Rotation Ready

This episode will help you stand out on the general neurology inpatient service during your neurology rotation. Dr. Dujari expertly guides us through a couple common chief complaints and what she wants to hear from a medical student that is presenting to her. She also leaves us with many actionable ways to immediately impress our attendings. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the inpatient neurology service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day on the neurology wards.

Dr. Shefali Dujari is a neurologist at Stanford University. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology residency associate program director, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation: “Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology”

This episode will help you stand out in the clinic and on the wards of your Child Neurology rotation. Dr. Larsen gives us expert tips on the pediatric neurology exam, common pitfalls that students make, and dives deep into the diagnosis and management of epilepsy in children.

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in child neurology, and hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day with pediatric neurology patients.

Dr. Douglas Larsen is a pediatric neurologist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, with a masters in education and he serves as the vice chair of education in the department of neurology. He is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation: 
“Fenichel’s Clinical Pediatric Neurology” by J. Eric Piña-Garza & Kaitlin C. James
“Neurologic Exam” (video series) by the University of Utah

This episode will help you stand out in your neuromuscular neurology clinic as well as any outpatient clinic during your Neurology rotation. Dr. Leung understands the struggles of medical students and breaks down how to be efficient as we start a neurology rotation. We spend time discussing both general neurology pearls, as well as neuromuscular medicine, which is a subspecialty of neurology focused on the peripheral nervous system.

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the neuromuscular clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the clinic.

Dr. Kenneth Leung is a neurologist at Stanford University. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology clerskship director, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation: “The Only Neurology Book You’ll Ever Need” by Alison I. Thaler and Malcolm S. Thaler

This episode will help you stand out in the general OBGYN clinic during your OBGYN rotation. Dr. Cowherd helps us feel comfortable taking care of the broad range of patients that are seen in clinic. We learn some amazing mnemonics for certain chief complaints and dive deep into the nuances of how gynecologists think.

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the OBGYN clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the clinic.

Dr. Rachel Cowherd is an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

This episode will help you stand out in the adult emergency department clinic during your EM rotation. Dr. Samuelson explains the ins and outs of the ED, how to get involved as a medical student, and how to think like an emergency physician. Lots of pearls in this episode!

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the ED, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the ED.

Dr. Lisa Samuelson is an emergency medicine physician at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation: EM Clerkship Podcast

This episode will help you stand out on the vascular (stroke) neurology service and stroke clinic during your neurology rotation. Dr. Yamada walks us through the notorious stroke service and gives us the tools to show up prepared and ready to engage with the team on Day 1. Time is brain!

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the stroke service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of stroke wards.

Dr. Lidia Yamada is a vascular neurologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation: Case Files - Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases by Hal Blumenfeld

This episode will help you stand out in the pediatric genetics clinic and any other pediatric clinic during your Peds rotation. Dr. Lancaster gives such a passionate perspective on pediatric genetics, but also leaves us with innumerable pearls for standing out in any pediatric clinic that we will encounter. This is the clinic where you will see all of the rare conditions you read about during your preclinical education, so get ready to freshen up on lots of cool conditions!

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in pediatric genetics, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of pediatric genetics.

Dr. Kristen Lancaster is a pediatric geneticist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation: Case Files - Pediatrics, 6th Ed

This episode will help you stand out on your pulmonology service and clinic during your IM rotation. Dr. Rissmiller gives us actionable tips for how to evaluate pulmonology patients, and takes a deep dive into why the specialty can be so challenging, but also fascinating and rewarding. Our favorite quote was, “For medical students, it’s not smartest one that stands out; it’s the one with the most enthusiasm for the material”. You won’t want to miss this episode!

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in pulmonology, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of pulmonology..
Dr. Richard Rissmiller is a pulmonology and critical care specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation: 
The Washington Manual Pulmonary Medicine Subspecialty Consult by Shifren, Byers and Witt
West’s Respiratory Physiology by Luks and West

This episode will help you stand out on your pediatric inpatient service during your pediatrics rotation. We compare and contrast the care of the hospitalized pediatric vs adult patient, and why we need to approach kids differently. There are so many nuances to inpatient pediatrics that Dr. Oddo beautifully describes and gives several pearls that you won’t hear anywhere else!

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on inpatient peds, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of inpatient peds.

Dr. Betsy Oddo is a pediatric hospitalist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation - The Harriet Lane handbook

This episode will help you stand out in both inpatient and outpatient nephrology during your IM rotation or 4th year nephrology elective. Medical students are naturally terrified of the kidneys, but Dr. Sturdivant assures us that it isn’t that hard, and that it can actually be very fun!

Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in nephrology, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of nephrology.

Dr. Rachel Sturdivant is a nephrolgist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Book/Resource recommendation - “Internal Medicine on Call” by Steven Haist & “Nephrology in 30 Days” by Mark Perazella