Core Titles - Surgery
Recommended Texts
Current Surgical Therapy by Call Number: RD32 .C364 2023ISBN: 9780323796835Publication Date: 2022-12-15Himmelfarb availability: print and online
Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes, Seventh Edition: Pocket-Sized Review for the Surgical Clerkship and Shelf Exams by Call Number: RD37.2 .P47 2023ISBN: 9781506281254Publication Date: 2023-04-04Himmelfarb availability: print
Essentials of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties by Call Number: RD31 .L397 2019ISBN: 9781496351043Publication Date: 2019Himmelfarb availability: print
Recommended by clerkship director.
Mastery of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery by Call Number: RD598.5 .M37 2006ISBN: 9780781753319Publication Date: 2005-12-23Himmelfarb availability: print and online
Sabiston Textbook of Surgery by Call Number: RD31 .T473 2022ISBN: 9780323640626Publication Date: 2021-02-16Himmelfarb availability: print and online
Recommended by clerkship director.
Schwartz's principles of surgery 11th Edition by Call Number: RD31 .S874 2019ISBN: 9781259835353Publication Date: 2019-05-29Himmelfarb availability: print and online
The Washington Manual of Surgery by Call Number: RD37 .W375 2024ISBN: 9781975201258Publication Date: 2023-12-13Himmelfarb availability: print and online
Shelf Prep - Surgery
- Surgery Shelf Exam via BoardVitals
Questions/answers to study for surgery shelf exam. Features include timed exam conditions, individualized study recommendations, and exam study tips. Instructions:Features include timed exam conditions, individualized study recommendations, and exam study tips. Instructions: Access BoardVitals and then create personal account using your @gwu.edu email address. To register for an account from off-campus locations, activate the GW VPN prior to accessing the account creation page.
Case Files Surgery, Sixth Edition by ISBN: 9781260468809Publication Date: 2021-10-22Instructions: Create free personal account to access all materials.
Himmelfarb availability: print and online
- WISE-MD Surgical Modules
Access information provided by clerkship - Clerkship Corner
- Textbook recommendations that are suited for medical students
- Cases to prepare you for surgical situations you are likely to handle
- Q&A created for clerks
- Content organized by Organ Systems and Core Topics, helping you prep for the USMLE Step 2 or your shelf exams
Instructions: Create free personal account to access all materials. - Integrated Curriculum: Anatomy Modules - SurgeryModule designed to review clinically relevant anatomy through computer-based e-modules.
Core Databases - Surgery
Integrated online surgery resource includes videos, animations, full-text textbooks, surgical atlas, and board review materials. Current Consult Surgery can be downloaded to PDA.
Integrated clinical information tool searches extensive full-text holdings for clinical answers in journal articles, books, and videos. Searchable by keyword as well as disease, finding, procedure or drug. Published by Elsevier. 2007 - Present.
Apps - Surgery
Access by McGraw Hill
Clinical Care
Free via Himmelfarb
Description: App-based access to resources and learning tools from AccessSurgery as well as AccessMedicine, AccessAnesthesiology, AccessEmergency Medicine, and Case Files Collection. Includes Diagnosaurus differential diagnosis tool and full-text library.
Tip: For continuous access to the app, sign in to AccessSurgery's web platform using your My Access account at least once every 90 days.
Clerkship Contacts
- Clerkship Director
Juliet Lee, MD
jclee@mfa.gwu.edu
202-741-3334 - Clerkship Coordinator
Angel Dixon
adixon@mfa.gwu.edu
202-741-3273 - Department Chair
Anton Sidawy, MD
ansidawy@mfa.gwu.edu
