Shelf Resources

 Dr. Pestana’s Surgery Notes

o Audio and book format. Provides commonly asked cases to help
prepare students for the NBME exam. Has practice questions with
each case.
 Surgical Recall
o Quick review of material you will be asked in the OR or on the wards.
 NMS Surgery Casebook
o Provides common cases asked on the Shelf, working through from
initial presentation to diagnosis and treatment.
 Case Files Surgery
o Similar to NMS Surgery. Provided online through Access Surgery
(hyperlink) on Lister Hill Library Database website.
 Pretest Surgery
o 500 Practice Questions
 First Aid for the Surgical Clerkship.
o Outline format of common surgical issues.
 USMLE World Step 2 CK Qbank.
o Questions are good review; requires subscription.
 High Yield Surgery
o Study guide adapted from a lecture created by Emma Holliday Ramahi
at UTHSC San Antonio.
o Video lecture (2 hours):
http://atsvid.uthscsa.edu/mediasite/Play/60089c931cca4bcabb76bf
8f2c883b09
o Powerpoint:
http://som.uthscsa.edu/studentaffairs/documents/High_Yield_sruger
y_compatible_version.pdf
 Access Surgery
o Database provided through Lister Hill Library.
o From the main Access Surgery page, click the Clerkship Corner at the
top.
o Provides full textbooks (Case Files Surgery, Lange Q&A Surgery,
Pretest Surgery)
o Provides practice questions via Lange Q&A and Pretest Surgery.
o Provides information about general surgical procedures via
Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations and several videos.
 Before going to OR cases, it is helpful to read about the
procedures to be prepared for questions attendings may ask.