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Old 11-28-2007, 08:52 PM
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Supplemental books for term 1??

I heard that BRS for BIOCHEM, BRS for Anatomy (Chung), and 1st Aid for USMLE are the books to get. But my question is whether or not the Biochemistry version with Molecular Biology included is the one to have, or just plan Biochemistry. I plan on buying all the books on Amazon.com because of the good prices and convienence. THANKS in advance!!

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SGU gives students all the books you need for semester 1. true/false?
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OP is talking about supplemental books (review books). buy at home or at the bookstore down here if you want them
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First Term « Welcome to Grenada

this link suggests all the books you should get...
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SGU gives students all the books you need for semester 1. true/false?

I wouldn't say SGU gives you the books you need, just the ones they want you to have. I barely cracked the spine on the biochem book and never touched the terminology book. I'm graduating this Dec and the only SGU book from first term I still have is baby Moores. It depends what your strengths are, but personally I would recommend BRS anatomy, BRS biochem, and definitely FA Step 1. Also keep in mind most books are available electronically now, so you're still safe if you need something that you didn't bring to the islands (and going electronic saves a ton of airline weight too!).
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If I were to buy one BRS book, it would be for Anatomy.
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If I were to buy one BRS book, it would be for Anatomy.
I would agree. Anatomy is decent, some errors here and there, but I think it's a great suppliment to netters and moore (in fact I personally like it more than moore).

The Biochem BRS is great too, but in all honesty it it based on one of the books we get (Mark's), and takes all of its diagrams from there and just condenses it. The best part of it are the questions (some of which can be insanely tough, but are a good way to practice).
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Which BRS Biochem are you talking about though? There are two on Amazon, BRS Biochem and Molecular Biology (the Green one) and BRS Biochemistry (the pink one). I believe the pink one is older, but from reviews I read there are supposed to be a LOT of errors in the questions for the green one. Can anyone compare the two?
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Really the best thing about the BRS Anatomy book is the diagrams and the content...the questions are crap...the majority of them are well beyond the scope of the anatomy course and while are excellent prep for the boards, are largely non-testable.

I agree with what AJ posted up there, take everything the BRS biochem (green one) has with a grain of salt...they have an uncanny number of errors for a published book.

That being said, I have copies of both...I use my BRS Anatomy a little more than I use my BRS biochem. I also have a copy of Rohen's colour atlas which is relatively useful twice/term...whenever there's the virtual anatomy practical...other than that, it keeps my bookshelf from floating away.
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