Anybody have any ideas about books for the family practice rotation? I'm starting on Monday and would like to pick up a few resources before I get there. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Try reading any IM book...there is no specific section for family practice. If you can manage, IM, Peds and OB may all be covered under FP.

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books fo fambily?Are you buggin?Come on now,you dont need nothin.Dont waste yo money.Its all H&P.That nonsense that we all complained about in Miami-the physical thang-Get those sheets out cause thats what you do fo 6 weeks both in and out patient.You will be thankin Dr.F fo puttin you thru that when you is done.Word.

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Thanks for the info. I'll get a IM book. Any recommendations?
Thanks

I used essentials of family medicine by Swanson.

It was pretty good.

I used Blueprints for Family Medicine. It covered a lot of outpatient problems you might see in clinic. I've also seen someone use Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Family Medicine. Others may have used internal medicine books but the problem is that in family med, you also see kids, newborns, pregnancy and women's health issues... so unless you have other books/notes to cover those areas, you won't have any reading material for them.

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Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics.

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