Intern Survival Guide

Internal Medicine: Intern Survival guide is not just for interns, but essential for all primary care providers! The second edition has been updated through 7/2018 with the most current, evidence-based approaches to caring for major conditions commonly seen in patients in both the inpatient and outpatient environments.

Written by Washington University residents, this small pocket book contains all the essential information that interns need from day 1 on the wards, including ACLS algorithms, useful formulas, patient notes, top 10 workups, common calls/complaints, and common consultative questions in all subspecialties. Content includes vital pointers on what not to miss, when to refer/call for help, triage, cross-covering, and working with difficult patients. This edition has been thoroughly updated and several chapters have been expanded, particularly the critical care chapter. Other revisions include expanded coverage of anticoagulation and new guidelines on patient safety issues, DVT prophylaxis, and GI prophylaxis. This edition is also available for PDAs. See PDA listing for details. The Washington Manual� is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University.

"As an intern you will encounter many new challenges. These will range from very simple to most complex. Please remember that you have acquired the tools to address this adversity. And, even when you feel most overwhelmed, you are undoubtedly surrounded by a wealth of available resources that include ancillary and nursing staff, fellow interns, senior residents and attending physicians. Although the year ahead of you may now seem long and daunting, your tasks (other than survival) are quite achievable. The following competencies/milestones were copied from the curriculum for the in-patient general medicine rotation for the internship program at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. You can see that not only are the objectives quite simple, but your rigorous work in medical school has well prepared you to master many of your goals. Throughout the year, use these objectives as a checklist to remind yourself of your accomplishments and to guide your learning in potential areas of weakness. - Patient care: o Gather accurate information about patients, including performing a thorough history and physical examination. o Synthesize data into a prioritized problem list and differential diagnosis, and then formulate diagnostic and therapeutic plans. o Prioritize each day's work. o Know the indications, contraindications, and risks of some invasive procedures and competently perform some invasive procedures"--Provided by publisher.

During the transition from the clinical base year to the first clinical anesthesia year (CA-1), the resident finds himself transforming from a bright and confident intern to an entirely unprepared anesthesiology resident surrounded by unfamiliar equipment and drugs and confronted by patients with acute and dynamically changing physiologies. This book is a concise step-by-step ready reference manual which will help interns to transition smoothly to life in the operating room within the first few months. Anesthesiology CA-1 Pocket Survival Guide will flatten the learning curve and improve the comfort level of trainees entering the OR for the first time. Intended to help provide a smooth transition from intern to resident anesthesiologist, it highlights information to seek out during the orientation period. It provides easy-to-follow instructions for such common tasks as preparing the anesthesia machine, positioning the patient, and entering information into the electronic management system (EMS) and suggests how to obtain and organize a patient's preoperative information to present to the attending anesthesiologist.

A concise guide to the process from architectural education to internship and career development. It also covers issues related to obtaining a first professional job after graduation, and the various questions and problems involved in going fromeducation to practice.

The Washington Manual® Outpatient Medicine Survival Guide covers the most common diseases and situations encountered in an outpatient clinic and includes sections on key history and physical examination findings, red flags to look for, and advice on what to tell the patient.