Are there any books that you guys found helpful for 2nd term ( i.e BRS books) that i can go ahead and get in the states while im here?

Luke

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Grendel
SGU 2009-3rd year

there are a lot of threads on this--the short answer though: I didnt buy the physio textbook or the neuro textbook, and instead i had some hand me down BRS books for both subjects. i barely used them, but since i didnt buy the books they were somewhat useful for the questions and for a last minute review before the exams or whatever, but based on my grades i am pretty glad i didnt buy the books and i bought the BRS for those two.

for immuno, i basically just memorized her book.

parasit--i bought the book and i found it helpful

genetics--doesn't matter because the questions have nothing to do with genetics. j/k, i didnt buy the book for this, i just went on the slideshow and the packet, and i think that should be enough.

hope this helps...

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"I like my women like I like my coffee....hot...sweet......and with a spoon in them!"--E.I.

oh, but a disclaimer with that last post: everyone is different and you work differently in terms of how you learn, etc. etc., so what i did might not work for you. i am just telling you what i had...

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"I like my women like I like my coffee....hot...sweet......and with a spoon in them!"--E.I.

I'd have to agree with daguru on this one - different things for different people. But I didn't buy textbooks or use any outside books for neuro and physio, and for us 100% of the questions came from somewhere in the notes. The immuno text is a must and the parasit book a nice read, but I can't imagine buying anything outside of those.

where do you get the books from home or on the island?

1st term the school will provide the books when you get to campus, the subsequent terms i think you will have to get it urself.

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Shhhhhh........

besides the brs book for physio i found a good set of questions which were moderate to hard category by "Pretest Physiology" lots of 2nd order type questions

I wish I had these books
http://pricehawk.net/list.php?id=4&l...Term+2+-+Books

i wouldnt buy any neuro books. i had brs and nms for neuro and didnt find them useful. the neuro class is complete for the packets they give you. just get a book to practice where and what the lesions are.

1 -- BRS Physiology (Costanzo): Excellent. Your lecture notes should be comprehensive, but I found that for any class, I needed a book at hand to have a second explanation of things I found difficult. The questions are good. I used this book to prepare for Step 1, and I didn't come across anything I couldn't handle.

2 -- High-Yield Neuroanatomy: Classmates who got As/** told me this was the only book they used, and I believe them. A bit thin for me (I came to SGU with a journalism degree, so I had no background); I used it and ...

3 -- BRS Neuro: As comprehensive as you'll need for the class. The text, I found, was just way too much. Between this book and High-Yield, you should be just fine.

4 -- I have no idea what to recommend for Immunology. I think Stanley's book (assuming she hasn't published a completely revised edition) is a piece of crap. I used BRS Microbiology and Immunology, which is a very good book for review and a good reference once you already know the fundamentals. I still use this book to help me with Step 2. I would look at Lange's Micro/Immuno book; I'd bet a billion dollars it's wayyyy better. It covers Parasitology as well but is pretty thin (but then again, Parasit is just memorization).