Handwriting...Print?Cursive?

[JourneyToMD]

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Hey All,

I've got 2 questions.

1. I know that "we should buy our books once we get to our respective schools b/c of different preferences per school, etc.etc", but could M2-M4s give us the names of just THREE books that are pretty much helpful/necessary at any medical school we attend? I've been hearing Netter's Anatomy a lot...

2. This is sort of a silly question... but: do you write in cursive or in print when you take notes? I've been taking takes in print for all my life... but my handwriting's awful and I was thinking of changing it?

 

[Doctor M]

Hey All,

I've got 2 questions.

1. I know that "we should buy our books once we get to our respective schools b/c of different preferences per school, etc.etc", but could M2-M4s give us the names of just THREE books that are pretty much helpful/necessary at any medical school we attend? I've been hearing Netter's Anatomy a lot...

2. This is sort of a silly question... but: do you write in cursive or in print when you take notes? I've been taking takes in print for all my life... but my handwriting's awful and I was thinking of changing it?

Please change this now. Please, write which ever is more legible. Im not trying to be sarcastic, but for your sake and espescially for the sake of your future patients,please write however makes you write more legible. Thanks🙂

 

[ZagDoc]

2. This is sort of a silly question... but: do you write in cursive or in print when you take notes? I've been taking takes in print for all my life... but my handwriting's awful and I was thinking of changing it?

AMSA reported that 82% of all students who got their top residency match took notes in Turkish, so I believe the correct answer is neither. Learn Turkish.






My point: Med school is quite possibly the worst time to change something like how you write. They're going to be flying along in lecture, if you even attend lecture. Stay with what works for you. Its got you this far hasn't it?

Point above is a moot point if your handwriting is so bad even you can't read it the majority of the time. Then you should play around a bit till you find something that will work.

 

[Tiger26]

who cares!!!! really, how have we gotten to the point were we have to go on internet forums to see which way we should print?

 

[deleted77919]

Netter as well as Moore's clinically oriented anatomy. I liked this one (otherwise known as "big Moore") but some people prefered baby Moore (Essential Clinical Anatomy or something like that).

 

[MavsFan08]

Hey All,

I've got 2 questions.

1. I know that "we should buy our books once we get to our respective schools b/c of different preferences per school, etc.etc", but could M2-M4s give us the names of just THREE books that are pretty much helpful/necessary at any medical school we attend? I've been hearing Netter's Anatomy a lot...

2. This is sort of a silly question... but: do you write in cursive or in print when you take notes? I've been taking takes in print for all my life... but my handwriting's awful and I was thinking of changing it?

I write in "CAPS-LOCK." With that being said, I took ZERO notes in medical school. They were provided for us in print.

 

[Ashers]

At least we can generally read and write cursive. My friends in England were amazed I knew how to write it (even though it looks like a 3rd grader's writing) because people apparently haven't been taught there for years.

That being said, my writing for myself is chicken scratch printursive, and when I write in charts, I slow down, and print, so it's legible.

 

[Vano]

At least we can generally read and write cursive. My friends in England were amazed I knew how to write it (even though it looks like a 3rd grader's writing) because people apparently haven't been taught there for years.

That being said, my writing for myself is chicken scratch printursive, and when I write in charts, I slow down, and print, so it's legible.

Strange, I was under impression that europeans prefer cursive to print. In most of Eastern Europe nobody beyong 6-7 years of age does print. Cursive all the way!

 

[Kris1]

who cares!!!! really, how have we gotten to the point were we have to go on internet forums to see which way we should print?

I personally feel like it began with discussions of engraved stethoscopes and embroidered scrubs.

 

[ZagDoc]

I personally feel like it began with discussions of engraved stethoscopes and embroidered scrubs.

Don't forget the 16 pack of colored highlighters, 24 pack of colored vision pens, and pocket protector!

 

[Chulito]

Strange, I was under impression that europeans prefer cursive to print. In most of Eastern Europe nobody beyong 6-7 years of age does print. Cursive all the way!

This has been my experience too, more or less. Every letter and every long note that I've ever received from people in Italy, Spain and France (where I've lived and worked) has been written rather than printed (i.e. cursive rather than printing). I've never had the impression that they shunned printing, but rather that they were simply still good at writing too. I, on the other hand, learned to write in cursive in early grade school and then never did it again, and other Americans that I know (especially guys) have said that the same is true for them. Maybe it's because we've all grown up using the internet for most of our correspondence, whereas people before us did not. I've only sent one handwritten letter in my life, and I only use a pen to take notes or jot down a phone message, etc.

 

[Hayden2102]

This is the most ridiculous forum topic I have ever read...

 

[smq123]

This is the most ridiculous forum topic I have ever read...

Agree. Therefore, to move it back to something more useful and practical....

1. I know that "we should buy our books once we get to our respective schools b/c of different preferences per school, etc.etc", but could M2-M4s give us the names of just THREE books that are pretty much helpful/necessary at any medical school we attend? I've been hearing Netter's Anatomy a lot...

Three books that you will most likely find very useful in MS1...

1) Netter Anatomy
2) BRS Physio by Costanzo
3a) If your school covers pathology in the first year of med school - get Rubin's Pathology
3b) If your school does NOT cover pathology in the first year of med school - get BRS Neuroanatomy. It helps demystify Neuro a little bit.

 

[medcraziness]

End this thread already. D-U-M-B

 

[Shredder]

Cursive is antiquated. It shouldn't exist anymore.

 

[Chulito]

Cursive is antiquated. It shouldn't exist anymore.

I don't know. I think it's antiquated because we don't need to write much anymore. It's faster than printing if you're good at it, so it probably wouldn't be antiquated if we hadn't switched to writing everything of any length with keyboards instead of pens.

 

[pagemmapants]

Cursive is antiquated. It shouldn't exist anymore.

Wooo, hi Shredder! I was hoping first year didn't kill you off. 😀

First year books: Netter's, BRS Physio and Clinical Microbiology made Ridiculously Simple

 

[JPMD03]

first question
Netter is essential
Moore is nice
Harrisson's internal medicine is essential


second question:
absolutely pointless, don't you have anything more important in your life to think about?

 

[MavsFan08]

first question
Netter is essential
Moore is nice
Harrisson's internal medicine is essential


second question:
absolutely pointless, don't you have anything more important in your life to think about?

Agree on Netter. Disagree on the latter two.

I would say Netter and Rohen for anatomy. You can get by with board review books for everything else...

 

[murphomatic]

I don't know. I think it's antiquated because we don't need to write much anymore. It's faster than printing if you're good at it, so it probably wouldn't be antiquated if we hadn't switched to writing everything of any length with keyboards instead of pens.

Great point!! 🙄 for years I have been saying that the horse and buggy wouldn't be so antiquated if we hadn't switched to cars for journeys of any length.

 

[Chulito]

Great point!! 🙄 for years I have been saying that the horse and buggy wouldn't be so antiquated if we hadn't switched to cars for journeys of any length.

That was awfully obvious, wasn't it? 😳

 

[lord_jeebus]

Disagree on Netter. It's about as special and essential as the Littman Cardiology III.

Go to the bookstore or library and see which one you think is best.

Netter is good, but so are Sobotta, Clemente, Thieme, Rohen, Moses... (note the exclusion of Grant's)