Is Acland's good enough to use as a primary resource?

[Kinis]

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An MS1 friend of mine has had it with reading anatomy textbooks and was thinking of using the Acland DVDs as their main source of anatomy info and brushing up on certain key areas with a traditional textbook. I know she's content not being in the top of the year, but is this still a recipe for a pass? I used the DVDs last year but found them to be a little too basic.. then again maybe that's just because i tend to switch off when watching something rather than reading.

Their cadavers are way too fresh.

 

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An MS1 friend of mine has had it with reading anatomy textbooks and was thinking of using the Acland DVDs as their main source of anatomy info and brushing up on certain key areas with a traditional textbook. I know she's content not being in the top of the year, but is this still a recipe for a pass? I used the DVDs last year but found them to be a little too basic.. then again maybe that's just because i tend to switch off when watching something rather than reading.

What do you mean by primary source? Like she is going to attempt to learn anatomy by watching the videos over and over again to learn it? That's going to fail.

Personally I watched the relevant acland videos all the way through once before the lab.

I would use the lecture notes to study for the test. I'd go through those 3 times or so. You've really gotta use the lecture notes as your primary source because they are going to tell you what you need to know.

Especially our tests the multiple choice questions had a lot of clinical questions and a lot of CT/MRI/radiograph. You wouldn't get any of those right from watching Acland.

The day before the test I'd go in the lab and go through the structure list multiple times just to make sure the imagery was fresh in my mind.

The keys to success in anatomy are repetition, looking at lots of images/bodies, active learning like drawing and quizing yourself, and making sure you are learning it in small chunks rather than trying to cram it all in the end.

 

[yehhhboiii]

Learn to id from lecture notes and an atlas. Make sure you can id on the cadaver. Aclands was pretty helpful but I wouldn't rely on it as a primary source.

 

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Acland is not a good primary source. It's a good way to supplement any relationships that you have trouble with in lecture/an atlas. The material moves pretty quickly.

The cadaver is the best teacher.

 

[deleted248403]

+1 Acland as a supplement - it made way more sense then the awful descriptions from our instructors. I had a hard time just picturing it with an atlas but with the hands on lab work, an atlas, and Acland - it made more sense.