Here is a full breakdown of the materials and items you’ll likely need for your upcoming clinical block.
Absolutely Needed for Your Clinical Block
- Short white lab coat
- AmeriClerkships ID badge (start a support case immediately if you don’t have this item 7 days prior to your start date).
- Stethoscope (for all specialties except pathology)
- Understanding dress code and professionalism: Click here
- Normal-lab-value reference card
- Pocket reference books as they relate to the specialty of your clinical block (and links to buy on Amazon. Make sure to get the latest versions. Also be sure to ask for your supervising attending’s permission if using a mobile phone for downloaded medical reference books):
- Pocket Medicine
- Pocket Primary Care
- Pocket Emergency Medicine
- Pocket Surgery
- Pocket ICU
- Pocket Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Pocket Neurology
- The Harriet Lane Handbook (Medicine)
- The Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers
- Pocket Pediatrics
- Primary Care Secrets
- Saint-Frances Guide to Outpatient Medicine
- Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
- Dubins Rapid Interpretation of EKG’s
- Kaplan and Sadock’s Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
- Comprehensive Handbook Obstetrics and Gynecology
- The ICU Book
- Pocket Pharmacopoeia
- The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
- Maxwell Quick Reference Guide
- If you don’t see a reference book for your specialty, then please contact clinicals@acmedical.org for assistance.
Strongly recommended for all clinical blocks (except pathology and radiology)
Note: you may have any of these items delivered to your U.S. address in 24-72 hours through amazon.com:
- Eye chart
- Otoscope (or smartphone attachment)
- Ophthalmoscope (or smartphone attachment)
- Tuning fork (512 and /or 1028 Hz)
- Reflex hammer
- Calipers for ECG reading AND ECG summary card
- Index cards and /or patient summary sheets tracking vital signs and tests over hospital stays (where applicable)
Have administrative questions about your clinicals?
Please email clinicals@acmedical.org.
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