Clinical Clerkships

This concise, pocket-sized manual provides a guidebook for medical students entering their third and fourth, or clinical clerkship, years. During these years, a specific set of clinical skills are required as well as the ability to interact interpersonally with patients, colleagues, instructors, and mentors in varying capacities. This book provides, in a straightforward, simple manner, essential information on all the skills needed to succeed in clinical rotations. The book is written in an outline format and contains appealing elements such as mnemonics, hot keys, and numerous original illustrations.

A medical student′s clinical clerkship is characterized by-among other things-long hours, insufficient sleep, daily frustrations, and emotional burdens. At the same time, it will be a defining professional experience, as well as a rewarding life experience. Clinical Clerkships takes the third or fourth year student through the unstated curriculum of the clerkship to address those difficulties not often discussed by deans, educators, practitioners, professors, or lab assistants. Through practical discussion and germane vignettes, the authors not only describe the difficult issues involved in clerkships; they also provide solutions and stimulate discovery.

Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this handbook focuses on the most commonly encountered problems in a portable and user-friendly outline format. It provides a convenient framework to help students and residents diagnose and subsequently develop an approach to address their patients' needs. Student-friendly features such as "Hot Keys", mnemonics, bolded terms, tables, illustrations, and algorithms make this book a helpful and easy-to-navigate pocket reference.

Lippincott® Connect Featured Title The perfect, one-of-a-kind companion to clerkship bootcamps, dedicated courses, or independent study, The Pre-Clerkship Guide: Procedures and Skills for Clinical Rotations delivers clear guidance on fundamental skills and basic clinical procedures essential for success in clinical rotations. Concise, step-by-step instructions and supplemental illustrations detail need-to-know information at a glance for quick reference when studying or practicing in a clinical setting, accompanied by professional insights and examples that highlight effective application. Whether paired with Bates’s Pocket Guide or used as a standalone resource, this compact, easy-to-use text reinforces key information in a cohesive approach to help students feel comfortable and confident in clinical settings.

Written for third- and fourth-year medical students and interns, and organized by chief complaint or problem, this practical pocket-sized manual provides up-to-date information that can be used while seeing patients in the examination room.

"... a must-read for the individual who has accepted the responsibility to direct a clinical clerkship for a medical school." -- JAMA