Anatomy Flashcards

[Fundersam]

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Our anatomy course is starting, and I usually study on my own: I don't go to lectures and rarely study from the papers from lectures.

I'm wondering if memorizing a set of flashcards would be useful for course and step 1? What I'm looking for is essentially a set of cards with the must-know anatomy info, that you can use for studying the fundamental, high-yield info as well as for revision later on.

I have Thieme's anatomy atlas and the cards I'm contemplating are:

Thieme's: http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Flash...1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278606040&sr=1-1-spell
Rohen's: http://www.amazon.com/Rohens-Photographic-Anatomy-Flash-Cards/dp/0781778352
Netter's: http://www.amazon.com/Netters-Anatomy-Flash-Cards-Student/dp/143771675X
Kaplan: http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Flashcards-Stephanie-Mccann/dp/1427796947/ref=pd_cp_b_1

Which, if any, of these would fit my objectives?

 

[virusgirl]

Our anatomy course is starting, and I usually study on my own: I don't go to lectures and rarely study from the papers from lectures.

I'm wondering if memorizing a set of flashcards would be useful for course and step 1? What I'm looking for is essentially a set of cards with the must-know anatomy info, that you can use for studying the fundamental, high-yield info as well as for revision later on.

I have Thieme's anatomy atlas and the cards I'm contemplating are:

Thieme's: http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Flash...1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278606040&sr=1-1-spell
Rohen's: http://www.amazon.com/Rohens-Photographic-Anatomy-Flash-Cards/dp/0781778352
Netter's: http://www.amazon.com/Netters-Anatomy-Flash-Cards-Student/dp/143771675X
Kaplan: http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Flashcards-Stephanie-Mccann/dp/1427796947/ref=pd_cp_b_1

Which, if any, of these would fit my objectives?

I think this will depend upon how your anatomy course is structured, but at least at my school, I didn't find flashcards to be very helpful (and I love flashcards). For our first block I bought some flashcards (I don't even remember what kind, they came in a red and gray box) and memorized origins and insertions like a fiend... only to find that this was not very relevant to what I was being tested on. Our exam questions were usually more about applying your knowledge, like what type of brachial plexus injury would give rise to what type of injury, etc. Memorizing minute details on flashcards ultimately wasn't that helpful, at least for me.

I would ask M2s at your school how they studied effectively for anatomy. If they found a particular set of flashcards to be high-yield for that course, etc. They aren't flashcards, obviously, but I like the BRS series a lot.

As for boards, don't even worry about preparing for step 1. Not that I speak from experience because I haven't taken it yet, but if you do some research on step 1 you will find that there is very little anatomy on there, and what there is generally isn't along the lines of "where does the trapezius originate from?"

 

[Antibodies]

You need to figure out what the school tests on. Are you a first year? I would suggest you look at the notes the school gives. Everything you should know is hopefully there.

 

[Fundersam]

Thanks for the replies.

I'm actually studying in Europe, and we have only have a passing grade, so I don't really care about scoring high on the courses. I'd rather focus on the important things that actually matter for step 1 and for practice, so I usually don't study too much from lecture notes.

So a textbook + an atlas + BRS is enough?

 

[deuce924]

I found that there really wasn't that much anatomy tested on STEP 1 and what was on the exam was mostly clinical stuff that you wouldn't really learn from a flashcard. Best way to learn, IMO, is to study the cadaver and use an atlas when out of class/lab.

 

[Funky]

It depends on how your exams are. In my school it's just going around tables and answering a question on something that is tagged. I found that flashcards weren't as helpful as spending time in the lab getting to know the cadavers.