Studying simultaneously for MCAT and Classes

[priyanka]

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I am planning on taking Physiology and Genetics. I'll be taking the August MCAT, next year. What do you guys think is the best method to study for these classes, so that I am able to simultaneously prepare for both MCAT and my class?
Thanks

 

[Sicilian]

My class used "Thibodeau & Patton" for anatomy. Very detailed, well-written, but overwhelming at first (the glossing over of A & P you do in Bio II counts for nothing). I'd recommed you get a good supplement, so you don't miss the big picture. Something like "Tate & Seely." Any library will have something decent. Never taken genetics, so can't help you there.

 

[Medinsane]

My class used "Thibodeau & Patton" for anatomy. Very detailed, well-written, but overwhelming at first (the glossing over of A & P you do in Bio II counts for nothing). I'd recommed you get a good supplement, so you don't miss the big picture. Something like "Tate & Seely." Any library will have something decent. Never taken genetics, so can't help you there.

You dont need anatomy for MCATs. OP: Read, Absorb, Repeat (at least twice). That should be on a shirt.

 

[Sicilian]

You dont need anatomy for MCATs. OP: Read, Absorb, Repeat (at least twice). That should be on a shirt.

The thread is in reference to undergraduate anatomy, also known as "anatomy & physiology", not the "gross anatomy" taught in med school. I think the confusion arises over the term "anatomy." No doubt that "anatomy" is a very detailed subject, however, undergrad anatomy is an extremely condensed version of the "real thing" and makes no pretence to go any further than that. As for the "physiology" part, thats a bit redundant. "Anatomy" is about structure, "physiology" is about function; it would be hard to study one without the other, just like in physics you have kinematics & dynamics. I guess in med school, they go by the cadaver portion of "anatomy" - gross anatomy, and then they also have a portion called "histology" which is anatomy via a microscope. And of course neuroanatomy. Do you need "anatomy & physiology" for the MCAT? Well, its glossed over in Bio II, so it wouldn't hurt to look at it in some detail.

 

[Medinsane]

My school has anatomy and physiology as separate classes. So if you can take just physiol then take just that.