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Qbanks, test prep books, materials to help you prepare for all sorts of exams: USMLE, Boards, USDME, Shelf exams, and more.

Case Files Series

Through the Countway's subscription to Access Medicine, we have a collection of Case Files for different specialties.  Make sure you are Harvard Key authenticated in your current browser session and explore                                     

Table of Case Files organized by Basic Sciences and Clinical Medicine topics
Basic Sciences        Clinical Medicine
Anatomy Anesthesiology
Biochemistry Emergency Medicine
Microbiology Family Medicine
Neuroscience Internal Medicine
Pathology Neurology
Pharmacology OB/GYN
Physiology Pediatrics
  Psychiatry
  Surgery

Board Vitals

Shelf Exams available in Board Vitals

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neurology
  • OBGYN
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery

Access Medicine Clerkship Topics

Clerkship Topics in Access Medicine

  • Cardiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Essential of Key Patient Presentations
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Nephrology + Urology
  • Neurology
  • Pulmonology
  • Psychiatry
  • Skills for the Ward

Internal Medicine

Neurology

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Pediatrics

Psychiatry

Radiology

Surgery

The following titles are based on student feedback and surgery clerkship director recommendations for studying for Surgery shelf exam.

A sample of general Surgery residency textbooks

Content of particular interest in this resource includes the Clerkship tab and the Study Tools tab.

Geriatric Competencies

  POGOe: Portal of Online Geriatric Education: For help mastering the AAMC's Geriatric Competencies, consult     POGOe's Web Gems. These online, interactive tutorials cover the various specialties. "Individual cases can be integrated into third year clerkships with emphasis on “core topics” in, e.g., neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, OB/GYN, or the curriculum can be used as a whole within a geriatrics, internal medicine, or family medicine clerkship. The purpose of the web-GEMs cases is to develop learners’ understanding of geriatric medicine, and to integrate that understanding as they expand their skills within other specialties." Q & A banks are also provided.

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