Anatomy Exam

[BloodySurgeon]

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My school apparently believed that it was a good idea to assign anatomy reading during my first block when anatomy/physiology/embryology/histology is during my second block. The problem now is, after finishing my first block it became apparant that I have my first Anatomy Exam in two weeks!!! 😱

We have had no lecture (except for a few video podcasts) on the material and we are expected to master a good chuck of the textbook (~400 pages worth).

We are using "Clinically Oriented Anatomy" and although I have read most of the assigned reading thus far, I dont believe I have a good grasp of what is and isnt important.

Does anyone have ppts/notes/guidelines/practice questions or similar material from your medical school that you dont mind sharing? I have already invested in USMLE anatomy material but its just not thorough enough 🙁

Last year 70% of the class failed their first anatomy exam and many had to struggle throughout the year. I dont want to fall into this category and I am afraid to fail my first exam ever!

 

[Dr McSexy]

My school apparently believed that it was a good idea to assign anatomy reading during my first block when anatomy/physiology/embryology/histology is during my second block. The problem now is, after finishing my first block it became apparant that I have my first Anatomy Exam in two weeks!!! 😱

We have had no lecture (except for a few video podcasts) on the material and we are expected to master a good chuck of the textbook (~400 pages worth).

We are using "Clinically Oriented Anatomy" and although I have read most of the assigned reading thus far, I dont believe I have a good grasp of what is and isnt important.

Does anyone have ppts/notes/guidelines/practice questions or similar material from your medical school that you dont mind sharing? I have already invested in USMLE anatomy material but its just not thorough enough 🙁

Last year 70% of the class failed their first anatomy exam and many had to struggle throughout the year. I dont want to fall into this category and I am afraid to fail my first exam ever!

Moore's is a very good book, though it is very detailed and can be tedious to read through. Since you have that book, you should have the CDs and materials that come with it. I'm pretty sure those have Quizzes and board-style questions on them that are useful. Though that's our medical school's go-to book. I actually haven't used it since the first couple of weeks of my gross course.

I personally like the BRS Anatomy book. It's a good review of the material, not as detailed as Moore's and it has lots of questions at the end of the section and you can access the questions online as well.

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/menu/otherMedEd.cfm <--- UVA's website has a good bit of links for you to peruse through and see if anything will help.

I can't help you with any notes/ppts, etc. because of copyright claims by professors and I would think many other schools are similar in this regard.

Lastly, I wouldn't try to branch out to too many resources. You only have so much time and you don't want to wasting time looking at a bazillion different resources when you don't need to.

 

[Jolie South]

I would check out the University of Michigan anatomy website (google that) and look for the quizzes. There are practical questions with images as well as written test type questions. I found it helpful.

 

[kwikemartman]

Moore is a decent book, we use it too. Its great assuming you have the time to slog through it. Except, of course, being a med student, you don't.

Buy the baby moore (essential clinical anatomy) and read it cover to cover. It will tell you whats important- and since you have the "big" moore already you can always use it as a reference.

study an atlas/cadaver if you have one for relationships, as far as gross anatomy stuff goes.

 

[MilkmanAl]

The BRS questions are quite good for driving home key clinical relationships. I'd also read Grant's Dissector's bolded terms like a madman to get what you need to know (which, unfortunately, is pretty much everything).