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3rd Year Rotations
Select a rotation below for advice.
| Surgery | Internal Medicine | Pediatrics | OB/GYN | Psychiatry | Family Medicine |
Family Medicine
What Goes In Your Pockets:
- Maxwell’s Quick Drug Reference
- Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
- pocket preventative medicine reference (see below)
- PDA/phone with pocket drug reference
- stethoscope
- alcohol wipes to clean your stethoscope with between patients
- +/- tools that aren’t readily available in your clinic (e.g., otoscope)
What to Study:
- Swanson's Family Practice Review – This is an excellent choice for an extensive question book.
- NMS Q&A Family Practice – Students recommend this as a good question book from which to study for their shelf exam.
- Case Files Family Medicine – Good question book to help you study for your shelf exam.
DIT Study Plan:
Family Medicine – 4 Weeks*
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Week # |
Date |
Question Banks** |
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1 |
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Swanson’s Family Medicine Review (section 3; 40 pgs/day) OR NMS Q&A Family Medicine (sections I-V; 40 q/day) PLUS Case Files Family Medicine (cases 1-16; 2-3 cases/day) |
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2 |
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Swanson’s Family Medicine Review (sections 1, 2, 4, 5; 35 pgs/day) OR NMS Q&A Family Medicine (Sections VI-X; 30 q/day) PLUS Case Files Family Medicine (cases 17-32; 2-3 cases/day) |
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3 |
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Swanson’s Family Medicine Review (sections 6-8; 40 pgs/day) OR NMS Q&A Family Medicine (Sections XI-XIV; 40 q/day) PLUS Case Files Family Medicine (cases 33-48; 2-3 cases/day) |
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4 |
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Review your notes and highlighted texts! Swanson’s Family Medicine Review (sections 9-11 and Illustrated Review; 20 pgs/day for 4 days) & Swanson’s Family Medicine Review Online Simulator Exam OR NMS Q&A Family Medicine (Sections XV-XVI; 27 q/day over 4 days) PLUS Case Files Family Medicine (cases 49-55; 2 cases/day for 4 days) |
*We realize that not every school has the same rotation length. We’ve based our study plans off of the most common rotation length. You may need to readjust the number of pages and questions per day for a shorter or longer rotation length. Also, our rotation study plans are based off 7-day study weeks. If you prefer to study for only 5 or 6 days per week, that’s ok, too. Just read a few more pages and do a few more questions than we suggest in this plan on the days you are studying.
**You will find that you will occasionally need to deviate from this plan so that you can “read ahead” about your patients and the cases you will be seeing. This study guide is designed to keep you on track and get you through the material enough times to do well on your shelf exam.
Other Advice:
- This rotation is a time to hone your H&P, presenting skills, and plan formulation. It is an especially good opportunity to learn how to individualize your treatment plans to the needs of individual patients.
- You will learn lots about preventative medicine. We recommend the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) pocket guide or its companion iPhone app from AHRQ.
- This shelf exam has the most depth and breadth of all the shelf exams. Don't forget to look over Medicine, Peds, and OB/GYN for the shelf exam.
- Commit 2 hours every night to learning about what you saw in clinic that day and reviewing course objectives.
