Anatomy/ Physiology - Do I really need to take these classes?

[supraman]

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Hey guys,

Im a senior and currently enrolled in anatomy. Anatomy is a prereq for physiology at my school. I was talking to my anatomy professor who is a graduate of the MD-PhD program he had at this time and told me that anatomy is not something he would recommend a predent student taking, in that you will basically have to take it in D school. Can anyone defend this or speak about this? I also called up a few schools and as expected, it is good to have. Anatomy is a 100 level at my school, I feel as if I should be taking something more advanced? (recall I am a senior)

 

[litldime]

Hey guys,

Im a senior and currently enrolled in anatomy. Anatomy is a prereq for physiology at my school. I was talking to my anatomy professor who is a graduate of the MD-PhD program he had at this time and told me that anatomy is not something he would recommend a predent student taking, in that you will basically have to take it in D school. Can anyone defend this or speak about this? I also called up a few schools and as expected, it is good to have. Anatomy is a 100 level at my school, I feel as if I should be taking something more advanced? (recall I am a senior)

I would go ahead and take it...at my school anatomy was a freshman class and now i'm enrolled in physiology which is a junior level class...when i went on my interviews, the director of the school told me a list of classes to take...why? she said b.c these are courses you will take in d-school and it would be good if you were some what familiar with the courses...with that said, i would stay enrolled...it can only help you knowledge wise

 

[firecracked]

Hey guys,

Im a senior and currently enrolled in anatomy. Anatomy is a prereq for physiology at my school. I was talking to my anatomy professor who is a graduate of the MD-PhD program he had at this time and told me that anatomy is not something he would recommend a predent student taking, in that you will basically have to take it in D school. Can anyone defend this or speak about this? I also called up a few schools and as expected, it is good to have. Anatomy is a 100 level at my school, I feel as if I should be taking something more advanced? (recall I am a senior)

Yeah, you'll have to take it in dental school, so wouldn't you WANT to take it now if you have the opportunity? That'll be one less class you really have to stress about once you get to dental school because it'll be a review for you. Plus it looks good to show that you can handle the upper-level bio classes that you'll have to take your first year anyways. I'd stay in the class.

 

[Regmata]

Make sure it is an advanced anatomy course. Of course you should take it...you will be taking gross anatomy, which will cover nearly an entire semester of undergraduate anatomy in a matter of weeks. However, the background knowledge you will have from an undergrad class will be invaluable and give you a distinct advantage over people who have not yet had any anatomy.

Same goes for histology, physiology, biochemistry. Personally, I wouldn't want to be seeing all of that material for the first time at this level...not when class ranks count and you have 8 other courses to prepare for, all of which are loaded with material you have never seen.

 

[ought2sleep]

Definitely take it. I took a&p as a senior also and amazingly enough it covers A LOT that all my advanced bio classes didn't. I found this very helpful on the DAT too.

 

[lgwdnbdgr]

Anatomy at the dental school level covers a LOT of material. Do yourself a favor and get a head start.

 

[kuzichan]

YES, totally take anatomy in college if you have a chance. That'll make your life in dental school a little more tolerable lol.

 

[TheWiredNerv]

I'd say take it. At my school the A&P courses are designed for nurse majors. They offer two biology major courses, one being comparative anatomy and the other being regulatory physiology. I'd say take a higher level course on physiology since it seems that is more important than learning mostly anatomy.

 

[Regmata]

Take them both...before getting into dental school is no time to be lazy. You should take as many courses as you can to bolster your knowledge going in. Otherwise, you will get to spend extra time studying...and you don't want to have to do that...