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Hey guys I'm starting med school next fall and there is a summer anatomy course that is offered (Upstate NY) through the school I'm going to. There will be less people and you will be less burdened since it is the only thing you are doing. Should I do this and have time for an elective or something (maybe radiology)? Just so you know, I have the entire spring off so don't worry about me not getting "my last summer" or something like that.

Thanks
 
CoryChevalier said:
Hey guys I'm starting med school next fall and there is a summer anatomy course that is offered (Upstate NY) through the school I'm going to. There will be less people and you will be less burdened since it is the only thing you are doing. Should I do this and have time for an elective or something (maybe radiology)? Just so you know, I have the entire spring off so don't worry about me not getting "my last summer" or something like that.

Thanks
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DO IT, especially if you have the extra time and don't mind! GAH anatomy
 
CoryChevalier said:
Hey guys I'm starting med school next fall and there is a summer anatomy course that is offered (Upstate NY) through the school I'm going to. There will be less people and you will be less burdened since it is the only thing you are doing. Should I do this and have time for an elective or something (maybe radiology)? Just so you know, I have the entire spring off so don't worry about me not getting "my last summer" or something like that.

Thanks
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Does your med school seriously offer radiology to first years? I've never heard of that.
 
I'm not sure about that Law2doc, I was told by a third year that I could do that but I haven't verified that. If anything maybe it will give me some time to spend in the hospital following around some doctors (I've been told this is do-able if you have the time).
 
CoryChevalier said:
I'm not sure about that Law2doc, I was told by a third year that I could do that but I haven't verified that. If anything maybe it will give me some time to spend in the hospital following around some doctors (I've been told this is do-able if you have the time).
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I would do anything possible to avoid anatomy during the school year.
 
take it.
your life will suck for that summer, but tough it out and your first year should be much easier.
 
Do It. Dont' even think twice about it. anatomy takes up soooo much time during the year, i was just in lab for 5 hours. u'll be thankful during the year when everyone else is bustin their balls
 
It seems like at Upstate while you do Anatomy, you really don't do much else so will I be bored and not have stuff to do or do I have a misconception. Thanks
 
Is this the same anatomy class from the regular year including lab? Do most schools offer the anatomy class during the summer?

I think this is probably a better idea than doing pre MS1 research the summer before.
 
Yeah it is the same one with lab. And this pre-MS1 research you're talking about...anyway to get hooked up with something like that for the spring, i'm looking for something fun to do.
 
Its not like a shortened program....it is just with a smaller group. I think 1/5th of the class is going to be taking the course in the summer so smaller groups might be a good thing, I don't know
 
I sort of regret not doing the summer gross at my school. All the people who did are having such an easy time of their first semester of medical school, relatively speaking. Granted, your summer will suck... but I sort of squandered my summer anyway. The only downside is that there seems to be a sort of divide between the folks that bonded over the summer and the rest of us who are now studying together for anatomy.
 
CoryChevalier said:
Hey guys I'm starting med school next fall and there is a summer anatomy course that is offered (Upstate NY) through the school I'm going to. There will be less people and you will be less burdened since it is the only thing you are doing. Should I do this and have time for an elective or something (maybe radiology)? Just so you know, I have the entire spring off so don't worry about me not getting "my last summer" or something like that.

Thanks
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let join that course! it will be usefull for you at the begining med! i have spent all my summer in dissection and find out a lot of things that i haven learn but i could not remember!:laugh: , but now, i have a little selfconfident about anatomy🙄 !by the way, which is your reference atlas? netter atlas or yokochi atlas?
iam using yokochi atlas, its real pictures and so clearly! but i want to reference others atlas! please tell me if you care about this! thanks:laugh:
 
Bump. Same situation here. What law2doc said is what I'm mostly thinking about regarding the downsides to the program. But apparently first semester is pretty brutal.
 
Law2Doc said:
Does your med school seriously offer radiology to first years? I've never heard of that.
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We do here at USF. A couple hours worth of lecture per anatomy exam so it's not very heavy material. In fact, a couple of the first years were assigned to radiologists to shadow 4 hours a week (we're all randomly assigned docs in the Tampa area...neurosurgeons, family docs, etc).

Btw OP, I wouldn't take that anatomy class. Enjoy your summer off. Most of the people in my class are doing anatomy lab for the first time and we're doing fine.
 
Do it, I could see doing some form of radiology class during your first year, once you have anatomy under your belt. Plus, even if it is just a joke class you will have a lot more free time to do other things like shadowing, research, and having fun.
 
I would have loved to do gross in isolation of any other course and get it out of the way in the summer. Do it!
 
Just to add my voice to the consensus - do it. Smaller groups and nothing else sounds the perfect way to take anatomy.
 
redrumi said:
I would have loved to do gross in isolation of any other course and get it out of the way in the summer. Do it!
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I don't understand, I thought medical students always recommend against pre-studying for medical school
 
do not do it. enjoy your last summer!
 
IIRC from when I interviewed there last cycle, the integrated curriculum makes it pretty intense, so getting one class out of the way could really make a difference.
 
We have anatomy during the summer where I am. While it sucks to lose your summer and have all of 10 days off before the fall semester, it makes first year so much easier. I honestly feel like it is too light of a load to the point I'm studying a ton because I feel like I should be but don't have the material to cover. Not like I'm doing stellar on the tests, but I've always been that way. The less I have the worse I do. No clue why.
 
I am going to have to disagree with my opinion from three and a half years ago (wow, old thread). The summer anatomy people didn't wind up performing any differently than the rest of us, and they were always a little socially distant, having forming their own bonds well before the rest of us. Most importantly, they had a very hard time adjusting to the first full-strength semester (spring), while the rest of us had been doing a full load since we started. I would strongly recommend against it to anyone in a similar position who is now reading this thread in 2010.
 
Rogue Synapse said:
I am going to have to disagree with my opinion from three and a half years ago (wow, old thread). The summer anatomy people didn't wind up performing any differently than the rest of us, and they were always a little socially distant, having forming their own bonds well before the rest of us. Most importantly, they had a very hard time adjusting to the first full-strength semester (spring), while the rest of us had been doing a full load since we started. I would strongly recommend against it to anyone in a similar position who is now reading this thread in 2010.
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thanks for the update 🙂
 
Rogue Synapse said:
I am going to have to disagree with my opinion from three and a half years ago (wow, old thread). The summer anatomy people didn't wind up performing any differently than the rest of us, and they were always a little socially distant, having forming their own bonds well before the rest of us. Most importantly, they had a very hard time adjusting to the first full-strength semester (spring), while the rest of us had been doing a full load since we started. I would strongly recommend against it to anyone in a similar position who is now reading this thread in 2010.
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Well. I am now confuse again.
 
Damnit. I need to start looking at post dates.
 
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