Internal Medicine Clerkship

• Downloads for IM
• General downloads for the wards - see Clinical Downloads
• IM Progress Note Template
  

• PDA Progams for IM
• see PDA essentials
• Harrison's Manual of Medicine - from Skyscape*
  
• 5 Minute Clinical Consult - from Skyscape*

• Internal Medicine Links
• Medical Calculators
• Shelf Exam Breakdown & Practice Questions
  
• See Amazing General Resources - Essential links for IM & the rest of med school.
• Use the links to the right for resources for specific subjects.
  

• Books for the Clerkship and Shelf Exam
• Full Texts - Many people find it helpful to have a full text, not necessarily to read cover to cover, but to fill in details where review books fall short. Choose one of the following:
  
• Cecil's Textbook of Medicine
  
• Kochar's Concise Textbook of Medicine
• Fishman's Medicine
  
• Review Books
• Pocket Medicine - If you don't have it on your PDA, then you should probably have it in your pocket. It's a fixture in all of the resident's pockets and a great quick reference.
  
• Step-Up to Medicine
  
• An excellent general review in outline form.
• Serves as alternative to NMS, and is arguably more readable without leaving out essentials.
• Can serve as an alternative to a full text, it depends on your style of learning.
  
• Case Files Internal Medicine
• Read this after completing your outline book or full text to highlight high-yield info.
  
• Easy read w. short vignettes, you are guaranteed to see similar cases on the Shelf.
• First Aid for the Medicine Clerkship - Covers most topics you need to do well on the Shelf, but may need supplementation with a full text for detail.
  
• Blueprints Medicine - Good overview, but not enough detail to replace a text or serve as your only review book.
• Question Books
  
• MKSAP for Students 3: Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program
• MKSAP for Students 2: Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program
  
• The consensus is that MKSAP books are the way to go for questions.
• Volumes 2 & 3 are different so if you have time, go through them both.
  
• Questions are a bit harder than the Shelf questions but more thorough than Pre-Test more manageable than Appleton & Lange.
• Kaplan USMLE Step 2 CK Qbook - Do the 8 Medicine tests, excellent Shelf prep!
  

*Skyscape progams are availble as free trials, they can also be cracked giving you access to the full version. Use google to figure out how.