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What helped you learn and understand the material best? I'm more interested in how it helped overall understanding of the subject than in just how it helped you do well enough for the tests.
Best resource for studying anatomy?
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Lecture notes for written test
For lab practical, I usually watch the UMich video, "skim" through an atlas like Netters, look at as many cadavers as possible, then try to fortify with Rohen until exam day... very time consuming
UMich lays down the foundation, Netters shows you an idealized cartoon diagram which puts things in perspective, cadavers are pinned exam day so it's best if you can look through as many as possible, and Rohen for when I don't want to go back into lab but look at images (even though they are pristine dissections and most of your cadavers will probably never look as nicely dissected as in the book)
Gray's anatomy for students reads more like a textbook if that's more of your style of learning
For me, it really helped when I was able to go into lab with some upper year people who were able to point out nifty mnemonics or landmarks
For lab practical, I usually watch the UMich video, "skim" through an atlas like Netters, look at as many cadavers as possible, then try to fortify with Rohen until exam day... very time consuming
UMich lays down the foundation, Netters shows you an idealized cartoon diagram which puts things in perspective, cadavers are pinned exam day so it's best if you can look through as many as possible, and Rohen for when I don't want to go back into lab but look at images (even though they are pristine dissections and most of your cadavers will probably never look as nicely dissected as in the book)
Gray's anatomy for students reads more like a textbook if that's more of your style of learning
For me, it really helped when I was able to go into lab with some upper year people who were able to point out nifty mnemonics or landmarks
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If it's understanding you're looking for, anatomy is not your subject. If you just want to get the material down, the dissector and your cadaver are more than enough. If you're studying for the shelf, the BRS questions and chapter summaries are fantastic.
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This is from someone who struggled through anatomy. I would start with Gray's Anatomy for Students. I feel in love with that book as it was simple. The only issue was that there weren't enough clinical cases in it, hence I used big moore's for the blue boxes. If I had bought the smaller moores I think I would have been better off with just one book.
I used netters for Upper limb and Lower Limb. It didn't seem to help me that much in Head or Neck. But I did use every flash cards for arteries and veins as that is where my difficulty was.
Then I Mich. Questions and tutorials. I loved that website!! Best website out there. I did all the questions on that website. Some of them were way to easy but it helped my get the basics down especially because they had so many tiny sections, so I could study a bit and see if I really understand the material.
After I would use BRS, sometimes I would read through the chapter but if I ran out of time I would do the questions and look at the CT images. If I had even more time I would go through Pretest questions. Note that whenever I did the questions it would take hours because I kept stopping and rereading everytime I got a question wrong.
I used netters for Upper limb and Lower Limb. It didn't seem to help me that much in Head or Neck. But I did use every flash cards for arteries and veins as that is where my difficulty was.
Then I Mich. Questions and tutorials. I loved that website!! Best website out there. I did all the questions on that website. Some of them were way to easy but it helped my get the basics down especially because they had so many tiny sections, so I could study a bit and see if I really understand the material.
After I would use BRS, sometimes I would read through the chapter but if I ran out of time I would do the questions and look at the CT images. If I had even more time I would go through Pretest questions. Note that whenever I did the questions it would take hours because I kept stopping and rereading everytime I got a question wrong.
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Big moore's is what helped me in anatomy. I started with the textbook our school gave us and barely passed the first anatomy exam and practical. once i started reading big moore's, the corresponding chp from start to finish, my grades improved quite a bit.. from low 70's to mid 80's
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For me, the big thing was using the cadaver to learn where everything was located. Once I got that down and had a good mental image, I had an easier time learning how the different parts interacted. I also used the tutor notes since most of the lecture notes weren't that good. But the big thing was spending time in lab. Netter was helpful in the beginning, yet nothing could replace just being in lab and finding stuff yourself.
Another thing that helped me was learning the terminology and the roots for the various words. I'd have those moments where since I knew the roots, I understood why something was named a certain way.
Another thing that helped me was learning the terminology and the roots for the various words. I'd have those moments where since I knew the roots, I understood why something was named a certain way.
For Written:
1.)Notes
2.) Old Test questions
3.) I like the BRS Anatomy Book
For Practical:
1.) Dissector - Once or Twice per block, me and my tankmates went through the dissector going over bolded words and such on our cadaver and other people's cadavers.
2.) Old "hit lists" - items that showed up years past lab practicals and made sure I knew where they where and things about them
3.) Atlas - helpful if you don't like to be in the lab. Gilroy was my favorite. It's good for muscle charts and innervations. I didn't use an atlas as much after the first block. Netter's has a good cranial fossa image that helps see what goes in and out every hole, which is good for Head and Neck. Other than that I really don't like Netter's nor Rohen's.
1.)Notes
2.) Old Test questions
3.) I like the BRS Anatomy Book
For Practical:
1.) Dissector - Once or Twice per block, me and my tankmates went through the dissector going over bolded words and such on our cadaver and other people's cadavers.
2.) Old "hit lists" - items that showed up years past lab practicals and made sure I knew where they where and things about them
3.) Atlas - helpful if you don't like to be in the lab. Gilroy was my favorite. It's good for muscle charts and innervations. I didn't use an atlas as much after the first block. Netter's has a good cranial fossa image that helps see what goes in and out every hole, which is good for Head and Neck. Other than that I really don't like Netter's nor Rohen's.
