Best family practice medicine books according to redditors

A remarkable man. After his four minutes of fame, he retired from running and became a brain surgeon. He literally wrote the book on clinical neurology.

We present this approach along with vaccine-by-vaccine talking point in our recent book (in case you would like to have access to a more detailed resource). Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FNG3C2S/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_W4gCCb0K2Z6KW

Someone mentioned that the link isn't working (sorry, new to Reddit). Here's the name of the book: "The Clinician’s Vaccine Safety Resource Guide: Optimizing Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Across the Lifespan"

Probably better for 4th year medical students, but I really liked Current Clinical Strategies for Medicine (aka the Order book). It contains orders for common inpatient diagnoses and is a good place to start to make sure you didn't forget anything.

http://www.amazon.com/Medicine-Paul-D-Chan/dp/1881528340

You exaggerate the expense of starting a practice. With careful shopping, you can open the doors for <$50K. I did.

I started before this book was published but I'm told it's very useful: https://www.amazon.com/Official-Starting-Direct-Primary-Practice/dp/069268137X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538650608&sr=8-1&keywords=direct+primary+care

I read that Rifamycins are the only antibiotics to affect birth control in Contraceptive Technology, so why does my doctor still tell me to use a back up method when I get a script for, let's say, Augmentin?

Nonfiction - Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto. It's awesome if you're at all interested in process and how complex things get done.

The Transhumanist Reader has some good essays if one wants such:

The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118334310/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Ziy6Bb354ENSC

http://calgaryguide.ucalgary.ca/content/

Ferri's clinical advisor; torrent it; check out section 3 http://www.amazon.com/Ferris-Clinical-Advisor-2016-Solutions/dp/0323280471

https://www.youtube.com/user/josephmedman

Lynn: The 5-Minute Neurology Consult, 2e
http://www.amazon.com/5-Minute-Neurology-Consult/dp/1451100124/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344544787&sr=1-1&keywords=lynn+5+minute

Pocket Neurology. Residents seem to love this.

http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Neurology-Notebook-Series/dp/1608312569/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1344544731&sr=1-1

Jose Biller: Practical Neurology
http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Neurology-Biller-FACP-FAAN/dp/1451142633/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344544872&sr=1-1&keywords=biller+practical+neurology
Edit: On second thought, this is probably too in depth for your clerkship.

Would you be interested in board review products yet, or products intended for any specialty area or anything more in depth?

There is a big neurology title coming out in sept/oct, DeJong’s Neurologic Examination. It's the successor to this book: http://www.amazon.com/DeJongs-Neurologic-Examination-Campbell/dp/0781727677/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344544941&sr=1-1&keywords=DeJong%E2%80%99s+Neurologic+Examination

if you want any of those or want to see more books let me know

> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FNG3C2S/ref=cm\_sw\_em\_r\_mt\_dp\_U\_W4gCCb0K2Z6KW

I wasn't able to access the URL with the link given as is. It seems the slashes after the ref are backwards and because reddit converts them into hex codes (%5C) for the actual link behind the text, the site/browser(?) can't correct for it and amazon throws a 400 error. Copying and pasting the text works fine, since the slashes are corrected to forward slashes automatically. It's also possible the backslashes aren't required at all. Usually I don't see those in ref links, just the underscores _. And it's also possible the ref portion isn't necessary unless it's some kind of tracking for promotional purposes or something. Anyway, you might want to double check the ref part of the link.

Yeah, this definitely sounds influenced by Malcolm Gladwell's work, from Atul Gawande in The Checklist Manifesto:

> He examines checklists in aviation, construction, and investing, but focuses on medicine, where checklists mandating simple measures like hand washing have dramatically reduced hospital-caused infections and other complications.

From Malcolm Gladwell's Blink:

> A cardiologist named Lee Goldman developed a decision tree that, using only four factors, evaluates the likelihood of heart attacks better than trained cardiologists in the Cook County Hospital emergency room in Chicago

This is what you probably want: Link
I ended up not even using it after purchasing it.

Edit: I had bought the 2009 version Link2

If you can and are able to find a good gender affirming therapist that is your best bet. They will help you navigate this with you.

Another alternative is to find a local community focused on gender expression where you can have a safe space to try some of the social aspects (pronouns, name, etc). They might also be able to help you with resources.

Additionally two books I recommend reading: Trans Bodies Trans Selves - http://transbodies.com/

Where is my book? https://www.amazon.com/Wheres-MY-Book-Transgender-Non-Conforming-ebook/dp/B018A5S6ES

I've been working though this great collection of essays on transhumanist science, technology, and philosophy.

I'm reading a book about lists at the moment!

It's called the Checklist Manifesto and is not as boring as it sounds.

Start with the already mentioned Transcendence - The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism and the Singularity. Then The Transhumanist Reader.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology/dp/1118334310

Just took the Fam Med shelf last week, though it was my first. Best way I found is to do the questions from PreTest family medicine - the question stems are much much shorter than the actual, but the content is pretty much straight on. AAFP questions are pretty useless. NMS Q&A is too nit-picky. I did read most of Casefiles, which I found pretty helpful. I didn't use UWorld since I haven't bought it yet, so I don't know what to tell you there.

These 2 books are essential

Hospital Medicine (Hospital Medicine (Wachter)) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0781747279/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_KJynDbR8CTTMR

LANGE Instant Access Hospital Admissions: Essential Evidence-Based Orders for Common Clinical Conditions https://www.amazon.com/dp/0071481370/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_6JynDbFM5YRV8

Well congrats with that, hope it went well. Yes thats what I'm currently doing, just OCHM and trying to use the Blueprint on GMC webpage as some sort of syllabus.

When you say specialities, do you meanOxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties ? And could you recommend any good Online Q bank you used ?

Thanks and good luck with the results.

I'm still one for paging through a book for that thing tickling the back of my brain, and I like Current. In your case, I'd invest in Current : Family Medicine https://www.amazon.com/CURRENT-Diagnosis-Treatment-Family-Medicine/dp/0071827455. YMMV - I'm old.

Most of us felt Guide to the Canadian Family Medicine Examination was more than enough. https://www.amazon.ca/Guide-Canadian-Family-Medicine-Examination/dp/0071803424

Oops. Even better point! It's more likely then that he used something like The Physician's Guide to Rare Diseases.

I keep forgetting that these books were written so long ago because I just started reading them in 2011.

Okay Mr. Ignorant......since you must clearly be five years old......I'll hold your hand. I was providing you with a cliff notes....but if you'd like to read more, here ya go:

http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Fractures-Kenneth-Egol/dp/1605477605/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345203481&sr=1-1&keywords=Fractures

http://www.amazon.com/Fracture-Management-Primary-Care-Consult/dp/143770428X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345203481&sr=1-2&keywords=Fractures

http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Bones-X-Ray-Fractures-ebook/dp/B002RL9IYY/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345203481&sr=1-3&keywords=Fractures

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Fracture-Treatment-Orthopaedic-Association/dp/0443068763/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345203481&sr=1-4&keywords=Fractures

http://www.amazon.com/Fractures-Hippocrates/dp/142503148X/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345203481&sr=1-6&keywords=Fractures

Shall I continue?

Read The Checklist Manifesto. It talks about the ways that people forget the every day things they are doing and there was actually a specific section related to chefs, it's a quick and interesting read.

book recommendation for ya https://www.amazon.com/Checklist-Manifesto-How-Things-Right/dp/0805091742 - it definitely has a bunch of military references too. checklists are amazing

I really liked Essentials of Family Medicine. I don't do well with review books because I don't have enough context, and I felt like the book did a very thorough job of explaining primary care and how to deal with the problems most people present to clinic with. I also liked that it gave a DDx for various complaints based on frequency seen in outpatient settings. It also has good flowcharts for workups. Even though I don't plan on doing Primary Care, I'll probably keep this book around.

Also this book
https://www.amazon.com/Transhumanism-Critics-Gregory-R-Hansell/dp/1456815652

It's not necessarily purley philosophical/academic though. It discusses the pros and cons of transhumanism more generally rather than making formal arguments.

And this one which is a collection of essays

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BQZK6MU/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Here is one differential diagnosis book: Ferri's Clinical Advisor. IDK if this is what you want.