Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (Pocket Notebook Series)

This book covers all the major topics, goes through a basic differential and work up. It's great for admitting patients on the wards. I use it constantly, and am just sad that I didn't buy it until 4th year! I'm sure it will serve me well during internal medicine residency also.

Clear concise review of all essential topics encountered during Internal Medicine Clekship/Residency. Always found helpful during morning round discussions, in clinics and when admitting patients. Gives the most pertinent points regarding signs/symptoms, diagnostic tools and management with reference to latest published articles. Buying and reading this book would be the best investment you can make to your clerkship/residency.

Pocket Medicine has useful information but the font is way too small. I appreciate that it is light in a white coat, but reading the tiny font gives me a headache. There is space in the margins so a larger font could have been used. The book needs to be reformatted to deliver the same information in a readable font. I also agree with other reviewers that $32 is too much.

At my institution, virtually all of the students and housestaff that use a pocket manual use this one. Unbelievably complete and succinct, this book made my internal medicine clerkship much easier. I used this book every single day and found it to be the best book I have found for the wards to date. I only wish there was a surgical counterpart for this book.

I agree w/ many of the other reviews. This is a fantastic book for RESIDENTS, not medical students. It tends to gloss over basic information that any resident should already know. For that reason , the book is concise and has all the relevant info in order to manage patients. I also like the small notebook format, so I can add additional pages of info. I agree that this book does need a neuro/psych section to cover CVA/Seizures, delirium/dementia and ETOH withdrawal management. I've already worn my book out in the past two years and look forward to future editions. I have recommended this book to every intern I have supervised on the Wards...It is the only reference book I carry.