I start in September (if they ever get my check.. it takes like two weeks for mail from LA to arrive in Florida.. sheesh), and my Netter books arrived and I've begun to start to try to at least FAMILIARIZE myself with the voluminous material.

I guess it speaks well of my undergrad anatomy department that most of what I see in Netter is at least vaguely recognizable. But for each thing I know, it seems like there's a infinite more details I've never seen. So, I guess what I'm asking is.. what is the best way to tackle this information?

Just go straight through and at least be able to recognize the bigger structures?

So far I've been going through the head and I've been trying to trace what goes through what, how many of them, etc in between getting trashed during Spring Break.

So what's a good pace of material that I should be able to rip through?

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Enjoy your time off & bust your chops when September comes.

Good Luck!

WantMD :-)

If you want to get ahead for anatomy, rather than skimming Netters and looking for 'big things' try picking up the netter's flashcard packet. I'd say those things cover a good 80% of our lab portion of class and the relating info on the back is a great foundation for the witten part.

Also, have a buddy kick you in groin every 3-4 weeks. That should give you a pretty good impression of the exams....

Thanks for the tips. I have the flashcards, but I thought about going over them after I went through the book, I'm using the CD ROM's practice test function which I think is the coolest thing in the world.

What is the written part of the test comprised of?

I'm beginning to truly appreciate Netter, but I wish it'd maybe give functions along with structures.

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someone here to mail you a copy of dr colborn's benchmarks. you memorize structures from netters then do the clinical questions relating to that section it makes the structures have meaning instead of just memorizing. start with the back then brouse over head and neck but you will get into so much more detail than is in netters alone.

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Stateofequilibrium,
I think your time would be better spent memorizing all the metabolic pathways for biochem....unless you are already familiar with them.
Seems like you already have a solid foundation in anatomy from undergrad and thus possess an advantage over most 1st year students.

I have ZERO biochem background and am beginning to panic as I go through this 1000 page text book that I recently purchased. Also I think it will be easier to learn anatomy when stressed for time versus biochem....at least that is what I think

Mmm, it's been about two years since I took biochemistry. Tough course.. I think I'm much more a systems kind of guy. Can anyone comment on biochemistry in medical school? I knew as an undergrad the main focus was on the TCA cycle and learning it inside out, you had to be able to follow and identify a marked carbon until it could not longer be distinguished. The rest of biochem seemed more like an in-depth cell biology course.

Eh, since I'm living life this last quarter as a humanities major.. and I have all summer as well.. I thought about tackling anatomy first and then biochem and review during summer.. in between having fun of course.

Rrod, I started with the head and neck already.. but DAMN. Those nerves and arteries in the head are driving me crazy.

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Well, I been reading all these posts and I am wondering will I be at an extreme disadvantage if I dont study all summer. I graduating with my ** this april and in may I am going to europe for a few months (backpacking) and I dont think I will have a great amount of time for studying. I am trying to find a nice small biochem and anatomy review to read on trains and down time (size is an issue due not wanting to carry heavy text books across europe). You think that should be enough or am I going to be in trouble?

I know I think I've asked this question before but I just received the 1st semester booklist this morning and would like to know what optional books are good to get.
Anyone have an opinion?

Thanks

Even I received the email today with the list. It also has a form to order the books. Does anyone know where the books are gonna be shipped if we order the books using this form?

Cheers...
ML

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