moose Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Hey Upper Years, That book list looks massive! Which books did you really end up using enough to warrent buying them? All help appreciated! Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 You need very few from that list, and it depends on your learning style. The class of 2009 put together a survey for the class of 2010 about which books we found useful and which were completely useless. Hopefully 2010 will do the same for you, it is really helpful. I think I only bought a total of 6 books for all of med1 and med2. I bought a medical dictionary in block 1, and then nothing else until block 3 started. Wait until o-week, you will get lots more info about books and there are some raffles and whatnot to win some free textbooks too... as well as used book sales from the med4's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy81 Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I think I read somewhere saying that we can expect to pay $3,500 for books and equipments. Was that figure calculated with the expectation that we'd be buying every single book from the list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 correction...it says $3500 per year! which I found insane as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 that sounds like if you were to buy everything on the list. I think I spent under 2 grand for both books and equipment for both med1 and med2 combined. (the opthalmoscope/otoscope i bought was most of that cost, most people don't even buy that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buleessuc Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I found that I would buy books when I felt unsure of myself, thousands and thousands of dollars later, the girls in the bookstore know me well. Now that I am finished, my advice to those starting out would be to invest in a Cecils Essentials, Med Dictionary but that is available on line, as is Harrison Principles of Medicine, and many others, through MD consult and CMA websites. Also I wish I would have bought a set of BluePrints (Peds/Med/Surg/Psych/Obgyn) right away in Med1/Med2 as the material in BP is not too comprehensive and a good way to review, then I would have made notes in it as I went along, that would help during clerkship when block 1-6 are so history. And lastly, if you can get your hands on some Isilo books, for PDAs, and Isilo for Windows, you can read a ton of texts right on your computer for very little cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buleessuc Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 and remember to save the receipts for your equipment and texts, although you can't claim it now, if you use them in your practice, they are deductible later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrc boy Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 With the advice given to me by Jag last year, I spent very little on books and would advise everyone to do the same unless someone else (ie. the military) is paying for them. Since I own very few texts, I'll take the time to list them. General/Clinical Texts - Cecils Essentials of Medicine, Atlas of Human Anatomy (Netters), Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, and Essentials of Clinical Examination Handbook Block 1 - Wikipedia - Co-ops notes - Pub Med (fccccccuk no) Block 2 - Wikipedia - Co-op notes Block 3 - The Only EKG Book You'll Ever Need - Pathophysiology of Heart Disease (Lilly) You can get away not buying Cecils in first year but I found that it was a good reference book when Wikipedia wasn't doing it for me. Plus you can always pretend that you found your information for PR from Cecils rather then telling the truth and saying Wikipedia. I'm sure it'll come in handy in future years. The Only EKG Book is a great text since it written for really stupid people. If you want to save $50 you can just read the EKG chapter in Lilly's and just borrow the EKG book from the library if you get stuck. Hope that helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy81 Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 How good is Manitoba for electronic subscription to the electronic journals? I hope to resume my studies in Oriental medicine (at least on my own if no classes and such are available) and will look to access some obscure journals. Do you think I'd be able to access them at the school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buleessuc Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 you can view all the ejournals under the umanitoba -> libraries -> Neil John Mclean Health Science Library -> ejournals after that if you click on one, it will ask for your student card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 My med1 booklist is coincidentally exactly like NRC boy's. Also, there is a course and resources on oriental and alternative medicine in med2. Alternative medicine is also on one of the block exams in med2 (don't remember which one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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