Rotation Ready

This episode will help you stand out on the general neurology inpatient service during your neurology rotation. Dr. Dujari expertly guides us through a couple common chief complaints and what she wants to hear from a medical student that is presenting to her. She also leaves us with many actionable ways to immediately impress our attendings. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the inpatient neurology service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day on the neurology wards.Dr. Shefali Dujari is a neurologist at Stanford University. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology residency associate program director, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.comBook/Resource recommendation: “Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology”

This episode will help you stand out in your neuromuscular neurology clinic as well as any outpatient clinic during your Neurology rotation. Dr. Leung understands the struggles of medical students and breaks down how to be efficient as we start a neurology rotation. We spend time discussing both general neurology pearls, as well as neuromuscular medicine, which is a subspecialty of neurology focused on the peripheral nervous system.Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the neuromuscular clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the clinic.Dr. Kenneth Leung is a neurologist at Stanford University. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology clerskship director, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.comBook/Resource recommendation: “The Only Neurology Book You’ll Ever Need” by Alison I. Thaler and Malcolm S. Thaler

This episode will help you stand out in the adult emergency department clinic during your EM rotation. Dr. Samuelson explains the ins and outs of the ED, how to get involved as a medical student, and how to think like an emergency physician. Lots of pearls in this episode!Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the ED, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the ED.Dr. Lisa Samuelson is an emergency medicine physician at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.comBook/Resource recommendation: EM Clerkship Podcast

This episode will help you stand out in the pediatric genetics clinic and any other pediatric clinic during your Peds rotation. Dr. Lancaster gives such a passionate perspective on pediatric genetics, but also leaves us with innumerable pearls for standing out in any pediatric clinic that we will encounter. This is the clinic where you will see all of the rare conditions you read about during your preclinical education, so get ready to freshen up on lots of cool conditions!Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in pediatric genetics, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of pediatric genetics.Dr. Kristen Lancaster is a pediatric geneticist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.comBook/Resource recommendation: Case Files - Pediatrics, 6th Ed

This episode will help you stand out on your pediatric inpatient service during your pediatrics rotation. We compare and contrast the care of the hospitalized pediatric vs adult patient, and why we need to approach kids differently. There are so many nuances to inpatient pediatrics that Dr. Oddo beautifully describes and gives several pearls that you won’t hear anywhere else!Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on inpatient peds, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of inpatient peds.Dr. Betsy Oddo is a pediatric hospitalist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.comBook/Resource recommendation - The Harriet Lane handbook

This episode will help you stand out in the pediatric ED during your pediatrics rotation. As we will hear from Dr. Kane, the peds ED is a very chaotic place, but there is a rhyme to the reason and it can be very fun and exciting once you figure out the flow. Join us in getting a headstart so we can start helping the team and standing out on day 1!Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the pediatric ED, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the peds ED.Dr. Ian Kane is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.comBook/Resource recommendation - “Scrubs” TV show

This episode will help you stand out on the general inpatient psychiatry wards during your psychiatry rotation. This is a uniquely challenging rotation for medical students and can be very scary in the beginning. Dr. Pelic rips off the bandaid and gives us an inside look into the best ways to prepare for the psych interview, mental status exam, interacting with the team, and so much more!Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the psychiatry wards, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of psychiatry.Dr. Christopher Pelic is a psychiatrist at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.comBook/Resource recommendation - “Success on the Wards: 250 Rules for Clerkship Success” by Rajani Katta and Samir Desai

This episode will help you stand out in your movement disorder clinic during your Neurology rotation. This clinic is where you will see patients with neurodegenerative or otherwise acquired movement issues like tremor, rigidity, and gait changes. As you’ll hear, common diagnoses like Parksinson’s disease and essential tremor can be MUCH more complicated than they appear, and Dr. Rodriguez gives us an important reminder that we must stay humble as clinicians.Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in movement disorders, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the movement disorder clinic.Dr. Federico Rodriguez-Porcel is a movement disorder and cognitive specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.comBook/Resource recommendation - “House of God” by Samuel Shem