White Coat (remember sometimes less is more) Every Rotation: -ID Badge (even if in scrubs without your white

coat) -Pens (even if in scrubs without your white coat). Make sure they are clicky top. -Stethoscope (might not use as much in Psych and Peds) -Pocket Drug Book (Pharmacopeia, Skutt Monkey, Epocrates onPDA) -Maxwells (a must have!) -CUMSOG handbook (buy from OBGYN society- Bo) -Little Notebook (take notes on rounds and during grand rounds). Five Star has one that is the perfect size! -Question Book (not a necessity, but lots of downtime in some rotations- PRETEST) -Gum/Mints, Chapstick, Money (debit/cash), Snack food -Review/Guideline book for specific specialty *Current Clinical Strategies series *Case Files Series -Keys/phone (some rotations have no place for you to keep a purse/bag so your white coat is it!) Internal Medicine: -Review/Guideline book: Washington Manual, Mass. General IM, Pocket Medicine -Sanfords guide to Antibiotics -CUMSOG handbook (ventilation values and sample SOAP note) -Acid/Base card (given to you by Dr. Frock) Surgery: -Review/Guideline book: Surgical Recall -Suture to practice knots: Rhonda will give you this! Dont buy it! -Trauma Scissors (esp. when on trauma call): These are also given to you. Psychiatry: -Current Clinical Guidelines for Psych (esp. if on rotation with Malin) -CUMSOG handbook (has layout for psych H & P) Family Practice/Outpatient Medicine: -Question book or Blueprints. Lots of downtime here! -Reflex Hammer

-Pen light -Immunization Schedule (print offline) Pediatrics: (Lots of downtime but will have online cases to do) -Maxwells (Peds H & P, SOAP note format) -Calculator: This is a must. You need it to figure drug doses and I/Os. -Fluid/electrolyte/calorie chart (will be given to you) -Immunization Schedule (print offline) OBGYN: **Case Files and textbook as well as pocket guideline book lent out to you on rotation ** -Pregnancy Wheel (given to you) -Reflex hammer

SHELF TESTS Most students in our class used CASE FILES and PRETEST series Pocket books in white coat can also be useful for algorithms and to review guidelines Most rotations have lectures, so always good to review those for SHELF BLUEPRINTS series 1st Aid Medicine/Step up to Medicine, esp. good for IM and Outpatient Peds rotation- CLIPP Cases online are excellent. The school pays for this, and you will get your log-in info when you start the rotation. so will have as a solid review for STEP 2) You cannot cram for these. Most rotations give you the day off before the test to study. However, make sure you do not save all your studying until that day. There is way too much information to learn! **Some of the best information comes from teaching on rounds, so it is helpful to read a little every night about a patient, or a topic from your attending, or a topic you talked about on rounds. **1st aid for STEP 2 is a good quick review of topics (may want to fill in as go through the year