Few Review Books vs. Many Review Books

[GreekPre-Med]

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A big question for students taking the boards next year is few review books vs. many review books.

Certainly everyone knows that having a resource for
Physiology, Pathology, Neuroanatomy, and course First Aid are important

Is it important to have a single book resource for topics like
Biochem, Immuno/Micro, Anatomy, Cell Bio etc?

Or will first aid cover it? Responses from all students are welcome. How did you get through all the material if you used many books? Quick skim/take notes/ etc.

-Greek Pre-Med

 

[lord_jeebus]

Ultimately, I think it comes down to personal preference, goals, how fast you read, and how well you retain. How well you learned stuff during the preclinical years is also a factor.

I used lots of books and would not have done as well with fewer books. This strategy is not optimal for many people.

 

[cdql]

Ultimately, I think it comes down to personal preference, goals, how fast you read, and how well you retain. How well you learned stuff during the preclinical years is also a factor.

I used lots of books and would not have done as well with fewer books. This strategy is not optimal for many people.

I too used a lot of books.

It certainly comes down to personal preference and how well you absorb information from specific texts.

For instance, I used both BRS Biochemistry and Lippincott's as I never really got comfortable with the writing style and information in either book. I felt that method was okay but there are those who may be better off just reading one different text (maybe RR Biochemistry)

 

[mules05]

Ultimately, I think it comes down to personal preference, goals, how fast you read, and how well you retain. How well you learned stuff during the preclinical years is also a factor.

I used lots of books and would not have done as well with fewer books. This strategy is not optimal for many people.

I agree...I used LOTS of books, because I'm a very fast reader, and I retain more if I read the same thing multiple times. Also, I enjoy keeping our bookstore in business.

The books I used:
BRS Anatomy, HY Anatomy
BRS Biochem, Lippincotts Biochem
BRS Embryo
BRS Physio (read twice), BRS Cell Bio/Histo, Wheater's (histo images)
Neuro made ridic simple, HY Neuro, course website with neuro images, blueprints neuro
Micro made ridic simple, BRS micro/immuno (immuno section only), HY immuno
Katzung review of pharm (Lange)
BRS path (read twice)
BRS behavioral sci, HY stats
...plus a bunch of question books. If I had more time, the only thing i would have done differently would be to have re-read some of the BRS books again. They really do have all the info you need, you just need to see it enough to remember it.

 

[domer621]

I vote for 3 books to read cover-to-cover (FA, BRS phys, RR path) + other books to supplement for the subjects that you're weak in (micro/biochem/maybe pharm), using FA as your guide.