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Hi. Im from Alberta, Canada. I decided to go to Ireland to study medicine after doing Biology at Queens University in Canada for a couple years. I am currently attending University College Dublin in my first year of medicine. My goal is to study medicine in the United States
. at this point (with my limited knowledge and experience) I am wanting to do Internal Medicine.
Ive enjoyed my first year so far and Im doing quite well but Ive had a HUGE PROBLEM with picking an appropriate textbook for physiology. I want to do well on the USMLE step 1s so I want to study the same textbooks as students at US medical schools. I already know what books Ill need when Im actually studying for the USMLEs (Board review series, First Aid etc.) but I want to study in a way that will prepare me best for them now. I was hoping some of the US medical students could let me know what textbooks they have been recommended to use. Our school has recommended Berne and Levy but Ive been told by many people NOT to use it. I dont like it either. Here are some of the textbooks that have been recommended to me
Guyton
Costanzo
Costanzo Board Review Series
I have always liked studying out of textbooks and have never liked lecture notes. I only like to use them to get an idea of what to read out of the textbook. Im wondering how it is structured in the US do you guys do most of your studying out of note packages or do you use mainly textbooks. A textbook like Guyton is very large but I like learning out of larger textbooks that give a lot of explanation. At the same time I find it very difficult to get through all the material and realize that medical students arent meant to know everything out of a physiology book as detailed and as large as Guyton. I find myself spending hours trying to figure out whether I should be studying my notes, or taking notes out of Guyton, or trying to do both its driving me crazy and wasting lots of my time. I am a hard worker and am willing to put in the time to do well in my course and score high on the USMLEs but I find myself always wondering whether or not Im taking the right approach to studying. Please help.
Ive enjoyed my first year so far and Im doing quite well but Ive had a HUGE PROBLEM with picking an appropriate textbook for physiology. I want to do well on the USMLE step 1s so I want to study the same textbooks as students at US medical schools. I already know what books Ill need when Im actually studying for the USMLEs (Board review series, First Aid etc.) but I want to study in a way that will prepare me best for them now. I was hoping some of the US medical students could let me know what textbooks they have been recommended to use. Our school has recommended Berne and Levy but Ive been told by many people NOT to use it. I dont like it either. Here are some of the textbooks that have been recommended to me
Guyton
Costanzo
Costanzo Board Review Series
I have always liked studying out of textbooks and have never liked lecture notes. I only like to use them to get an idea of what to read out of the textbook. Im wondering how it is structured in the US do you guys do most of your studying out of note packages or do you use mainly textbooks. A textbook like Guyton is very large but I like learning out of larger textbooks that give a lot of explanation. At the same time I find it very difficult to get through all the material and realize that medical students arent meant to know everything out of a physiology book as detailed and as large as Guyton. I find myself spending hours trying to figure out whether I should be studying my notes, or taking notes out of Guyton, or trying to do both its driving me crazy and wasting lots of my time. I am a hard worker and am willing to put in the time to do well in my course and score high on the USMLEs but I find myself always wondering whether or not Im taking the right approach to studying. Please help.
