1st semester book Q...

[Jones Johnson]

I believe the booklist for the 1st semester is the following:

GROSS ANATOMY
(Required)
1. Eberhardt, K. Sauerland, Grants Dissector, 12th Edition. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
2. Moore, L. *****, Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th Edition. . 3. Netter, Frank H., Atlas of Human Anatomy, 3rd Edition.
HISTOLOGY & CELL BIOLOGY
(Required)
1. Fawcett, D., Jenesh, R., Bloom and Fawcett: Concise Histology, 2nd Ed 2. Young & Heath, Wheater’s Functional Histology: A Text & Colour 4th Edition.

(Recommended References)
1. Junqueira et al, Basic Histology, 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange, 2002.
2. Cormack, David, Essential Histology, 2nd Edition. 3. Eroschenko, Victor P., DiFiore’s Atlas of Histology: With Functional Correlations, 9th Edition.

EMBRYOLOGY
(Required)
1. Moore, K. & Persaud, T., The Developing Human Clinically Oriented Embryology, 6th ed. 2. Moore, K. et al., Study Guide and Review Manual of Human Embryology, 5th Edition. 3. Sadler, Thomas., Langman’s Medical Embryology, 9th Edition.

** My Questions is: Which of these books do we actually use and term a valuable asset (enough to carry ALLLLL the way from NY) during the 1st semester?

[omega's]

Do a search on textbooks. This question has a plethora of answers in earlier posts.

[Jones Johnson]

Will do. But if anyone wants to give their experience/suggestion... I would appreciate it!

[ChronoTriggerMed]

Hold the press and save some money!

1. Don't get the embryo book. There are a total of 8-10 lectures on embryology throughout the whole semester. Nobody ever cracks that book open. Even the A students don't use them. Get BRS for embryo instead. Each section in BRS is more focused.

2. Dont' get Moore. Plz. Plz. Plz. Don't get Moore. It's a big bad ugly book. I recall using it only for the first 2 weeks. Then I gave up on it. There are always tonnes of copies of it in the library b/c nobody ever needs to use them. Get BRS for anatomy instead.

3. Do not get any recommended books for histo. You will barely read the required books in depth, how will u ever put the recommended ones to use? The powerpoints that you will get are more than sufficient. But u will need BRS for histology to clarify certain powerpoints.

4. Do not get Grant Dissector! You don't need it to know how to dissect the cadavers. It's not necessary for the lab. At the beginning of each semester, you will find a whole pile of them from the previous semester (for free) b/c nobody ever uses them.

WHAT TO GET:

1. Required texts for histology. You are being tested on lecture notes + stuff in the required texts.

2. I'm surprised that you didn't mention getting Netters Atlas of Human Anatomy. You need it to survive anatomy no matter where u go to school.

That's it. Hope it helps.

[ChronoTriggerMed]

I stand corrected. You do have Netters in your list.

[Jones Johnson]

Hold the press and save some money!

1. Don't get the embryo book. There are a total of 8-10 lectures on embryology throughout the whole semester. Nobody ever cracks that book open. Even the A students don't use them. Get BRS for embryo instead. Each section in BRS is more focused.

2. Dont' get Moore. Plz. Plz. Plz. Don't get Moore. It's a big bad ugly book. I recall using it only for the first 2 weeks. Then I gave up on it. There are always tonnes of copies of it in the library b/c nobody ever needs to use them. Get BRS for anatomy instead.

3. Do not get any recommended books for histo. You will barely read the required books in depth, how will u ever put the recommended ones to use? The powerpoints that you will get are more than sufficient. But u will need BRS for histology to clarify certain powerpoints.

4. Do not get Grant Dissector! You don't need it to know how to dissect the cadavers. It's not necessary for the lab. At the beginning of each semester, you will find a whole pile of them from the previous semester (for free) b/c nobody ever uses them.

WHAT TO GET:

1. Required texts for histology. You are being tested on lecture notes + stuff in the required texts.

2. I'm surprised that you didn't mention getting Netters Atlas of Human Anatomy. You need it to survive anatomy no matter where u go to school.

That's it. Hope it helps.

Thank you for your thorough reply... exactly what I was hoping for. Netter is a given according to most. Will also get the required text for histology and BRS anatomy/embryo/histology. Thanks again!

[skandinavian]

Get the books!! Most of the students who did exceptionally well bought their books and read them. The books give you a more thorough understanding of the subject material that goes beyond notes and such.

You've made it to get to medical school. It's a shame to narrow your educational experience for fear of spending a few extra hundred dollars.

[plabon]

the only reason i am getting all the required books is because i want to be good at what i do. and knowing as much as possible, not just for tests or board exam is the first step. but thats just me.

[HafSabeen]

Just a quick one re: the Netters. Netters was generally the guidebook for anatomy and is definitely great with its colored handdrawn pics by Frank himself... But an EXCELLENT buy which i wish i'd been told about earlier is "The Color Atlas of Anatomy" by Rohan, Yokochi, and Drecoli. Its actually comprised of photographs of cadavers and is amazingly helpful in lab. Towards the latter end of the semester, my lab group and I used that book in lab and before exams. I found the real-life pics more helpful than Netter's drawings.

Hope that helps.

[Jones Johnson]

Just a quick one re: the Netters. Netters was generally the guidebook for anatomy and is definitely great with its colored handdrawn pics by Frank himself... But an EXCELLENT buy which i wish i'd been told about earlier is "The Color Atlas of Anatomy" by Rohan, Yokochi, and Drecoli. Its actually comprised of photographs of cadavers and is amazingly helpful in lab. Towards the latter end of the semester, my lab group and I used that book in lab and before exams. I found the real-life pics more helpful than Netter's drawings.

Hope that helps.

I will check into it! Thanks

[bigguy]

Hey JJ, two or three posts down. Thanks for pointing out how retarded my post was...I'm editing it for that reason. Yes, recommended and required are not the same thing.

F.Y.I., and not that I'm sure this is advice anyone should take, but I spoke to the Histo professor a month ago, and he said not to buy any books for Histo, that there would be plenty of used copies around, and that he preferred another book (maybe Lippincott?) over Bloom and Fawcett, but that it was about twice the size of Bloom and Fawcett. I nodded, left, and ordered all the required books on Amazon the next day.

For anyone considering purchasing Clinically Oriented Anatomy, I spoke to that professor as well, and my understanding was that the only thing you'd need to read from that was the introductory chapter. I believe he said that all the relevant material for the course would come from his powerpoints and notes. Again, I nodded, left, and ordered Clinically Oriented Anatomy the next day. So if anyone needs a large, heavy item to club goats with, they're free to borrow that from me.

Bigguy

[CJk]

Good luck at Saba BIG JOHNSON

[Jones Johnson]

Bigguy:

If you look closely at the post, you will see that he is referring to the recommended books as oppose to the required books. He is saying to definitely purchase the required and reconsider the recommended. (take a look at the list for clarification)

CJK:

If you are referring to me (Jones Johnson), THANK YOU! :D

[CJk]

No problem big boy.