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watermen
10-26-2005, 09:51 AM
Does anyone know what is the best anatomy book for studying USMLE?

cremasteric
10-26-2005, 04:31 PM
Does anyone know what is the best anatomy book for studying USMLE?

I didn't come across any great anatomy book specifically for USMLE, but then again, there is not that much anatomy on step 1. It's a hard one to study for because they could ask literally anything and it's just not worth the time to spend much time on anatomy. So I used First Aid for Step 1 and High-Yield anatomy. I thought it was enough. The one topic that seems to come up on almost every test is some sort of brachial plexus question, so that's a good topic to know well.

viper
10-26-2005, 08:19 PM
Use High yield gross or USMLE Road Map Gross anatomy. The latter is more thorough and has excellent clinical correlations scattered throughout. I agree with above poster - sort of a hard one to study for - but lucily a low-yield topic so don't waste time on this. Just know all the nerve stuff (brachial plexus and lower extremity nerves).

Here are the anatomy books for year I/II - http://www.gotmedbooks.com/findbooks.php?action=list&searchtype=browse&category=10

good luck,

Pox in a box
10-26-2005, 09:42 PM
Use High yield gross or USMLE Road Map Gross anatomy. The latter is more thorough and has excellent clinical correlations scattered throughout. I agree with above poster - sort of a hard one to study for - but lucily a low-yield topic so don't waste time on this. Just know all the nerve stuff (brachial plexus and lower extremity nerves).

Here are the anatomy books for year I/II - http://www.gotmedbooks.com/findbooks.php?action=list&searchtype=browse&category=10

good luck,

Viper, when are you going to include Step 2 and clinical books?

lattimer13
10-26-2005, 10:31 PM
first aid was adequate for anatomy for the questions on my exam.

mosfet
10-28-2005, 10:18 AM
For the ppl that took the step 1.....Did you guys think kaplan was good enough for anatomy, neuro, embrology, and histology? Or do you HAVE to read HY for any of those topics.

It seems like HYs are more popular among SDN testtakers than kaplan, but I don't understand why. Is it because kaplan is too much or too little.

Thanks

trouta
11-06-2005, 01:51 PM
FA really is quite weak when it comes to anatomy. I used High Yield in addition to FA and did just fine. As was said previously this is a low yield subject. So much of the test is made up of path and pathophys.