Does anyone have recommendations on what to start reading for Veterinary school?
I was thinking of starting with anatomy, then physiology if I have time this summer.
I honestly don't have the money to take the anatomy summer course, but I'm interested in trying to get a little bit of foundation if possible.
If anyone could recommend a book or two that would give the best basic foundation in anatomy and/or physiology for someone who has never taken either cous in undergrad.
Thanks in advance.
So honestly, I wouldn't read/study a ton this summer, just so your brain is really fresh in the fall.That being said, if you are careful and don't over do it, I think it
may be beneficial, but everyone is different. Personally, I didn't do any reading over the summer, but I also took anatomy and physiology in undergrad and the courses were similarly set up so that did help. If you are going to study (again: DO NOT OVER DO IT
🙂 have fun, hang out with friends, call your family, take up hobbies, etc. ) for anatomy I would just honestly jump straight in to Miller's guide to dissection of the dog. It's what you'll be using in class anyways, so you might as well familiarize yourself with the same material (assuming they're not changing the books for y'alls class). For phys however, I was brought up on Sherwood's physiology book, I love it, it was practically my baby in undergrad phys and for a while, apparently the vet school even used it. So, I wasn't exactly a fan of the Guyton and Hall book that was our "assigned reading" (I didn't ever read it once I realized it wasn't for me), but other people loved it. I didn't use Sherwood much in vet school, but when I did, it was very helpful. Some of the pictures in the slide sets were from there as well.
All that being said, try to relax this summer and don't stress too much about doing summer reading. It does have the potential to help, but you don't want to overdo it before you get here.
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