what are the good books for physiology and microbiology that aren't too long and aren't too short to supplement course notes? i.e. i've tried studying from the brs physiology book and it's just too brief for me to understand.
best physio/microbiology books?
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I loved the STARS physio, its like a mini textbook. Analogous to the lippincott illustrated review of Biochem.
Same author as BRS.
micro : my 1st class of it is tommorow.
I got the LANGE book for the immuno part.
Everyone told me to get micro made rediculosy simple. So i did and just for the hell of it I also bought the lippincot micro book. (it can be hard to get books down here).
I didn't like the other made rediculosly simple books (neuro and physio).
looking for a similar kind of bookf or behavioral science.
BRS just doens't cut it for me as my primary learning source.
Same author as BRS.
micro : my 1st class of it is tommorow.
I got the LANGE book for the immuno part.
Everyone told me to get micro made rediculosy simple. So i did and just for the hell of it I also bought the lippincot micro book. (it can be hard to get books down here).
I didn't like the other made rediculosly simple books (neuro and physio).
looking for a similar kind of bookf or behavioral science.
BRS just doens't cut it for me as my primary learning source.
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The best text for physio is Physiology by Linda Costanzo. She is also the author of the BRS physio book. This is really the best physio book out there. Dr. Costanzo could probably teach physio to a monkey. I'm actually using this book again during my second year and it has been a lifesaver since I apparently didn't learn anything first year. Don't use books like Guyton, Berne and Levy. They are simply too dense.
I loved Micro made Ridiculously simple. Not only was it easy to read, I found it enjoyable. I honored micro using this book as my primary reference. I used the Lange Micro and Immuno review book ONLY to do the questions in the back since roughly half of my class grade was dependent on my performance on the NMBE shelf exam. I used the Lange micro and immuno book for immunology when I took pathology (immuno is taught at the beginning of path at my school). I also did very well in immuno b/c of that book.
So, I completely concur with Imbebo 😀
I loved Micro made Ridiculously simple. Not only was it easy to read, I found it enjoyable. I honored micro using this book as my primary reference. I used the Lange Micro and Immuno review book ONLY to do the questions in the back since roughly half of my class grade was dependent on my performance on the NMBE shelf exam. I used the Lange micro and immuno book for immunology when I took pathology (immuno is taught at the beginning of path at my school). I also did very well in immuno b/c of that book.
So, I completely concur with Imbebo 😀
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Well, I had my first day of micro today.
Our new professor is Dr. Hawley, author of HY and BRS for micro and Immuno.
anyways, she went over what resources to use and urged us to avoid both 1st aid and micro made simple because of the amount of mistakes she's found in them. She said she might give us an email with the errors and fixes she has for her own books plus 1st aid. I think she said she found too many to bother with in made rediculosy simple.
Our new professor is Dr. Hawley, author of HY and BRS for micro and Immuno.
anyways, she went over what resources to use and urged us to avoid both 1st aid and micro made simple because of the amount of mistakes she's found in them. She said she might give us an email with the errors and fixes she has for her own books plus 1st aid. I think she said she found too many to bother with in made rediculosy simple.
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Be careful when a professor urges you to avoid a book. Professors often urge you to get books that you wouldn't dream of reading. Many of these required/suggested books are never read by medical students because of the ridiculous degree of 'information overload'. My micro teacher blatantly said that he hated Micro made ridiculously simple and instead told us to read the Lange version of Medical Microbiology (this is not the same text as the micro immuno review book by Lange). I bought the book that he suggested, read two pages of it, and realized it was a piece of crap for MY purposes. That book was so dense with non-essential information (maybe this stuff was essential for a phd or phd-in-training) that reading two pages of it made my head want to explode.
The best resource, when it comes to which book to buy, is your upperclassmen. They've been there and done that so they know which books are NECESSARY in order to learn the material and do well in that particular class. Poll a few people that you trust before you buy any texts for your class.
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I have to disagree with the prof from Ross that says avoid first aid...........all of the upper classmmen i've talked to swear by it as well as Linda Costanza. She endorses it heavily at her school.
prof's don't know everything sometime.
later
prof's don't know everything sometime.
later
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well,
she's brand new here.
Most people failed micro and if didn't fail, had their gpa drop a significant amount. Which holds special importance at Ross. So we need to maintain a certain gpa till the end of our basic sciences.
The previous professor resigned/fired? And while he was a good professor, no one could ever prepare for his exams regardless of what text or lecture notes they had. He caused many people to fail MS-2 here.
So no upper classmen know anything about how she teaches and what not.
Other professors here have spoken well about the other sections of 1st aid.
ah well, things will fall into place.
she's brand new here.
Most people failed micro and if didn't fail, had their gpa drop a significant amount. Which holds special importance at Ross. So we need to maintain a certain gpa till the end of our basic sciences.
The previous professor resigned/fired? And while he was a good professor, no one could ever prepare for his exams regardless of what text or lecture notes they had. He caused many people to fail MS-2 here.
So no upper classmen know anything about how she teaches and what not.
Other professors here have spoken well about the other sections of 1st aid.
ah well, things will fall into place.
I thought Guyton and Hall's Medical Physiology was a great text. Pretty lengthy, but it is an important subject no matter what field you choose (except maybe psych). For micro I used the green Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Microbiology book by Strohl Rouse and Fisher with good results. The micro book doesn't have an immunology section, though.
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Lilly is a GREAT book for a systems cardiopath course. It gives a great review of relevant physiology and then details the pathophysiology of the various heart diseases. It is one of the few books that I've come across that really takes into consideration who the reader is. Too bad I bombed the quiz in my cardiopath class though. Cardiopath is hard (as in comparison to say GI path). I've got to somehow get through Lilly again in like three days and truly understand what I'm reading so that I can somehow pass my exam next Tuesday 🙁 🙁
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the West book for Respiratory physio was what our professor for respiration recommended we read.
Its a quick read, but very good.
It was great for the shelf exam for what respiration questions I was given.
Its a quick read, but very good.
It was great for the shelf exam for what respiration questions I was given.
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im only really gonna throw my 2 cents in on the micro book part of the question...
as far as your course grade is concerned, you should more than likely go with whatever your course director suggests. if they have a recommended text, it usually means they will ask questions based on it directly. as far as learning for the boards though.. LANGE. bigtime. my final grade in my school's micro class was the NBME shelf, and i did well solely because i did nothing but read lange. however, RIDICULOUS isnt bad either; for me it was used to supplement the hard-to-learn topics would come up in lange. i mean, i still remember chagas disease solely because of the whacked out tom cruise picture picture that was in ridiculous. I do agree with flindophile - the micro version of ridiculous was the best of the series, by far.
so, in conclusion... fluffy puff marshmellows
as far as your course grade is concerned, you should more than likely go with whatever your course director suggests. if they have a recommended text, it usually means they will ask questions based on it directly. as far as learning for the boards though.. LANGE. bigtime. my final grade in my school's micro class was the NBME shelf, and i did well solely because i did nothing but read lange. however, RIDICULOUS isnt bad either; for me it was used to supplement the hard-to-learn topics would come up in lange. i mean, i still remember chagas disease solely because of the whacked out tom cruise picture picture that was in ridiculous. I do agree with flindophile - the micro version of ridiculous was the best of the series, by far.
so, in conclusion... fluffy puff marshmellows
I wasn't going to reply to this message, but someone went ahead and suggested Rhoades and Tanner for physio. Do not buy this book for med school! I had this book in grad school and it was useless then. It is even more useless in med school! Instead, go out and plunk down the $90 for Boron and Boulpaep (Medical Physiology - 2003). I suggest this to anyone who has had some exposure to Physio before since it is a bit much for someone just starting in the subject. If you haven't had physio before just get the BRS you'll do fine, but if you want to be a physio phreak and understand the molecular physiology get this book. The illustrations are excellent and they are done with the med student in mind. That means you'll see brain stems and EM's of the filtration apparatus in the glomerulus. Don't see that stuff in Rhoades and Tanner.
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I enthusiastically second Lange and Rediculously Simple. I still reference them as a fourth year.
personally ... I use books from all over ... I try as much as I can to read up here and there
the main books that I definitely use all the time are:-
Medical Physiology by Ganong or the Guyton one
Pathophsiology of Disease by Ganong ... awesome book
Medical Microbiology and Immunology by Levinson
basically, most of the LANGE series books are pretty good
the main books that I definitely use all the time are:-
Medical Physiology by Ganong or the Guyton one
Pathophsiology of Disease by Ganong ... awesome book
Medical Microbiology and Immunology by Levinson
basically, most of the LANGE series books are pretty good
