Anatomy Lab in M1 Year

[greentealeaves]

---

Members don't see this ad.

What is the most time efficient way to get through the time-intensive / labor-intensive process of anatomy lab involving cadaver dissection? Any tips to get the most out of the experience in a time-efficient manner and have enough knowledge to get a very high step score? Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[watermelon master]

What is the most time efficient way to get through the time-intensive / labor-intensive process of anatomy lab involving cadaver dissection? Any tips to get the most out of the experience in a time-efficient manner and have enough knowledge to get a very high step score? Thanks in advance for your help!

just understand the big picture. I was horrible at anatomy lab (from worst grade on one practical to my best being just near the average) and I still got 260+. Anatomy lab doesn't really help you with step

 

[efle]

Cadaver dissection is probably the least useful part of all M1 for the step. Best advice I can give is to get a solid 3D anatomy modeling application to study from, I used Complete Anatomy and it's much easier to study from than books.

 

[deleted92121]

Just finished graduate level gross anatomy lab for my SMP. Full cadaver dissection. Earned a B+ with a lot of struggling. Took it concurrently with Physiology.

Short and sweet version; I am soooo glad I took this course prior to medical school.

I am not necessarily a visual learner, let alone someone who memorizes a ton. This class required both. I used Netter's flashcards and topic list for class as well as BRS. For an atlas, I like Rohen. Watch videos online, the Anatomy Guy is decent as is Acland.

 

[longhaul3]

Anatomy is the big attention-grabber of first year but it's not that important for Step 1 and, honestly, isn't that important for most physicians other than surgeons and radiologists. I'm quite certain many (most? all?) attending pediatricians couldn't name 2 branches of the external carotid, but it makes no difference.

 

[famguy225]

This is completely normal. Just keep going!

 

[ArteryStudyPainting]

It's all about mnemonics. Figure out what the common origins/insertions are, etc.

If you haven't already, watch Dr. Preddy on Youtube. Makes your life so much easier.

 

[themoonman2]

I agree with a previous poster that complete anatomy was helpful. I also thought that netter's complete guide to anatomy was a huge help. The pictures are amazing and as close as you're really gonna get. It has more detail than you need, but if you stay up to date with what your anatomy class covers, you'll be able to use the netter's guide as a reference then spot the structure on a the cadaver. Dissecting was not useful in my opinion.

Anatomy is probably the least tested subject for the steps too, but they will have some questions.

 

[DTX_1212]

I bought into the anatomy hype at first and would spend hours on the dissections and go in on the weekends to really understand structures and the relations. Really not necessary, after a while I found looking at an atlas and doing some flash cards got the same results on the tests and I still understood everything. Find a study system and make it work, but looking back spending extra time with the cadaver was probably the biggest waste of time I had as an M1

 

[crossled]

Spend as much time in the lab as possible, and use online 3d models, get creative with studying.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Find a study system and make it work, but looking back spending extra time with the cadaver was probably the biggest waste of time I had as an M1

Spend as much time in the lab as possible, and use online 3d models, get creative with studying.

Lol. Obviously it’s different for everyone.