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Hi everyone,
I know this may be really broad but I'm looking to purchase a text that will provide me with a thorough introduction to the human body and different kinds of medical conditions. I know there are a lot of free places to go on the web but I'm looking for something a bit more consolidated and also I enjoy physical copies. If anyone have any suggestions that would be great. Thank you.
 
futuresurgeongod said:
Well, I'll be taking the MCAT in about a year and I want to make sure I don't miss anything. I have MCAT test prep books, but I still want the aforementioned texts.
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Medical conditions are not covered on the MCAT at all. Studying them would be a waste of time.
 
futuresurgeongod said:
Well, I'll be taking the MCAT in about a year and I want to make sure I don't miss anything. I have MCAT test prep books, but I still want the aforementioned texts.
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The MCAT does not test you on medical conditions or anatomy whatsoever, and on physiology very little. You'd be better off reading some challenging articles or books on a topic of interest to prep for CARS / passage reading in general.
 
AnatomyGrey12 said:
LOL. That's easy, just go buy a stethoscope and a white coat embroidered with Surgeon God. Oh and post about it on Instagram for good measure #blessed
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Quoted for when I need a good laugh in the future.
 
AnatomyGrey12 said:
LOL. That's easy, just go buy a stethoscope and a white coat embroidered with Surgeon God. Oh and post about it on Instagram for good measure #blessed
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oOKawaiiOo said:
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jesus christ thats bad

futuresurgeongod said:
Hi everyone,
I know this may be really broad but I'm looking to purchase a text that will provide me with a thorough introduction to the human body and different kinds of medical conditions. I know there are a lot of free places to go on the web but I'm looking for something a bit more consolidated and also I enjoy physical copies. If anyone have any suggestions that would be great. Thank you.
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I mean the whole point of med school and why it's 4 years, is to provide an introduction to the human body and pathologies. Once you graduate you still kind of suck at it, and it's really in residency that you learn how to treat people.

First Aid for Step 1 is probably the closest thing I can say condenses most of med school into a single book. It would be an utter waste of time to look at it for the MCAT though. Just stick with the tried and true MCAT review books.
 
efle said:
Wasn't there a thread about a delusional premed that would wear a white coat around the hospital he volunteered at
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Was that the same one who got in trouble because everyone thought he actually was employed by the hospital?

Lunatics... lunatics everywhere!
 
futuresurgeongod said:
Well, I'll be taking the MCAT in about a year and I want to make sure I don't miss anything. I have MCAT test prep books, but I still want the aforementioned texts.
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If you're doing this for the MCAT, this is totally worthless.

If you're doing this because you want to learn about medicine, I would argue that waiting until medical school is a better idea.
 
oOKawaiiOo said:
It says his name, but that isn't the worst part.

His badge says"Medical Student" .........he is still a pre-med.......
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Soooo I am the type that tries to give people the benefit of the doubt so hear me out. I did this shadowing program when I was a premed, and they made us badges and gave us white coats to wear in the hospital. The lady in the HR office was clueless and the badges ended up saying "medical student" because she didn't understand the difference between premed and medical student. And then with the white coats.....it was so awful when the attendings would ask medical questions, assuming I was a med student because of the badge.

So my point is, maybe this kid was just involved with some program that inadvertently gave him a badge that said medical student. But he is still a douche for flaunting it.
 
FindMeOnTheLinks said:
Soooo I am the type that tries to give people the benefit of the doubt so hear me out. I did this shadowing program when I was a premed, and they made us badges and gave us white coats to wear in the hospital. The lady in the HR office was clueless and the badges ended up saying "medical student" because she didn't understand the difference between premed and medical student. And then with the white coats.....it was so awful when the attendings would ask medical questions, assuming I was a med student because of the badge.

So my point is, maybe this kid was just involved with some program that inadvertently gave him a badge that said medical student. But he is still a douche for flaunting it.
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I agree he shouldn't have flaunt it, but people would do anything for attention and "likes" right? hahaha

I never heard of a shadowing program that required the students to wear a white coat. I might be wrong though. The patients and staff needs to distinguish who is a doctor vs non-doctor. I say this because a nurse, patient, any other healthcare member may accidentally share PHI to a doctor-lookalike pre-med.
 
oOKawaiiOo said:
I agree he shouldn't have flaunt it, but people would do anything for attention and "likes" right? hahaha

I never heard of a shadowing program that required the students to wear a white coat. I might be wrong though. The patients and staff needs to distinguish who is a doctor vs non-doctor. I say this because a nurse, patient, any other healthcare member may accidentally share PHI to a doctor-lookalike pre-med.
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I agree it's weird for premed shadowed to wear white coats, but like I said the program I did actually required it along with the badge. It was weird.

And again this is just my attempt to not jump to conclusions and give the guy the benefit of the doubt. In all likelihood he is an arrogant prick who purchased his own white coat and badge to make himself feel special.
 
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