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What to Know on Your OB/GYN Clinical Rotation
Resources
Recommended Textbooks/Pocketguides/ Reading Material
OB/GYN service:
Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology by Hacker & Moore (easy to read)

Pocket OB/GYN published by Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins (good highlights, fits in pocket)

Managing Contraceptive Pill Patients by Richard P. Dickey, MD, PhD (fits in pocket)

Other Texts recommended by OB/GYN providers:
Current’s Obstetrics and Gynecology, a Lange Medical Book published by McGraw Hill (new edition available end of 2002)

Contraceptive Technology published by Ardent Media (very thorough, easy to read; note: you can get this book free for joining APAOG!!!)

Williams Obstetrics (much too in depth, but is considered the "Bible" of obstetrics)

Appleton & Lange's Operative Obstetrics (for advanced OB/GYN students interested in surgery)

Useful PDA Applications

ePocrates Drug Database (dosing schedules, adverse reactions, contraindications) www.epocrates.com

Pregnancy Calculator (calculates EDC from LMP & vice versa, lists needed prenatal labs associated with specific EGA) www.thenar.com/pregcalc/

Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (big green book now can be carried in your pocket) www.skyscape.com/products/ (go to "dictionaries")

Griffith’s 5-minute Clinical Consult (a must for all PA and Med students with PDA’s) www.skyscape.com/products/ (go to "5-minute series")

Gynecological Pearls, Obstetrical Pearls, Obstetrics and Gynecology Recall, plus other software programs available for demo or purchase, go to www.medicalpocketpc.com/software/obgyn.shtml