MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REVIEW TOPICS

FOR HEALTH STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS

Neuro/Psych Rotation Survey

Answer as many questions as you can. You DO NOT have to answer every question. Please do not forget to answer question #1.

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1. ROTATION/SITE 
Tell us your rotation, site, and service (if applicable) Ex: Neuro/Psych, Parnassus, Neurovascular/Inpatient  or Pediatrics,Parnassus, Gold Team  
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2. USEFUL RESOURCES
a) What books/tools/PDA programs did you use for this rotation? How did you use them? (For ex. SOAP Neuro is best for clinic)  
b) Tell us how best to navigate the computer system to find patient information. Any not so apparent links that you found helpful? (DO NOT INCLUDE LOGIN/PW INFO)  - you may post that on iRocket
3. THE FINAL EXAM
a) Describe the exam format and topics that were covered on the exam
b) How did you prepare for the finishing exam/shelf exam? c) How would you prep differently if you could do it again?
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4. PASSING ON YOUR NEW WISDOM
Comment on three or more aspects of the rotation as it pertains to: 1) How you survived the rotation 2) What you felt you did well and how you did it 3) mistakes you made and how to avoid them 4) What you did to make the residents’ life easier 5) If, when, and how you found time to read 6) Pointers on how do well on: (choose one) H&Ps, oral presentation, record keeping, professionalism, self-improvement, and working well with the health care team. 7) Best and worse aspects of the rotation 8) How often you were pimped and how 9) Names of awesome teachers to work with 10) Clinic vs inpatient experience 11) medical contitions or surgeries you saw 12) Anything else that comes to mind

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5. LIFE ON THE ROTATION

a)Describe your call schedule. Ex. # days on call, what time you realistically got out, etc. .

b) Average and max # of patients a medical student carries at one time? 

c) Your specific routine while on call. (Anything specific to this rotation that we should know about?)

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6. LIFE ON THE ROTATION (CONT.)

a) Your activity during rounds. What was expected? Are there things medical students can do that will make them more helpful to the team?

b) Advise on how to best care for non-english speaking patients (what to do, what not to do, etc)8)

7.LEARNING FROM YOUR MISTAKES

If you had the chance to do this rotation again, what would you do differently? For example, you might wish you would have asked for feedback more often or asked about expectations earlier on in the rotation

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8) LEARNING FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE

Lesson(s) you learned from this rotation that will make you a better doctor that you’d like to share. (Ex. spend the first 30-60 seconds with a patient finding out how they are doing)

Enjoy the video below as you fill out the survey. It is Arrau playing Beethoven’s “Appassionata” 3rd Movement (op.57)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7GftdLYSsI]

 

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  1. Anonymous says:

    . ROTATION/SITE
    Tell us your rotation, site, and service (if applicable) Ex: Neuro/Psych, Parnassus, Neurovascular/Inpatient or Pediatrics,Parnassus, Gold Team

    Neuro/Psych SFGH

    2. USEFUL RESOURCES
    a) What books/tools/PDA programs did you use for this rotation? How did you use them? (For ex. SOAP Neuro is best for clinic)

    For Psych- Current Clinical Strategies- Psychiatry, and Elkin’s Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry, as well as online resources, Up to Date, Current Psych Dx and Tx, books on MD Consult

    For Neuro- Lange’s Clinical Neurology, Blumenfeld’s

    3. THE FINAL EXAM
    See resources above. Physical Exam only for neuro- use the BMB syllabus for review

    4. PASSING ON YOUR NEW WISDOM
    See resources above

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