Recommended Reading in Neurology clerkship 2007-8

• ONE RECOMMENDED textbook/paperback, Clinical Neurology (Lange Series) by Michael Aminoff, David Greenberg, Roger Simon, 6th edition, 2005, loaned to each student at the beginning of the rotation and returned to the Clerkship Coordinator and Clerkship Director on the Final Day. 

            HOWEVER, in order to hit or exceed the mean on the SHELF exam the student will need to have amassed a more expanded fund of knowledge than the recommended primer.  Some suggestions in order to do very well on the SHELF and in the clinical rotation:

• It is STRONGLY suggested to read all the supplemental readings from Blueprints Clinical Cases in Neurology loaned to each student at the beginning of the clerkship rotation and returned to the Clerkship Coordinator and Clerkship Director on the Final Day. 

This educational material has vignettes and answers that are organized into a binder with sections entitled Altered Consciousness, Cerebrovascular, Demyelinating, Headache, Infectious, Neurodegenerative/Movement Disorders, Neuromuscular, Pediatrics, Seizures, Sleep Disorders, and Vertigo. 

The shelf exam is made up l00% of vignettes of topics in this set of supplemental readings.  

The student should be sure to read about some of the material NOT covered much in Clinical Neurology such as the common congenital and developmental pediatric conditions, diagnosis and treatment of the meningidities and encephalidities and other conditions.

• We ask students at the end of every rotation to tell us what they used to study.  These include:

Textbooks:

• Principles in Neurology

      By:  Ropper, Adams, Victor, Brown. 8th ed, 2005; McGraw Hill

• Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine (Part l5:  Neurologic Disorders)
  By:  Kasper, Braunwald, Fauci, Hauser, Longo.   l6th ed, 2004; McGraw Hill

• Baker’s and Joynt’s Clinical Neurology

By: Griggs, Joynt. 2004; Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia

• Cecil’s Essentials of Medicine (Neurology Section)

      By: Andreoli, Loscalzo, Carpenter, Griggs.  6th Ed, 2004; Elsevier

• Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma

By: Plum. 3rd Ed, 1982: FA Davis, Philadelphia

• Localization in Clinical Neurology

By: Brazis, Masdeu, Biller. 3rd Ed, 1996; Little Brown, Boston

• Manter & Gatz’s Essentials of Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

By: Gilman, Newman. 10th Ed, 2003; FA Davis

• Medical Neurosciences. An Approach to Anatomy, Pathology and Physiology by Systems and Levels.

By: Benarroch, Westmoreland, et.al. 4th Ed, 1999: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

• Merritt’s Neurology

                        By:  Rowland; 11th Ed, 2005; Lippincott and Wilkens

• Neurologic Complications of Critical Illness

      By:  Wijdicks. 2nd Ed, 2001; Oxford University Press

• Neurological Differential Diagnosis

By: Patten, 2nd Ed, 1996; Springer, London

• Neurology in Primary Care

By: Adams. 2001, FA Davis

On line materials: 

• Medlink via Library.  This has reviews of all conditions in Neurology free through the library. Often has videos as well. Accessible on line at http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/lrc/  Click on Medlink

• Up to Date

Primers:

• High Yield Neuroanatomy

      By:  James Fix. 3rd Ed, 2004; Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

• Blueprints in Neurology (USMLE Steps 2 and 3 Review Series)

By:  Drislane, Caplan, Croome, Acosta, Benatar. Lst Ed, 2002; Blackwell Publishing Limited

• Neurology:  PreTest Self-Assessment and Review

      By:  Anschel, Mitchell. 5th Ed, 2003; McGraw-Hill

• Introduction to Clinical Neurology

                        By: Gelb. 3rd Ed, 2005; Elsevier-Health Sciences Division

• Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience (Oklahoma Notes)

By: Brumback, Claudet. 2nd Ed, l996; Springer-Verlag New York LLC

• Neurology for the House Officer (House Officer Series)

By:  Weiner, Levitt, Gae-Grant. 7th Ed, 2004; Lippincott Williams and Wilkens

• Neurology Pearls

By:  Waclawik, Sutula. 1st Ed., 2000; Elsevier-Health Sciences Division

• Lecture Notes: Neurology

      By:  Ginsberg. 8th Ed; 2004; Blackwell Publishing