Rohen v. Netter

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I would say they are both very, very useful. Netter is probably the must have of the two in my opinion but Rohen is OUTSTANDING and I would consider it almost as valuable as Netter. They are nice complements to one another.
 
Netter is the classic text that pretty much everyone has & hangs on to. Rohen was pretty useful for preparing for lab exams... especially if you hate spending extra hours in the gross lab.

Start with one, supplement with the other if you find you need it. Don't start stressing over the price tag of every single textbook you might need, though... you'll drive yourself crazy & you might miss out on some great resources. There are courses one can get through with minimal (or no) textbook expenses, but an anatomy atlas or two is an investment that will pay off.
 
Gotta have Netter. Anything else is optional. But don't scrimp on a few hundred dollars when you are spending $150,000. 🙂
 
Forget the cost of a few books. You are going into debt for $150 to $200K. An extra $75 for another book will not matter.

To answer your question, both books are very valuable. I studied Netter all the time but Rohen had some pictures that allowed me to visualize structures that were not done very well in a few plates in Netters. Rohen really helped for a few lab practical questions especially on the head and neck section. It is worth buying both books.
 
I thought Netter was great to initially learn from and Rohen was awesome for quizzing/testing myself before practicals (when the lab was closed or I couldn't stand the stink anymore).....so I vote both also. There will be many subjects where you don't really need texts....but these 2 are well worth it
 
Buy Netter so you can highlight and take notes all over it (I also think it's a good one to hold onto for future reference).

Then go find a copy of Rohen in the library and check it out. It's great for pre-practical learning, but you don't necessarily need to own it.
 
Dunce said:
Buy Netter so you can highlight and take notes all over it (I also think it's a good one to hold onto for future reference).

Then go find a copy of Rohen in the library and check it out. It's great for pre-practical learning, but you don't necessarily need to own it.
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Agreed. Netter is a must-have. Most of the people in our class stopped using the "dissector" and just went with the lab copies of Netter to guide them. It really is money.

Rohen is sweet for practicals, but not as sweet as spending the time in the lab. If you want to study for practicals outside of the lab I think it's just as valuble to haul out your Netter and make notes on relationships.

They're both good books, buy one or buy them both, either way it's not going to make or break your performance in anatomy, I think most people will agree that time in the lab decides your grade... Good luck.
 
Rohen is the lazy person's lab. Sometimes this can be a mistake because when you have practicals, the bodies are never cleaned up as well as in Rohen.

The best thing to do would be to use Netter's to figure out where things are in relationship to one another and then go to the lab to find them. If you have a good layout in your mind, finding them on the real thing will be easy. This will help more on practicals than having Rohens.
 
If you only get one get Netter...but I liked having both.

half.com or amazon.com, get them used
 
SpeedRacer said:
Which is better? Any advice? I don't think I can afford both...
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Rohen replaced studying in the anatomy lab for me.

Netter obviously couldn't do that.
 
The question is why you'd want to spend time out of the anatomy labs. That is the best part of medical school. 🙄 But really, as everyone has said, Netter is clearly the more important text.

Also, OSUDoc the Mavs suck. JK. I was at Game 7 in San Antonio. Very, very sad. 🙁
 
USCTex said:
The question is why you'd want to spend time out of the anatomy labs. That is the best part of medical school. 🙄 But really, as everyone has said, Netter is clearly the more important text.

Also, OSUDoc the Mavs suck. JK. I was at Game 7 in San Antonio. Very, very sad. 🙁
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I went to games 2 & 3.

Not sad at all.....

P.S. I'd rather be drinking beer than inhaling formalin.
 
My vote is for Rohen and Netter Flashcards


Do your group a favor and purchase one Netter together (or better yet, sign up for AMSA and get one free). Let it be your dirty copy and use it in lab... Save your pristine Rohen for serious studying at home. The flashcards are great for review right before a quiz
 
PreMedAdAG said:
My vote is for Rohen and Netter Flashcards


Do your group a favor and purchase one Netter together (or better yet, sign up for AMSA and get one free). Let it be your dirty copy and use it in lab... Save your pristine Rohen for serious studying at home. The flashcards are great for review right before a quiz
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how do you get a free Netter by signing up for AMSA? can you do that online?
 
SpeedRacer said:
how do you get a free Netter by signing up for AMSA? can you do that online?
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Wait until school starts. If your school's chapter is participating in this promotion (they probably are) you can get a Netter from your AMSA rep in exchange for signing up ($60 i think) and also getting an AMSA credit card.

Personally I don't get the Netter hype (but if you're going to join AMSA anyway, you can't beat free). It's not bad but I tried out a bunch of atlases from the library and there were ones I liked better.

I'd rank them approximately:

1. Sobotta (Highly extensive, but expensive.)
2. Clemente (Compiled from Sobotta plates. Fewer plates, but much cheaper, and still very nice.)
3. Netter (Very good, but didn't really stand out to me as spectacular.)
4. Rohen (First week of anatomy, this was #1 for me, because I didn't know what anything was supposed to look like. Once I got used to arteries vs. veins vs. nerves vs. tendons I found illustrated atlases to be much more useful. For figuring out how things relate to each other Rohen is not the best.)
5. Grant (Not as terrible as some say but no reason to use this one)

The new Moses atlas looks very nice (it's a photographic atlas) but I don't have first-hand experience with it so I can't comment.
 
SpeedRacer said:
Which is better? Any advice? I don't think I can afford both...
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Hi there,
I purchased Netter and occasionally looked at the library copy of Rohen. I could photocopy the plates in Netter and color in the significant structures as I found them. I also took notes on my photocopied plates. This made studying for the practical easier as I had my color coded notes.

Rohen was good to find the relative size of things. I did not feel that I needed to purchase this book as I only used it occasionally.

njbmd 🙂
 
lord_jeebus said:
I'd rank them approximately:

1. Sobotta (Highly extensive, but expensive.)
2. Clemente (Compiled from Sobotta plates. Fewer plates, but much cheaper, and still very nice.)
3. Netter (Very good, but didn't really stand out to me as spectacular.)
4. Rohen (First week of anatomy, this was #1 for me, because I didn't know what anything was supposed to look like. Once I got used to arteries vs. veins vs. nerves vs. tendons I found illustrated atlases to be much more useful. For figuring out how things relate to each other Rohen is not the best.)
5. Grant (Not as terrible as some say but no reason to use this one)
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The new Thieme atlas series is a work in progress (only vol.1 out so far) but, once complete, will likely give any of these texts (even Sobotta) a run for their money. I picked up a copy of Sobotta for cheap on CD-ROM , since the books are rather hard (and expensive) to come by.
 
There are actually a whole bunch on amazon. I didn't realize there were so many out there.

I like the Netter's clinical as a good motivator for learning what's clinically important and what to expect as a 3rd year. Good for the boards too!
 
Here's another vote for getting Netter if you have to pick just one.
If you can splurge, Rohen and Netter do make a good team. Rohen is wonderful for seeing how things REALLY look for the practical exams. However, I used it mostly just to reinforce what I had already learned from Netter...a quick browse before the practicals basically.
 
PreMedAdAG said:
My vote is for Rohen and Netter Flashcards


Do your group a favor and purchase one Netter together (or better yet, sign up for AMSA and get one free). Let it be your dirty copy and use it in lab... Save your pristine Rohen for serious studying at home. The flashcards are great for review right before a quiz
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But I gotta say that the Netter Flashcards are awesome too. Really helps for memorization before an exam.
 
I didn't like Netter because it merely presents a picture with labels of structures. For many aspects of anatomy, this method can become frustrating because of the lack of information---where does this muscle connect? What are its nerves? Where does this artery go? What happens if I have a lesion on this nerve?

Grant is awful. The pictures just look bad.

Rohen makes finding structures useful. For people who want to spend as little time in a formaldehyde-filled room as possible, Rohen is great for studying.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the forbidden atlas yet.
 
BOTH netter and rohen- you need to be able to visualize something w/ Netter's and actually see what it looks like w/ Rohen's- the two make a great team..

btw, what's this forbidden atlas?
 
The forbidden atlas is the Pernkopf atlas. Google it for an interesting read.

The atlas itself is pretty good -- I looked at a library copy -- but not spectacular enough to justify to some people why you're using the forbidden atlas.

It's also really expensive.
 
bodymechanic said:
The new Thieme atlas series is a work in progress (only vol.1 out so far) but, once complete, will likely give any of these texts (even Sobotta) a run for their money. I picked up a copy of Sobotta for cheap on CD-ROM , since the books are rather hard (and expensive) to come by.
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Wow, Thieme looks really sweet. If I was going to TA anatomy I'd be tempted to get a set.
 
lord_jeebus said:
The forbidden atlas is the Pernkopf atlas. Google it for an interesting read.

The atlas itself is pretty good -- I looked at a library copy -- but not spectacular enough to justify to some people why you're using the forbidden atlas.

It's also really expensive.
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I'd never heard of it before either. Interesting if somewhat disturbing story. Beautiful illustrations.
 
Netter's is essential. Rohen is nice supplement, but not necessary if you come to lab. Moore's is also essential for the text.
 
Blade28 said:
Agreed that Netter is the preferred classic text.
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Classic, yes, but hardly the best. From my post, as well as what others have written on this board, you can see that it merely presents pretty pictures, but cannot help students learn the importance of the body's anatomical setup.
 
Buy Netter. Go to the lab to learn most of what you could learn from Rohen. Beyond that, look at Rohen in the library. Netter can give you the bulk of the information; going to lab and peeking at Rohen every now and then translates that knowledge to practical exams.

I hear lectures help too 🙂
 
Handle said:
Buy Netter. Go to the lab to learn most of what you could learn from Rohen. Beyond that, look at Rohen in the library. Netter can give you the bulk of the information; going to lab and peeking at Rohen every now and then translates that knowledge to practical exams.

I hear lectures help too 🙂
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The debate continues
 
Handle said:
Buy Netter. Go to the lab to learn most of what you could learn from Rohen. Beyond that, look at Rohen in the library. Netter can give you the bulk of the information; going to lab and peeking at Rohen every now and then translates that knowledge to practical exams.

I hear lectures help too 🙂
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Or you could skip lab and lecture, and go off of Rohen, Netter, & Chung (BRS).
 
Netter alone will get you by just fine. It will help in lab and during lecture exams.

Netter plus Rohen will be more than enough to do very well.

Rohen alone, IMO, is a bad way to go about studying anatomy. Rohen has lovely pictures but Netter shows you the relationships a lot better. (Plus I'm amazed by the artistry and expertise of Frank Netter, who should get some kind of lifetime achievement award).

I tried getting by on Rohen's and some lab time but I did badly on that exam. When combining Rohen's with Netter's, I did a lot better during the lab practicals.
 
I needed Rohen to get by. Needed. Some people did fine with Netter's, but to me the muscles in real life all looked like a big mass of junk until at least halfway through. I didn't develop the ability to see any resemblance between Netter's and the actual cadavers until the second half of the course. At that point, I began to really love Netter's. Personally I don't think I would have passed anatomy if I hadn't bought both.

After the course ended I sold Rohen and kept Netter. Netter was awesome later on for neuro, too.
 
FWIW, last I looked at the Thieme atlas, you had to buy head and neck separately. I would get both a Netter's and Rohen for raw anatomy stuff. For clinical correlations, check out a Moore-Dailey from the library.
 
Netter...all I needed.
 
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