1st year med texts

[Smurfette]

I'm very much a textbook learner (ie. I prefer textbooks over class notes), so I'd love to hear some textbook reviews, particularly texts for 1st year meds. I'm looking for good embryology, general physiology, cardio-pulmonary physiology, and anatomy texts. Any recommendations? Thanks!

[blinknoodle]

This forum already has some very thorough textbook reviews courtesy of Ian.

 

These are the texts I used:

 

Embryology - none

Physiology - Guyton - some people also like Ganong

Cardio-pulmonary physiology - Lilly's is great for cardio stuff but more pathophys

Anatomy - atlases: a combo of Netters with Rohen.

Anatomy - textbook: Clinically Oriented Anatomy if you really don't want to use lecture notes, but I never used it. My friends also used Gray's anatomy.

[up doc]

I found langmans to be good for embryo. If you want some reviews, you could even check out amazon.ca as all of the texts have reviews from previous med students!

[Madz25]

i used persaud/moore for embryology. definitely more clinically oriented.

[Talon01]

Maybe wait until classes start and buy the textbook the prof recommends?

[Fred]

I'll second the "wait till it starts and see what the faculty recommends"

 

Also, you may want to ask second year students what they think about the recommended books or have other suggestions...

[juicyprunes]

Here are some books I'd recommend:

 

Cardiology: Definitely recommend "Lilly's Pathophysiology of Heart Disease" (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins")

 

Anatomy: "Clinically Oriented Anatomy by Moore and Dalley" (LWW) and Netter's

 

Physiology: "Medical Physiology" by Lange - actually, I'd recommend the Lange series for any subject that you're interested in - they're pretty comprehensive though

 

Clinical Skills: "Bates Guilde to Physical Examination" (LWW)- note this is available online though!!

 

Renal: "Pathophysiology of Renal Disease (LWW)

 

For most topics - Harrison's or Cecil's are more than enough to provide indepth coverage and both of these are available online through the university's library