Recommended Textbooks, Scrubs, and Other Items for 3rd and 4th Year Rotations!
Below are a list of medical textbooks for all major cores including internal medicine, surgery, OBGYN, pediatrics, and psychiatry, as well as other rotations that will help you achieve the highest grades in your clinical rotations. We’ve also found you materials that are commonly used during rotations such as scrubs, white coats, and tools with discounts for us too! These medical textbooks have been compiled based on numerous recommendations from upper termers and brought to you here. They have used versions of the books too!
FIND BOOK REVIEWS BY FELLOW SGU STUDENTS HERE! Recently updated!
For those of you with a Kindle or iPad (iPad users can get the Kindle App for free), you can download the textbooks from Amazon! Check it out here – Just purchase the Kindle version of the textbook: Kindle Textbooks
If you need good shoes for rotations (especially surgery and internal medicine) try these: Dankso Shoes – Perfect For Rotations
Scrubs
Scrubs and Beyond has many scrubs from hundreds of different companies for sale. We’ll add any coupons we find here as they come in! Their prices are pretty cheap too.
Additional Discounts
Looking for additional discounts for SGU students? Check our SGU Discounts page as well (more coming soon too!)
White Coat
Medelita – An amazing white coat company – is offering a 15% off coupon on any purchase of $50 or more! They offer short and long white coats as well as scrubs too! The coupon code is: SGUCLINICALS
Medical Textbooks for Rotations Recommended by Upper Termers
These books have been recommended by numerous upper termers who’ve used these textbooks to excel at both their core rotations on the floor and on their shelf exam! Updated regularly with new recommendations!
EKG Interpretation Books Recommended by Upper Termers
These books have been used by upper termers and most students when trying to learn and understand EKGs. These are extremely useful on almost every rotation and elective you’ll encounter. Get one of these today and start reading and you’ll be an expert in no time!
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Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS Books Recommended by Upper Termers
These books have been used by upper termers and most students studying for the USMLE Step 2 CK and CS. It would be highly useful to get at least one of them at the beginning of your rotations.
Recommended Pocket Guides
Handy pocket guides that you can refer to quickly and easily when on the wards.
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School Recommended Books
These books have been recommended by the school
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Useful Tools for Rotations
These tools will be needed for at least your medicine rotation and possibly for others…
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