Best book to read before starting?

[badasshairday]

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OP, if I was your friend, I'd slap you if you read a textbook before starting med school.

Few more days till I finish M1 year, freedom looks so sweet right now. Don't know why you would want to waste your pre-med school time reading textbooks when you will have all of the next two years reading this stuff.

 

[ACGator09]

Rumor has it the creator may do a spin-off that is filmed from a different perspective than the J.D. monologue.

not sure if this is what you're talking about, but they have little web-only clips on the main scrubs website of a show called "scrubs: interns" with completely different characters etc. and im pretty sure i read somewhere that many characters are quitting and that JD is coming back for 6 episodes to transition out his character

 

[kakalak]

not sure if this is what you're talking about, but they have little web-only clips on the main scrubs website of a show called "scrubs: interns" with completely different characters etc. and im pretty sure i read somewhere that many characters are quitting and that JD is coming back for 6 episodes to transition out his character

I'm pretty sure they made it clear JD won't be around anymore in last season's finale. I think you read out of date info.

 

[searun]

"Lady Chatterly's Lover" is a good beach read.

 

[Slow]

lalala

 

[251478]

I am an EMT and I refer to the Merck Manual all the time when I come into contact with things I have not seen before. It is well written and gives good overviews of diseases and disorders and might give you a good idea of the intricacies of the human body and the VAST amount of things that can go wrong with it. Personally though, I am spending my last few bits of freedom before M1 hits to read fun stuff and travel!

 

[mvenus929]

I really liked Intern- I got it over the weekend and finished it tuesday... I started house of god yesterday, and so far like intern way better. Does anyone know of any similar books written by women?

EDIT: I found a book called On Call by Emily Transue. Has anyone read this?

I liked Intern, and Final Exam (which is written by a woman). Both were pretty eye opening and good reads. I also read On Call, but I didn't quite like it as much as the other two.

For a bit of fiction, I recommend The Select, by F Paul Wilson. Fun read.

 

[i am the moon]

I think you'll be out of your depth reading a med school textbook in M0. If you don't want to read a novel, maybe read a doctor's memoir? I recommend Another Day in the Frontal Lobe and Final Exam.

 

[lildave2586]

If you are really wanting to get some material in your head before you start, pick up Acland's video anatomy. It's swell.

 

[arachnoid]

I suggest you to read "Doctors" by Erich Segal or some other novel. 🙂
Enjoy your freedom, don't study. You'll need all the energy you can muster in a few months.