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Medical Student Resources: Clerkships

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Family and Community Medicine

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5-Minute Clinical Consult 2022 by Jeremy Golding (Editor); Mark B. Stephens (Editor); Frank J. Domino; Kathleen Barry (Editor); Robert A. Baldor (Editor)
ISBN: 9781975179953
Publication Date: 2021-06-09
Uses Penn State Health Access ID for electronic access.

AccessMedicine Family Medicine Textbook Collection
Uses Penn State Access ID; contains several textbooks including CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment; Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine.

Textbook of Family Medicine by Robert E. Rakel; David P. Rakel (Editor)
ISBN: 9780323239905
Publication Date: 2015-02-20
Uses Penn State Health IT credentials for electronic access.

Internal Medicine

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Symptom to Diagnosis an Evidence Based Guide, Fourth Edition by Scott D. C. Stern; Adam S. Cifu; Diane Altkorn
ISBN: 9781260121117
Publication Date: 2019-11-21
Uses Penn State Access ID for electronic access

Recommended by Students

Internal Medicine Essentials for Students by Patrick C. Alguire; Patrick Alguire; Alguire, Patrick
ISBN: 1934465437
This book is not available electronically. There are 2 copies on reserve at the library service desk.

Neuroscience

Recommended Resources

(Lange's) Clinical Neurology and Neuroanatomy: a Localization-Based Approach, Second Edition by Aaron L. Berkowitz
ISBN: 9781260453362
Publication Date: 2022-07-21
Uses Penn State Access ID for electronic access.
Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, Twelfth Edition by Allan H. Ropper; Martin A. Samuels; Joshua P. Klein; Sashank Prasad
ISBN: 9781264264520
Publication Date: 2023-05-11
Uses Penn State Access ID for electronic access.
Blueprints Neurology by Frank Drislane
ISBN: 9781496387394
Publication Date: 2018-12-14
Not available electronically; a print copy is available at the main desk in the library.
Case Files Neurology by Eugene C. Toy; Pedro Mancias; Ericka Simpson; Erin Furr Stimming
ISBN: 9780071848008
Publication Date: 2017-11-03
This book is not available electronically. There is 1 copy of this title available on reserve at the library service desk.
How to Examine the Nervous System by R. T. Ross; Lewis P. Rowland (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781588298119
Publication Date: 2006-02-24
Uses Penn State Access ID for electronic access.
Symptom to Diagnosis an Evidence Based Guide, Fourth Edition by Scott D. C. Stern; Adam S. Cifu; Diane Altkorn
ISBN: 9781260121117
Publication Date: 2019-11-21
Uses Penn State Access ID for electronic access

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Required Resources

Blueprints Obstetrics and Gynecology by Tamara Callahan
ISBN: 9781975134877
Publication Date: 2018-12-18
There are multiple print copies, one for each clerkship student, available at the Harrell Health Sciences Library in Hershey and at the UP regional medical campus. Please inquire at library main desk.
Hacker and Moore's Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology by Neville F. Hacker; Joseph C. Gambone; Calvin J. Hobel
ISBN: 9781455775583
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
Requires Penn State Health IT credentials for electronic access.

Recommended Resources

Obstetrics and Gynecology by Robert Casanova
ISBN: 9781496353092
Publication Date: 2018-05-03
Williams Gynecology, Fourth Edition by Barbara L. Hoffman; John O. Schorge; Karen D. Bradshaw; Lisa M. Halvorson; Joseph I. Schaffer; Marlene M. Corton
ISBN: 9781260456868
Publication Date: 2020-04-24
Requires PSU Access ID for electronic access.
Williams Obstetrics 26e by F. Gary Cunningham; Kenneth J. Leveno; Jodi S. Dashe; Barbara L. Hoffman; Catherine Y. Spong; Brian M. Casey
ISBN: 9781260462739
Publication Date: 2022-04-07
Requires PSU Access ID for electronic access.

Pediatrics

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Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents by American Academy of Pediatrics
ISBN: 9781610020237
Publication Date: 2017
The Harriet Lane Handbook by Johns Hopkins Hospital; Lauren Kahl; Helen K. Hughes
Call Number: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9780323399555
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
Reference book written by pediatrics residents--essential "clinical pearls."
Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics by Karen Marcdante (Editor); Robert M. Kliegman (Editor); Abigail M. Schuh (Editor)
Call Number: WS 100 N425 2015
ISBN: 9780323775625
Publication Date: 2022-02-28
Available online; print copy also available for checkout, inquire at library main desk.
Red Book Online by MD, FAAP, Larry K Pickering (Editor); Baker (Associate Editor); MD, FAAP, David W Kimberlin (Associate Editor); MD, FAAP, Sarah S Long (Associate Editor)
Call Number: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9781581107036
The definitive source for information about pediatric infectious diseases.

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Blueprints Pediatrics by Bradley Marino
Call Number: WS 18.2 M378b 2020
ISBN: 9781496396464
Publication Date: 2019-02-23
Clinical vignettes with detailed answers. Available for checkout at library main desk.
Case Files Pediatrics by Eugene Toy; Robert Yetman; Rebecca Girardet; Mark Hormann; Sheela Lahoti; Margaret McNeese; Mark Jason Sanders; Abby M. Geltemeyer
ISBN: 9780071766982
Publication Date: 2012-09-20
This book is not available online. There is 1 copy of this book available on reserve at the library service desk.
First Aid for the Pediatrics Clerkship, Fourth Edition by Latha Ganti; Matthew S. Kaufman
Call Number: WS 39 G211f 2017
ISBN: 9781259834318
Publication Date: 2017-12-12
Available for checkout at library main desk
Pediatrics PreTest Self-Assessment and Review, Fifteenth Edition by Robert J. Yetman; Mark D. Hormann
Call Number: WS 18.2 L7645p 2020
ISBN: 9781260440331
Publication Date: 2019-11-08
Shelf exam practice questions. Available for checkout at library main desk.

Psychiatry

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 by American Psychiatric Association Staff
ISBN: 9780890425541
Publication Date: 2013-05-22
Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry by Donald W. Black; Nancy C. Andreasen
ISBN: 9781585625383
Publication Date: 2014-04-25
Case Files Psychiatry, Fifth Edition by Eugene C. Toy; Debra L. Klamen
ISBN: 9780071835329
Publication Date: 2015-08-26
This book is not available electronically. There is 1 copy on reserve for checkout at the library service desk.

Verbal De-escalation of the Agitated Patient: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA De-escalation Workgroup. Richmond JS, Berlin JS, Fishkind AB, Holloman GH Jr, Zeller SL, Wilson MP, Rifai MA, Ng AT
West J Emerg Med. 2012 Feb;13(1):17-25. doi:10.5811/westjem.2011.9.6864.
Assessing patients' capacities to consent to treatment. Appelbaum PS, Grisso T.
N Engl J Med. 1988;319(25):1635-1638

Recommended by Students

First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship by Latha Ganti; Matthew S. Kaufman
ISBN: 9780071841740
Publication Date: 2016-03-04
This book is not available electronically. There is 1 copy on reserve for checkout at the library service desk.

Surgery

Required and Select Resources

Essentials of General Surgery by James C. Hebert; Richard M. Bell; Merril T. Dayton; Peter F. Lawrence
ISBN: 9780781784955
Publication Date: 2012-10-11
Surgery: A case based clinical review by Christian de Virgilio (Editor); Paul N. Frank (Editor); Areg Grigorian (Editor)
ISBN: 1493917269
Publication Date: 2015-01-10
Surgical Recall by Lorne Blackbourne
ISBN: 9781496370815
Publication Date: 2017-12-20
TEAM Trauma Evaluation and Management by Subcommittee on ATLS to American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
ISBN: 188069624X
Publication Date: 2009-10-01
This book is not available electronically. There are copies of this title available for checkout at the library service desk.

Recommended by Students

Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes by Carlos Pestana
ISBN: 1625231121
Publication Date: 2015-07-07
This book is not available electronically. There is 1 copy of this book on reserve at the library service desk.

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