Intern Year: 20 Things You May Not Have Learned About In Medical School

Description

Graduating from medical school brings excitement—but also the realization that knowing the material doesn’t always mean knowing how to apply it. You may recognize when a patient needs a blood transfusion but not know how to administer it. You might understand a diagnosis like type 2 diabetes but feel unsure about managing it in the hospital. These practical skills are often missing from medical school training but are essential for new interns and residents.

Written by residents, attendings, and pharmacists, this book focuses on must-know topics that new doctors face daily. Presented in a friendly, mentor-to-mentee style, it aims to reduce stress by simplifying complex topics without overwhelming medical jargon. It covers everything from routine labs and electrolyte replacement to emotional challenges like discussing code status or pronouncing death.

Key topics include:

1. Routine morning labs
2. Problem-specific labs
3. Administering blood products
4. Electrolyte replacement
5. Supplementing iron, thiamine, and vitamin D
6. Managing inpatient glucose
7. DVT prophylaxis
8. Non-opioid pain relief
9. Diarrhea and constipation
10. Alcohol and nicotine withdrawal precautions
11. Inpatient diet
12. Feeding tubes
13. IVs and central access (PIV, midline, PICC line, HD line, central lines, ports)
14. Oxygen therapy
15. Types of intravenous fluids
16. Delirium prevention
17. Ancillary hospital services (wound care, PT, OT, RT, SLP, nutrition)
18. Hospice and palliative care
19. Code status
20. Pronouncing death

Bonus chapter: General tips for effective internship.

For every book sold, $1 will be donated to Lifebanc, a non-profit organization providing life-saving organ donation services to patients in need.