The Nerd's Guide to Pre-Rounding A Medical Student's Manual to the Wards [Paperback]

This 2006 book is a comprehensive how-to guide for medical students transitioning to clinical duties.Pre-Rounding: A Medical Student's Guide is a comprehensive how-to guide for third year medical students moving from the classroom to the clinical/hospital setting; a particularly stressful transition in a student-physicians career. This handbook is made up of short, easily digestible passages that advise students on everything from reading an EKG or chest x-ray to tips on dealing with ornery residents and what to wear on wards. Passages are peppered with light hearted anecdotes to bolster the spirits of students intimidated and overwhelmed by their responsibility as fledgling doctors.Pre-Rounding: A Medical Student's Guide is a comprehensive how-to guide for third year medical students moving from the classroom to the clinical/hospital setting; a particularly stressful transition in a student-physicians career. This handbook is made up of short, easily digestible passages that advise students on everything from reading an EKG or chest x-ray to tips on dealing with ornery residents and what to wear on wards. Passages are peppered with light hearted anecdotes to bolster the spirits of students intimidated and overwhelmed by their responsibility as fledgling doctors.This how-to guide for third year medical students moving from the classroom to the clinical/hospital setting, deals with a particularly stressful transition in a student-physicians career. The handbook is made up of short, easily digestible passages that advise students on everything from reading an EKG or chest x-ray to tips on dealing with ornery residents and what to wear on wards. Passages are peppered with light hearted anecdotes, The book contains appendices of useful information, including a PDF file of full size forms that can be accessed from our website.1. Warning: career ahead; 2. The job of the medical student; 3. Job performance: the big ten; 4. Gear down: white coats, stethoscopes, and other falÃF