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Surgery Clerkship - Table of Contents

Last updated: 4/21/2022

Library Resources

LWW Health Library Surgery Clerkship Self-Assessment: Create a Personal Account to access self-assessment.
AccessSurgery Study Tools: Create a Personal Account to access Review Questions and Play Showdown!

Recommended Resources

ACS/ASE Medical Student Core Curriculum
Our curriculum
National Tutorial Seminars for Medical Students
These online tutorial seminars are based on the content of the ACS/ASE Medical Student Core Curriculum and conducted by expert faculty in various surgical specialties.

Surgery by Christian de Virgilio (Editor); Areg Grigorian (Editor)
ISBN: 9783030053864
Publication Date: 2019-10-29
Essentials of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties by Peter F. Lawrence
ISBN: 9781496351043
Publication Date: 2018-12-06

Surgical Atlas

Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations, Tenth Edition by Robert M. Zollinger; E. Christopher Ellison
ISBN: 9780071797559
Publication Date: 2016-04-25

Surgical Ethics

Practical Ethics for the Surgeon by Lloyd Jacobs
ISBN: 9781496388605
Publication Date: 2018-07-04

Surgery EBM

Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery by Laura M. Mazer; Kiran Lagisetty; Kathryn L. Butler
ISBN: 9781259587580
Publication Date: 2016-11-03

NBME Preparation and Review

Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes by Carlos Pestana
ISBN: 9781506254340
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
Not available via the IHS Library. Students are strongly encouraged to purchase this text.
Surgical Recall by Lorne Blackbourne
ISBN: 9781496370815
Publication Date: 2017-12-20
Surgery: Pre-Test Self-Assessment and Review, 14e
Create random quizzes to test your knowledge
(2020; 385 MCQs)
Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e
Create random quizzes to test your knowledge
(2020; 230 MCQs)
Surgery Review Illustrated
Create random quizzes to test your knowledge
(2017; 1265 MCQs)
Shelf-Life Surgery by Stanley Zaslau
ISBN: 9781451191479
Publication Date: 2014-05-07
Review questions on specific disease processes/topics.
Step-Up to Surgery by Stanley Zaslau
ISBN: 9781451187632
Publication Date: 2014-04-26
Review questions on specific disease processes/topics.

Anesthesia

Basics of Anesthesia by Manuel Pardo; Ronald D. Miller
ISBN: 9780323401159
Publication Date: 2017-06-26

Radiology

Exploring Essential Radiology by Gerard Ahern, Maurice Brygel
Abdominal Imaging by Dushyant V. Sahani; Anthony E. Samir
ISBN: 9780323377980
Publication Date: 2016-08-23

Further Resources

Current Surgical Therapy by Andrew M. Cameron (Editor)
ISBN: 9780323640596
Publication Date: 2019-11-18
Greenfield's Surgery by Michael W. Mulholland
ISBN: 9781469890012
Publication Date: 2016-12-13
SCHWARTZ's PRINCIPLES of SURGERY 2-Volume Set 11th Edition by F. Charles Brunicardi; Dana K. Andersen; Timothy R. Billiar; David L. Dunn; John G. Hunter; Lillian Kao; Jeffrey B. Matthews; Raphael E. Pollock
ISBN: 9781259835353
Publication Date: 2019-05-29

The Modern Surgeon

The Modern Surgeon
Video-based technical skills instruction. Resource for succinct, high-quality video tutorials for medical students! The Modern Surgeon is a channel dedicated to surgical education, developed by a surgical resident. Topics include: how to properly hold instruments, how to load needles, how to drive a forehand vs. backhand, and more.
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