Wednesday, October 24, 2012

SUGGESTED ITEMS TO KEEP IN YOUR POCKETS



Are you about to start clinical rotations?!? Here are some suggested items to keep in your white coat. Having these will help get you through rotations successfully!

- 2-3 inexpensive black pens
- Pen light
- Stethoscope (which can also be used to test reflexes)
- Alcohol swabs to keep stethoscope clean
- Small 3x5 inch notebook to take notes and jot down information for patient logging
- Granola bar or small hard candies (especially for surgical rotation)
Quickcards --> www.medquickcards.com (especially helpful during first rotations)
Maxwells Quick Medical Reference (especially helpful during first rotations)
Pharmacopoeia ISBN 9780763774394
Pocket Medicine Book (especially during internal/primary/emergency medicine)
- For Ortho - goniometer and small tape measure
- For ER - trauma shears

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