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101 Biggest Mistakes 3rd Year Medical Students Make: And how to avoid Them | 
| Author: Samir Desai
Publisher: MD2B
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 453263
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 89
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0972556109
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9780972556101
ASIN: 0972556109
Publication Date: 2003
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Book Description
Learn the secrets that set apart the successful from the average third year medical student. Every year there are medical students that excel in their clinical clerkships while many others remain average performers. What is it that sets apart these top performers from their colleagues? Dr. Samir Desai identifies the mistakes that prevent students from reaching their full potential. These are the very mistakes that the top performers avoid. Compiled from discussions with hundreds of attending physicians, residents, and students, this book shows you the 101 all-too-common mistakes students make. It also shows you how to avoid them so you don't fall into the same traps. Here are some of the mistakes you'll learn to avoid: Mistakes made -
Before the rotation starts
During attending rounds
When admitting patients
When presenting newly admitted patients
On write-ups
When giving talks
- And much more Take charge of your third year, instead of letting the third year take charge of you.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Excellent prep for 3rd year April 9, 2008
Excellent collection of tips and ideas for how to perform well and interact easily with all members of the team in 4th year. Some ideas are common sense and I might have done them anyhow, but some are equally as logical but never would have occurred to me. Worth the cash.
A great intro to clerkships. . . March 18, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
As an attending physician who supervises 3rd year medical students during an inpatient clerkship, I repeatedly see common mistakes. I find myself offering the same repetitive feedback to help students transition from the Basic Sciences Coursework Mode to the vastly different Clerkship Mode. This same advice, and more, is cleverly organized in an easy-to-read format in this book - 250 Biggest Mistakes 3rd Year Medical Students Make And How To Avoid Them. From my vantage as an attending on a Pediatric Service, I see certain common themes play out.
1) Shy students can sometimes receive a less than deserving evaluation - are they shy because of personality, or do they lack interest or knowledge? This is definitely an issue early on in rotations, when many students are more tentative. I found the advice in the book useful to offset these kinds of misunderstandings.
2) I find that students exhibit some behaviors that they think are appropriate (or neutral) from the student's vantage point, but are potentially negative from an evaluator's stance. The classic example for me is the student who participates infrequently during rounds. The authors quote a study which showed that medical students are often passive - in teaching rounds, they only spoke 4% of the time. In my experience, students tend to talk about their own patients but keep quiet otherwise. The book shows students ways to increase their participation in the right way.
This book is a useful resource to avoid both common and not-so-obvious pitfalls, and serves as an excellent introduction to performing well on the wards. I would highly recommend this book for a beginning 3rd year student.
J. Reddy, MD
Physician preceptor for University of Illinois pediatric rotation
Wish I had read this book before starting 3rd Year February 6, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I really wish I had read this book before I started third year. The
first chapter on evaluations is reason enough to buy the book-it gives
you an idea of how residents and attendings evaluate and why you may
receive an evaluation less than you deserve. I also have a new
appreciation for how important write-ups and oral case presentations
are. The authors presented data showing that many attendings never see
a student actually perform a history and physical, and that's why much
of your grade is based on the write-up and how you present the case.
They also have a chapter on giving talks, which I haven't seen
anywhere else, but six months into my third year, I realize how often
this comes up. I'd also recommend the chapter on questions to ask your
attending, resident, and intern during the first few days of a new
rotation. If I had had this book earlier, I would have done things
differently. Overall, this is a great book, and I recommend it to all
third year students.
Arul Thirumoorthi
3rd Year Medical Student, University of Toledo College of Medicine
 Pretty good intro to clerkships May 5, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this book new, and I have to say it really is overpriced for what you get. If you can get it used, or borrow it from your school library then I suppose it is a good read. You can read this book in a couple of hours. It has a lot of common sense things in it like don't show up late, be prepared for rounds, have a good attitude,don't make the nurses mad, read up on your patients, etc. If you feel you need something to help you function "out in the real world" then maybe this is the book for you. If you are the person that had a full time job before med school, you can probably pass on this book. First Aid for Wards does a much better job preparing you for 3rd year clerkships.
a useful book February 12, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a decent book. I think it's worth a read for any med student starting 3rd year. By no means does it make you a stellar student though! Overall, I'd recommend borrowing it from someone and reading it before your 3rd year.
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