Originally posted by turtleboard:
Gross: Text- Moore & Dalley (good, but has a bunch of errors and a bit wordy). Review- BRS Gross Anatomy by Chung (good, concise, and just what you need to cram all that good stuff into your head).
Histo: Text- Junquiera (Lange books).
For the record, I was probably the only person in my entire class who read Moore & Dalley cover to cover, but had no luck in pulling to the top of Gross despite having done that. I know students who just use the Dissector (Grant's), Netter, and Chung and they easily aced all the practicals and written exams. Junq is definitely the best for Histo.
Tim of New York City.
I agree with Moore as a good referral text, i was an anatomy fellow and paid lab instructor for anatomy during my second year, I wouldn't BUY it though,
really all we needed for most systems was the class notes (at Nova), same with Histo, our histo teacher had many free tutoring sessions where she would show all the slides you needed to know and she was very accessible to the students and wrote precise class notes which she tested from.
I would recommend NOT buying any text for either course if you will be attending Nova, and just use the class notes. For that occasion when something isnt making sense, ask either conover or lanning (these guys know their anatomy like the back of your hand...sorry couldnt resist) and if you dont know something in histo, then just ask dribin, she is very motivated to help people who are trying! save your money and use the library books if you need reference reading...medical school is just too expensive to justify buying a text you arent really ever going to use....even in the hospital, you can always get the anatomy for a particular problem from one of the system specific books or journals there. Remember, this only applies at Nova, elsewhere the teaching models may dictate that you REALLY NEED a text. having one for home use is a nice thought, but it isn't really that necessary.
A nice PICTURE dissection book however would be a very good investment and would help with home study as well!. Is it YOGUICHI that has all the actual photographs? this was outstanding and beat netters hands down because it was real tissue not stylized drawings. An anatomy cd rom with real pictures is also on the market and it is very impressive with lots of self testing capablities, good luck. jas.
