human anatomy and physiology vs pathophysiology

[dentondunks88]

Hey SNDers,

Would you recommend taking human anatomy and physiology or pathophysiology?

I already took just human anatomy...not physiology...and no lab either.

Let me know what you think!

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[HopefulReapp]

I took two full semester courses on human physiology and found it absolutely fascinating. I feel that if you have only taken anatomy you have slighted yourself on a real introduction to the body, and pathophysiology may not mean as much without the basics. I'd go with the anatomy and physiology course, given that the anatomy part shouldn't be more than a week long. If anything, learning the different systems within the body (even if it pales in comparison to medical school) should give you a great background and appreciation for how things work.. Especially if you have any sort of background in cell biology and biochemistry.

 

[NontradCA]

Take just human physiology.

 

[Pesquisador]

Denton,
Depends how much time you have left in school and what you're going for. Everything we study in undergrad is kinda just a primer. We'll get all the Anat and Phys we can handle there so I'm told.

Sine you've got some Anatomy down, no doubt it's crossed your mind that the Anat/Phys mix could be a GPA padder for you.

I thought Pathophys and Human Phys were actually a lot of fun. Not easy fun, but good fun. Good marks there probably looks better than another anat course anyway.

Take home: Like Nontrad says you could just take phys - but it's not like you won't learn it later if that's what you're worried about.

Why do you ask?

 

[DocVapor]

Take something else unless you need one for your major. None of those courses really prepare you all that much for the medical school versions.

 

[NontradCA]

Take something else unless you need one for your major. None of those courses really prepare you all that much for the medical school versions.

I think human phys would be high yield for the mcat.

 

[DocVapor]

I think human phys would be high yield for the mcat.

Could be. I don't remember too many questions regarding human phys on mine but of course that can vary.

Personally I felt the highest yield for my MCAT was biochem.

 

[NontradCA]

Could be. I don't remember too many questions regarding human phys on mine but of course that can vary.

Personally I felt the highest yield for my MCAT was biochem.

Most of the passages were some patho phys/human phys and I took it last week. Granted, most of the questions required no biology background and was mainly critical thinking or interpreting a graph.

Actually I think ochem would be the highest yield because despite there being not so many questions, all of them are directly from course material and require no critical thinking.

 

[DocVapor]

Most of the passages were some patho phys/human phys and I took it last week. Granted, most of the questions required no biology background and was mainly critical thinking or interpreting a graph.

Actually I think ochem would be the highest yield because despite there being not so many questions, all of them are directly from course material and require no critical thinking.

Hope you did well!

 

[NontradCA]

Hope you did well!

Thanks, me too 😛. I think I did, but it was harder than I had expected it to be.

 

[Superman DO]

I would choose an awesome course like History of the Atomic Bomb. But, if you really wanted to pick between the two, I guess I would go with anatomy and physio before med school.

 

[DrDreams]

Here is my personal advice. I started off as a biochem major and absolutely despised it. I then had my first human anatomy course and loved it. I am now a physiology major, and enjoy each and everytime i sit down to study for my courses.

I will tell you this, if your physiology courses are geared toward clinical teaching then deff go with physiology. If you learn physiology, pathophysiology should be part of the course (with a basic intro at least). Taking pathophysiology without physiology will be difficult.

Personally, if you would like to retain information and be able to relate it back in med school, physiology is the way to go. If you have a bad memory, but are good with concepts, maybe anatomy is better.

 

[GasDreams]

Understand the difference between pathophysiology and human physiology. They are two completely different courses. As a non-professional school student( RN school, Med school, etc.) I'm not even sure you can take pathophysiology.