Rads review book

[Apoplexy__]

I have some extra funds in my educational fund for PGY-1 year. Can someone recommend a good review book (not a textbook) for the CORE? Preferably one that can be picked up and appreciated with little-to-know Radiology knowledge, since I might glance at it throughout this year.

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[Apoplexy__]

Bump. Anyone?

 

[DiscretePete]

Same here, I have semi-decent downtime as PGY-1 and wouldn't mind some rads basics

 

[prone2xl]

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[Roberie]

My advice would be to focus on your existing patients and be sure to look at all of the imaging you order, if possible.

Aside from that, a few good books I'd recommend would be:

Felson's
Fundamentals of body CT



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[tco]

Felson's.

 

[bwmd]

Peruse: http://www.benwhite.com/medicine/book-recommendations-for-first-year-radiology-residents/

Agree with Felson's. Most all encompassing book for the CORE that would be readable as a pre-R1 would be Core Radiology, but you'd mostly be buying it to have next year. My thoughts on other recs to burn through your early-on book funds are in the above link.

 

[Bradstein]

I'm at AIRP and I agree with the above.

 

[jazzman84]

Felson's bar none. It's concise, image-heavy, and actually teaches you something useful. You actually can be helpful to your inpatient team as an intern if you have even the slightest clue what is going on on a CXR.

Also look at your patients' imaging. Reading something like fundamentals of body CT is too many words for intern year.

 

[RadInterest]

Sorry for the multitude of questions today but... does anyone have any experience with The Lion's books/videos? I mean War Machine, Crack the Core, etc. And yes, I'm still a student, but I'm asking for future reference

 

[DrfluffyMD]

People have been giving me this advice time and time again : read physics early.

If you can get your hand on some physics material (like rsna physics module) it would be useful.

 

[RadInterest]

People have been giving me this advice time and time again : read physics early.

If you can get your hand on some physics material (like rsna physics module) it would be useful.

Excellent! I was exposed to a lot of physics 'cause of undergrad, though not radiology-specific. Welp, it's prolly too early for me to dive into anything meant for residents lol.

 

[radnonymous]

Sorry for the multitude of questions today but... does anyone have any experience with The Lion's books/videos? I mean War Machine, Crack the Core, etc. And yes, I'm still a student, but I'm asking for future reference

Either you're asking for now (MS3?) which sounds like a huge waste of time, or you're seeking out information that will probably be outdated by the time you study for the exam if you even end up doing rads. Think, studying for path without pathoma the year before you got accepted into med school. Sometimes it's good to live in the moment (4th year will be full of great ones if you do it right). Nobody expects you to know rads going in as a resident, let alone as an MS3.

 

[RadInterest]

Either you're asking for now (MS3?) which sounds like a huge waste of time, or you're seeking out information that will probably be outdated by the time you study for the exam if you even end up doing rads. Think, studying for path without pathoma the year before you got accepted into med school. Sometimes it's good to live in the moment (4th year will be full of great ones if you do it right). Nobody expects you to know rads going in as a resident, let alone as an MS3.

Yep, I realized that ahaha. Was a little too excited, I suppose

 

[DrfluffyMD]

Look, your future does not depend on how well you do on the boards. One of the graduates from my program now work as faculty at a top 5 institution and he was the only person to fail his board that year. It probably happened because of the extensive research he had to do to get to where he was. He subsequently passed.

The most efficient thing in theory is to just do well enough to pass the boards so you can really dive into your specialty if you plan to be a subspecialist.

You want to do things that propel the human knowledge and yourself forward. That's research. I did a lot of research during residency and also busted my ass clinically. As a result, my book knowledge (as in ability to recall random trivia) suffers. I am sure I will do poorly on a trivia heavy test, possibly even fail it, but the time I was able save by not learning random **** during my second year I was able to do research and improve my application. Of course you need to have enough knowledge to progress. I am talking about random trivia that you don't need to practice.

As a Ms3, none of lion's book will help you progress. Even knowing their name is a waste of time really. In fact, inefficient.

Effciency is doing the right thing at the right time to propel you forward. An hour spent on remember random crap as a MS2 worth more than an hour doing research as a MS2, and an hour doing research as a resident worth more than an hour remember random crap until third year really.

 

[RadInterest]

You want to do things that propel the human knowledge and yourself forward. That's research. I did a lot of research during residency and also busted my ass clinically. As a result, my book knowledge (as in ability to recall random trivia) suffers. I am sure I will do poorly on a trivia heavy test, possibly even fail it, but the time I was able save by not learning random **** during my second year I was able to do research and improve my application. Of course you need to have enough knowledge to progress. I am talking about random trivia that you don't need to practice.

As a Ms3, none of lion's book will help you progress. Even knowing their name is a waste of time really. In fact, inefficient.

Effciency is doing the right thing at the right time to propel you forward. An hour spent on remember random crap as a MS2 worth more than an hour doing research as a MS2, and an hour doing research as a resident worth more than an hour remember random crap until third year really.

Wow it's like you read my mind! Thanks Alright, I shall pay more attention to my rotations. (And yup, MS3 ahaha)

Thanks for the much-needed wisdom!

 

[blebb]

People have been giving me this advice time and time again : read physics early.

If you can get your hand on some physics material (like rsna physics module) it would be useful.

That's bad advice. Physics is only necessary to pass boards. To tell an intern to study physics is ridiculous.


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[DrfluffyMD]

That's bad advice. Physics is only necessary to pass boards. To tell an intern to study physics is ridiculous.


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Physics is the basis of imaging....interns wouldn't get much out of studying anything imaging besides maybe CXRs but if they have time to read physics it can build a foundation.

 

[blebb]

Of course it's the basis of imaging. That doesn't make it clinically relevant. A better choice would be to use what little free time they have to down some beers / work on social skills. Much more important in the real world.


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[meister]

Lol @ a medical/surgical intern opening up a copy of Bushberg in between admissions. Can't think of something more of a waste of time.

 

[pgooner04]

IMO, these are all poor recommendations. Like the OP I was also asking for advice of a review book to give me a "headstart" before R1 year began and got similar recs. Felson's is great, BUT it will only help you with CXR - which is such a small part of R1 year (but sure it will make you look good for the remaining two months of internship).

Rather - I would get a copy of CORE (pdf or physical - eventually you will need the physical copy during official CORE studyin). Additionally, I would study websites such as radiologyassitant, radiologymasterclass, etc.

Also, focus on re-learning anatomy, and particularly imaging anatomy (headneckbrainspine website is awesome for neuro). Find a good imaging anatomy correlate atlas.

Otherwise, anything else will be either a waste of time or not appropriate at an intern level. Hope this helps