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You're starting wayyyy too early, that said
You should start with the 2016 so you can follow with your classwork. Then spend the 50 or whatever bucks on the new ones as they do change things from year to year. Study coordinator of my school keeps track of changes between FA and finds 100s of additions/subtractions/corrections year to year.
You should start with the 2016 so you can follow with your classwork. Then spend the 50 or whatever bucks on the new ones as they do change things from year to year. Study coordinator of my school keeps track of changes between FA and finds 100s of additions/subtractions/corrections year to year.
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Oh yeah he knows we know everyone knows he is gunner supreme
I am matriculating in May not July/August. Since I start next month, I want to have time to buy the book .
Yeah don't know your exact curriculum but unless you guys jump right into pathology you wont really have much use for it until second year. I mean feel free to peruse it but you'll get far better use from Netters, BRS physio, etc etc
My bad... May, not two months later, in July
So specifically, what resources would say are most useful first year. You gave Netter's and BRS physio but then said etc etc. Also I searched and there's a few different "Netter's" subject materials, which were you referring to? (sorry, I'm new to this; would rather look the fool now than to waste time trying to figure it out later)
Anatomy - Netter's Atlas of Anatomy, Rohen's, Acland videos, and UMich anatomy website for questions
Biochem - BRS, Lippincott, and/or Rapid Review
Phys - BRS (aka Skinny Linda), Costanzo Physiology (aka Fat Linda), and Guyton and Hall review/question book
Neuro anatomy - Haines atlas
If micro is part of 1st year - Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple, and/or Sketchy Medical
Embryology - ??? I just brute forced it with lectures but wish I had found an outside source, so not sure what to recommend. Some people in my class really liked High Yield Embryo. Edit - I discovered the Kaplan videos while studying for step, wish I would've known about them 1st year.
Immunology - Abbas; a lot of people also recommend How the Immune System Works
Path (not needed until 2nd year unless path is integrated with phys) - Pathoma or Goljan Rapid Review and Robbins Review of Path for questions
Pharm (likely not needed until 2nd year) - Sketchy Medical and Kaplan pharm videos
UpToDate is awesome if your school has a PBL type curriculum and you have to do presentations
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Brilliant! Thank you for that
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This is the problem. Modern medical students focused only on boards and not really learning the material the right way and blowing off clinical skills. We are training board takers and not doctors these days.
I hope they make step 1 pass/fail.
I hope they make step 1 pass/fail.
Please provide examples of learning the material the right way contrasted with learning for the boards. This is a common false dichotomy.
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Sure.
Learning for the boards: Using only review books, focusing on topics that are in First Aid/"high yield", blowing off classes/lectures that are not "board relevant"
Learning the right way: Not using review texts until you're learned the material from lecture/books in broad first, focusing on clinical lectures/skills/classes
That's in brief.
Learning for the boards: Using only review books, focusing on topics that are in First Aid/"high yield", blowing off classes/lectures that are not "board relevant"
Learning the right way: Not using review texts until you're learned the material from lecture/books in broad first, focusing on clinical lectures/skills/classes
That's in brief.
How do you know that your right way is superior?
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Clinical skills are distinct from classroom skills, regardless of whether students study for boards or in-house exams.
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Agreed but students "blow off" clinical skills because it's not "board relevant." I've been seeing it first-hand with medical students the last 3-4 years.
There are A LOT of issues with medical education. 99% of the problems are a product of the system.
I have no intentions of eschewing clinical skills. I've worked in patient care for the last few years and I'm well aware of it's importance. I'm just trying to give myself the security of being able to practice in whatever capacity I see fit that will provide the largest impact to the community I want to reach.
I understand your point lies in the whole process of how students are gaining this security but not all students are the bushy-tailed, bright-eyed, narrow-view youngsters who lack a holistic outlook
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I'm glad you have the right mindset. I wasn't picking on you personally really, just wanted to point out a flaw in the modern system
Yeah, I just read my response over again and I went a little hard. Sorry haha.
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Its okay. No big deal. Words can come off worse in writing. We've all been there.
Don't forget histology 😉
Thieme's Anatomy Text touches on this in the preface. They claim the dawn of systems curriculums ended the days of poring over textbooks. Physiology day 1, pathology day 2 instead of physiology for several weeks in a row makes textbook reading stunted. Unsure if I agree with that. At any rate, much of the clinical material I've been presented with seemed useless to me not specifically because of it was "low yield", but because the lack of repetition before 3rd year almost ensures that I won't remember it anyway.
That exam question I had in January about ideal glucose levels for ICU patients was a waste of my time since it would never be remembered in the first place.
What kind of curriculum will you be having? I'm happy to go in-depth if I know more about your situation.
Edit: I didn't realize that this was a bumped thread, sorry about that.
It's only bumped from the past month, and OP won't have started yet, so your comment is still 100% timely!
