Resident books for ob gyn shelf

Obgyn shelf was by far my best score of 3rd year 99%ile. Buy a cheap copy of blueprints obstetrics and gynecology. Due to the multiservice organization of the obgyn clerkship and the fragmented exposure that most students have to attending physicians due to the labor floor staffing model 1224 shifts, much like an emergency room, we have adopted a cardbased evaluation system. There is a fair amount of medicine and procedures as seen in the various practice settings. As a resident, i currently find myself filling out medical student. To survive ob gyn residency you will need to get some books which are needed to build up your knowledge and other books to help you pass the inservice and board exams. It might be the long hours, the lack of sleep, or the darkness creeping in from the windows, but your temper is shorter, a pager sounding sends you over the edge, and simple nursing requests leave you sour. Also check out our lists for clerkships in internal medicine, family medicine, ob gyn, general surgery, neurology, psychiatry, pediatrics, and emergency medicine. These are the fellowships that you can do as an obgyn. The struggle to control world population by matthew connelly, sexual chemistry. The difficulty of the obgyn shelf exam lies in the fact that it contains the most new material out of any shelf after all, the step 1 examination doesnt so much as mention preeclampsia, and the preclinical curriculum at nearly every school is limited in scope to hormones and gynecologic cancers. These books are recommended by medical schools and residency program directors for medical students, residents, fellows and attendings in different specialties.

Apr 16, 2020 on night shift as an obgyn resident, you are not the same person you are when youre among the living. Shilpa darivemula, md, ms resident physician contributing writer. The shelf exam is just one component of your 3rd year clerkships. In general i am not a fan of blueprints and didnt use it for any other rotations, but for ob gyn it was awesome and imo truly all you need to do well. I recently took the nbme obgyn shelf exam and wanted to post about my experience. I would recommend you buy an ob gyn specific book for this rotation. Obgyn subject exams, or shelf exams as they are colloquially referred to.

Hey all, on 2nd rotation, obgyn and long story short. I just finished my obgyn rotation at the end of february, and used the beckman text, nms highly recommended, pretest not so great for me and blueprints to study for the shelf. The tables, figures, and end of chapter quizzes were all helpful. For utilizing the best books for clinical rotations, i suggest picking one study book and 12 question banks for the best medical student discounts check out our page full of 25% or more off codes for your favorite study resources.

Gw email app shelf facebook himmelfarb health sciences library 2300 eye st. Pretest ive heard also has a reasonable entry in the qbank category. General obgyn resources obresidents research guides at. These are the fellowships that you can do as an ob gyn. Overall, the best part of the book was the explanation to the questions. First, stop by our fetal monitoring web page and do the selfguided tutorials. This is a great resource of 500 usmlestyle questions that will prepare you well for the shelf exam. Not good enough, but it does cover most of the important topics. For instance, if a patient comes in with increasing forgetfulness your differential list can be quite wide. Family medicine and emergency medicine have them all but they both have downsides as well no surgery. Obgyn is a unique rotation because much of the content is specific to this clerkship.

Obgyn shelf hot topics what you should know for obgyn. Also check out our lists for clerkships in internal medicine, family medicine, obgyn, general surgery, neurology, psychiatry, pediatrics, and emergency medicine. So, this is more of an optional ob gyn book for medical students. The test writers are profoundly gifted at writing ambiguous questions. Jul, 2015 this post is part of our series on the best books and resources to help you perform well on your third year rotations and shelf exams. I found the obgyn shelf exam to be similar in this regard youre always looking for the best answer, or the one that fits the question stem the best even though other choices share some similarities with the presentation. Obgyn is a heavily tested subject on the comlex licensing exam, so do know it. Obrien, the birth house by ami mckay, an exact replica of a figment o. Resources for 3rd year clerkship success honors amanda xi.

She has been called twitters resident gynecologist, the internets ob gyn, and. These are the notes i took from uworld and apgo questions. Self assessments apgo residency directory apgo medical student educational objectives, 11th edition for students step up to residency program the obgyn clerkship. Study tomorrow is the family medicine shelf exam blogger. May 07, 2016 ob ultrasound and imaging qid 18718 a 26 year old g2p1001 at 28 weeks gestation with one prior uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery at term presents for routine followup and is subsequently diagnosed with hydrops fetalis based on ultrasound findings including an afi of 14, pericardial effusion, ascites and skin edema. Although the questions prepared me for the ob gyn portion of the shelf exam, it ignored a lot of the internal medicine tested on the shelf most question books do though. The second group is for medical students doing their ob gyn rotations, for shelf exams and for those going for interviews, you will be asked which books you have on the shelf so be prepared. Clinical rotations a break down of the best books for clinicals, including surgery, medicine, obgyn, and more. The lectures range from 12hours and are great for the few days before shelf exams. The female body experiences many different biological functions, including menstruation, childbirth, and. Best obgyn books and resources for the obgyn rotation. Temperature is 102f and vital signs are otherwise normal.

Succeed on the nbme shelf exam and your obstetrics and gynecology rotation with shelflife obgyn, a brand new pocketsized question book packed with 500 highquality questions and answers that align with current nbme content outlines increase your understanding with each question you answer as you go over the detailed rationales that include explanations for not only the correct answer. I just finished my ob gyn rotation at the end of february, and used the beckman text, nms highly recommended, pretest not so great for me and blueprints to study for the shelf. For me personally, all of the amazing aspects of ob gyn definitely outweigh the downside of never treating male patients. No more searching the web for expired promo codes now they are all in one place. Asking friends, searching sdn, and consulting seniors can provide a confusing mixed bag of advice. Most students use uworld, uwise, and either blueprintscase files. Obultrasound and imaging qid 18718 a 26 year old g2p1001 at 28 weeks gestation with one prior uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery at term presents for routine followup and is subsequently diagnosed with hydrops fetalis based on ultrasound findings including an afi of 14, pericardial effusion, ascites and skin edema. This resident is responsible for the supervision of all patients being actively managed in the labor and delivery area as well as all inpatients on.

You see internal medicine, pediatrics, and obgyn etc. In addition, if you can offer any advice on the rotation, stuff you wished you had brushed up. It is important to have a study plan for the shelf in order to do well. During my rotation, we did not take a shelf so i did not take the time to read a. Elsevier is a leading publisher of health science books and journals, helping to advance medicine by delivering superior education, reference information and decision support tools to doctors, nurses, health practitioners and students. This book presents 60 clinical cases illustrating essential concepts in obstetrics and gyne. How to do well on obgyn obgyn, as a medical school rotation, incorporates a little bit of everything. Its annoying but it makes sense if you think about it.

Join date apr 2004 posts 348 downloads 10 uploads 0 thanks 0 thanked 0 times in 0 posts. Best book for ob gyn shelf a detailed description of the best books, question banks, and resources to help you succeed on your obstetrics and gynecology rotation and shelf exam. Tomorrow i take the family medicine shelf exam which is touted as being a very difficult exam especially if you face it early in your 3rd year prior to having completed many of your rotations. Resources for 3rd year clerkship success honors 16 min read. Studying for third year nbme shelf exams ben white. Hi all, i am a third year just starting ob gyn and wanted to see if you could offer me some helpadvice on this rotation. An obgyn, or obstetriciangynecologist, is a doctor who specializes in womens health. Blueprints is a paragraphbased, detailed textbook purposefully written for the obgyn rotation and shelf exam which has been well touted by sdn and reddit. The 5 best step 2 resources for the obgyn shelf med school tutors. Expectatations, reading lists, pag, ambulatory gyn. Case files for the ob gyn shelf, on the other hand, was the exact amount of highyield information i needed. I would recommend you buy an obgynspecific book for this rotation.

For me personally, all of the amazing aspects of obgyn definitely outweigh the downside of never treating male patients. Gain access to more than 450 challenging obgyn shelf exam practice questions with detailed explanations for both correct and incorrect responses. These slide sets listed below may be useful if youre bored, or they might be very useful if you are a resident and you need slides to teach students. The second group is for medical students doing their obgyn rotations, for shelf exams and for those going for interviews, you will be asked which books you. The 80 best obstetrics and gynecology books recommended by cindy gallop, esther. The books i used to study for my surgery clerkship and shelf exam. When in doubt, you can always get through a case files book quickly and know that it will hit the highlights i.

This resource is intended to offer tips on how to have a. Although each is in a slightly different format, all are comprehensive and complete for expected knowledge and reading level. Discussion in shelf exams started by cbokman7, may 21, 2015. Terms in this set 51 a 17yearold g1p0 female at 39 weeks presents with increased swelling in her face and hands over the last two days. Mar 16, 2020 gw email app shelf facebook himmelfarb health sciences library 2300 eye st. A list of 15 new obstetrics and gynecology books you should read in 2020, such. Aim to get through this book within the first week or two of the rotation and consider rereading it in the week leading up to the shelf. Best books and resources for the obgyn shelf and rotation 2019 we know that getting a consensus on the best books and resources for any given rotation can be difficult. Although each is in a slightly different format, all are comprehensive and. Students need exposure to cases to pass the usmle step 2 and the obstetrics and gynecology shelf exam. The current edition comes with clinical vignettes and questions at the end of each chapter.

Jul 03, 2017 emma holliday from uthsc link here did a series of lectures for shelf exams, and she covers all of them but family medicine and ob gyn. Know your patients and read up on the big things that you see, like normal vs abnormal labor, pprom, and premature labor for ob, and stds and incontinence for gyn. General obgyn resources obresidents research guides. Obgyn clerkship and obgyn shelf exam yangs wear abouts. Some students used blueprints for obgyn and enjoyed it. On the psychiatry shelf you will be tested on neuro, pediatrics, obgyn, and some internal medicine along with psychiatry. The third list is for the obstetrics and gynecology residents and attendings for their daily reading and reference. The closest you can get to seeing patients without being on the wards. That said, make sure you finish all of your uworld questions these tend to be closer to the real difficulty of the exam, higheryield, and have more involved explanations. The female body experiences many different biological. Top resources i used to honor my obgyn rotation themdjourney.

Dunn, senior academic chair and program director, the methodist hospital obgyn residency program, houston, tx benton baker iii, md is professor of obstetrics and gynecology, university of texas medical school at houston patti jayne ross, md is professor and clerkship director, department of obstetrics and gynecology, holder of the patti jayne ross. Apgo and creog have created a curriculum to prepare obgyn medical students for residency. Obgyn nbme shelf examination resources first aid team. Obgyn archives inhouse, the online magazine for residents.

Due to the multiservice organization of the ob gyn clerkship and the fragmented exposure that most students have to attending physicians due to the labor floor staffing model 1224 shifts, much like an emergency room, we have adopted a cardbased evaluation system for medical student clinical performance. Case files obstetrics and gynecology, fifth edition. How to do well on ob gyn ob gyn, as a medical school rotation, incorporates a little bit of everything. Amazing book for the obgyn resident and medical student. A 58yearold postmenopausal woman presents with fever and lower abdominal pain. Here are a few things to help you while on the rotation. The obgyn shelf exam question bank is targeted to the national board of medical examiners nbme clinical science. To survive obgyn residency you will need to get some books which are needed to build up your knowledge and other books to help you pass the inservice and board exams. A career in obstetrics and gynecology self assessment uwise v. May 27, 2016 an obgyn, or obstetriciangynecologist, is a doctor who specializes in womens health. She has 2 plus pitting edema of the lower extremities. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Interestingly, i also studied much less for it than most other rotations.

I find firecracker has excess knowledge so far on every rotation. These books are traditionally recommended by program directors and widely used by residents, you can find them here. Although this book may be a bit overwhelming to a medical student, there is. How to study for the psych clerkship exam kitty katz, md. This post is part of our series on the best books and resources to help you perform well on your third year rotations and shelf exams. Passing ob gyn shelf hey all, on 2nd rotation, ob gyn and long story short. Some students used blueprints for ob gyn and enjoyed it. This resident is responsible for the supervision of all patients being actively managed in the labor and delivery area as well as all inpatients on both the antepartum and postpartum wards. The second group is for medical students doing their obgyn rotations, for shelf exams and for those going for interviews, you will be asked which books you have on the shelf so be prepared. Its an excellent foundation for your rotation, and you should read it as fast as possible. Your guide to success comprehensive womens health care. It is meant to provide an objective measure of your knowledge base on a specific subject matter. Case files obstetrics and gynecology is your first book of the rotation.

The curriculum addresses both didactic knowledge and procedural skills and is divided into obstetrics, gynecology and office practice sections. On physical exam, she has cervical motion tenderness, mucopurulent discharge, and right adnexal tenderness. Emma holliday from uthsc link here did a series of lectures for shelf exams, and she covers all of them but family medicine and obgyn. You can also check out our complete list of best books lists for medical students here. The process of childbirth itself isnt usually featured. Best books and resources for the obstetrics and gynecology rotation.

Ob is weird in that students arent really introduced to the material during preclinical years, whereas gyn is a little bit more familiar because of the pathology. This interactive session is presented to matched fourthyear residents each year during the acog acm. I have a shelf exam and really dont know what to expect or how to prepare. To counter this, focus on first understanding the material and then being familiar with case scenarios that buttress these concepts our focus today. Mar 18, 2003 know your patients and read up on the big things that you see, like normal vs abnormal labor, pprom, and premature labor for ob, and stds and incontinence for gyn. Case files for the obgyn shelf, on the other hand, was the exact amount of highyield information i needed.