Mac Med Anatomy Tips

[cookacola]

Hey guys,

I'm just starting out in my first year med at Mac, and I've been struggling with anatomy a bit. I never took anatomy in undergrad so I have very little knowledge coming in. I'm finding it pretty hard to learn anatomy the way it is set up at mac with the self-directed labs, and a little over-whelming. So far, when I leave the lab, I always end with a feeling that all I did was read a bunch of weird structure names and point to them on the models. Nothing feels like it is sticking unless I were to just sit there and memorize all the fancy names, which also seems like a silly way to learn anatomy as I'm sure by clerkship I'd forget again.

Did anyone have a similar experience in the beginning with anatomy? I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how they found anatomy useful and the best way to learn it without having lectures provided by the school. I was thinking of ordering the Thieme atlas of anatomy and doing a lot of reading each week? Not too sure

 

Thanks 

[ellorie]

With the disclaimer that I hated every second of anatomy and just wanted to get through it so I could forget it - I really found Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy to be a useful book, more so than my atlas. It really goes into clinical correlations and the drawings are useful. 

[bearded frog]

Go talk to the anatomists and tell them that you're struggling and if they have suggestions. Dr. Shali et al. would love to work with you and find something to help I'm sure.