultimate Reference - Tons of medical calculators for common formulas, drug dosing guidelines and conversions, algorithms & more!
  
• VauleMd Free Downloads - Links to various medical downloads, including the entire set of Pre-Test text books. You need to register (free) to access the posts.
• Wikipedia: Medicine Portal - A great starting place to get a topical overview and lead to quality references.