Advice for medical students
1) There are cheap used medical textbooks on eBay. I was able to get a current edition Rohen atlas in perfect condition for $20. It is an easy way to add a few books to your collection with out breaking your wallet. .
2) If you get to chose your anatomy partners, chose wisely. I have been very fortunate but I have heard some horror stories. DO NOT become lab partners with someone you want to date or are currently dating!
3) There are some fantastic medical websites out there for histology and anatomy. There are links from several SDN threads and the SDN links page. Others can be found by using google. Some of them offer great self-tests and quizzes.
4) Board review books are a great help summarizing info before exams. I love the Chung anatomy review and the BRS physiology book.
5) Take everything a step at a time and enjoy yourself. It is an amazing experience.
source: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=95608 ; post #7
Advice for medical students
BRS Gross Anatomy by Harold Chung
The best review #1
This book was VERY helpful for me while I was taking Anatomy in first semester at med school. I used THIS BOOK and the NETTER ANATOMY ATLAS and my class notes and –> that’s it!!!
The multiple choice questions in this book are EXCELLENT for board review and test prep. Use it! Use it! Use it!
I always recommend this book to other students for Anatomy.
The best review #2:
I really think highly of most of the books in the BRS series. This book was an exception. BRS Physiology, BRS biochemistry, and BRS Pathology were outstanding and very pertinent to material tested on the USMLE. I even thought BRS pharmacology was pretty good despite others having mixed feelings about it. This book is by far the WORST in the BRS series that I have encountered.
Anatomy is not a heavily tested topic on USMLE, and the anatomy related questions are becoming more and more clinically based. This book lacked that type of focus. I found it difficult to read, with poor diagrams/illustrations, and filled with clinically irrelevant minutia. This book would probably be more interesting to those pursuing graduate degrees in anatomy…maybe as a review book for them.
So unless you have a particular interest in anatomy, this is NOT a good book for board review, or even as a supplement for medical school anatomy.
For board review “High Yield Anatomy” combined with “First Aid..” is sufficient.
For medical school anatomy, check out the books by Moore such as Clinically Oriented Anatomy and Essential Clinical Anatomy.
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