AZPod students... books?

[soccerfeet]

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I just got an email with all the books I need for classes for the first year. Do I need to buy them or can I get all the info I need from powerpoints?

thanks

 

[MTJ Guy]

I almost never buy textbooks unless it seems useful after I start a class. I could get away with not buying a textbook. All material we need to know is presented on the PowerPoint slides. I personally bought:

Medical Terminology for Pod Med I.
Rohen atlas (as I like real images, not painted like Netter. Each has a place though)
Gray's Anatomy Review book for questions and answers
BRS Physiology
Haines Neuroscience Atlas
Haines Questions and Answers
McGlamry for Introduction to Pod Surg (not bought yet. Too expensive, but necessary)

Nothing crazy. Not a single true textbook either. More review material to prepare for exams.

I would honestly wait until classes start to get an idea of what you really will want. Every exam question comes from the lecture or uses the material presented in the lecture.

Of course, this all is just my opinion and how I do things.

 

[heybrother]

McGlamry for Introdeuction to Pod Surg (not bought yet. Too expensive, but necessary)

Don't buy this. You'll know when the time come to start looking at surgery textbooks. When that day gets here use your school's library to figure how which textbook you actually like. I found McGlamry extremely painful to read and I prefer to use an alternative comprehensive source. Textbook are simply too expensive to sit unread on a shelf.

 

[Snowman211]

Don't bother with any books first year. I liked using brs phys to supplement material from phys but that's it. Also, for second year you get a nice "gift" from previous students in Dropbox.

 

[CoffeeMonster]

Sort of similar to the topic of books... in the batch of emails we got yesterday it mentioned meeting with the IT department to set up the iPads they buy for us with some different types of software. Are iPads actively required in some classes or is this software more like study tools to help the students?

 

[Snowman211]

There is no special software whatsoever. The main software you will use will be bought yourself in the form of iannotate or notability from the iTunes Store.

 

[FootAndAnkle]

Don't buy this. You'll know when the time come to start looking at surgery textbooks. When that day gets here use your school's library to figure how which textbook you actually like. I found McGlamry extremely painful to read and I prefer to use an alternative comprehensive source. Textbook are simply too expensive to sit unread on a shelf.

I really like McGlamry's so I'll argue the other side and say it's one of the more worthwhile books to buy (I'd say just that plus Rohen and Netter). It certainly wasn't necessary for the Intro to Surgery class, but I found it quite valuable on rotations since I could be prepared step by step for most procedures at a fairly detailed level, even if the attending was going to do things a bit differently. It's also a good baseline that you can compare techniques with and decide what you might like better or what is more or less effective.

 

[heybrother]

My argument isn't about the quality of the books - its that each student should find the books that gives them what they need. Don't buy anything because someone told you to. Test drive it first at the library.

 

[FootAndAnkle]

My argument isn't about the quality of the books - its that each student should find the books that gives them what they need. Don't buy anything because someone told you to. Test drive it first at the library.

That is a good idea - too much money to waste for something to sit unused.