Finally, I didnt get a question on fluids or Parkland criteria (but who knows you might) The rest of surg shelf is a random assortment stuff you meant to study but never got around to, optho and derm crap you never started studying. Above all else, know when to do the celiotomy (Ex lap), intubate (GCS <8), ∆ shocks, and gallstone pathologies cold. Im sure there are plenty of people who used UW/amboss who did fine on surgery, but as with anything YMMV. But w/ DeVirgilio (questions only), Pestana (book, audio, and questions), Online Med Ed, and some Dorian Deck anki you will have adequate coverage for the shelf.I studied with these resources b/c many people thought that Uworld and Amboss surgery questions didn’t help them. It will sear that info in.Finally, do the problems at the back of this book.No one resource is perfect for surgery shelf.

Play that on repeat during surg (its 18 hours), then do the corresponding reading. What audio files? Check your med school google drive for Pestana audio. Sounds unreasonable in the age of anki, but I haven’t found a decent Pestana anki deck yet.The book roughly corresponds to the Pestana audio case files. Try to finish the book before your first few weeks, and keep churning it. So when you’re not scrubbed in on that 7hr case, you can “go see what anesthesia is up to”, sit your ass down and start powering through that book. It even (kinda) fits in your back scrub pocket. ⭐ Yes, this is that little book that fits in your whitecoat your 4th years or surg interns are talking about. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content: Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. Pestana is also the author of Fluids and Electrolytes in the Surgical Patient, which has been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Greek. In the early 1990s he was a member of the Comprehensive Part II Committee of the National Board of Medical Examiners that designed what is now the clinical component of the USMLE Step 2 exam. He has received over 40 teaching awards and prizes for teaching excellence. Pestana has a doctorate in surgery from the University of Minnesota and did a 5-year surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic.

Ranked #1 in his medical school class, Dr. Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD, is emeritus professor of surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio.

Pestana audio files download