I don't think any are required, though if you run a search on the topic you will see that every student has a preference for one of the BRS topics or another. I wish I had saved the link to the threads I found as I was curious to know the same. However there were so many differences in opinion, I though I could buy them all or just wait until I got there and go to the bookstore to see which ones I liked the best. I think that is what I will end up doing since BRS opinions seemed to vary so much from student to student.

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-Dancing for your pleasure

Anatomy BRS is great to have. The Histo BRS is okay for practicing questions, but I am not sure that it will help you with exams. Embryo BRS is probably a waste of time. You will get great resources through Kaplan when studying for the USMLE, so I wouldn't worry too much about finding information to help study for the boards. I would just go with the Anatomy. There are also great online resources for Histo. They should give you the website the first day of class.

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Saba bound Fall 06'

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BRS anatomy is amazing. BRS histo is alright but I found I never used it much. If you want the histo book, i will be more than happy to sell it

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Saba University

Fall 07'

BRS Informatics is the book you cant live without

come on darkman, they might actually think youre serious
really though, what aspiring wrote is spot on

Thanks Everyone for your help.

how many surgical blades do we need for anatomy lab?

do not buy anything lab related for anatomy other than gloves. Everything is provided, they have lots of blades too.

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Saba University

Fall 07'

What about white coats? Do you need them for lab? One part of the literature says we don't need them until 5th semester but I thought I read that they are now required for anatomy lab in addition to scrubs.

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-Dancing for your pleasure

You only need your scrubs for anatomy - and those which you are willing to burn at the end of the 1st semester!

We only needed our white coats during 5th semester.

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Ducman
Saba University School of Medicine