hjmed Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Quick question to all med students: I was accepted into med school last year and will be starting later this fall (took a deferral). Since I'm sitting around twiddling my thumbs, I was just wondering if there are any subjects for which I should grab intro books and start reading up on? Someone recommended a good immunology primer. Can anyone second this or add to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rarkon Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I would suggest Janeway for immunology reading. You may also want to pick up Cecil's essentials of medicine, which might give you a good knowledge base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalslacker Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Any time you put into medicine-related learning material now will be highly inefficient. There's no pressure to learn it, no opportunity to apply it, and consequetnly you'll likely forget most of it. Sure, you might learn a couple things but the effort won't be proportional to the time you put in. There's lots of time to learn everything you need to be a doctor in med school (regardless of your undergraduate background). You're going to have the rest of your life to be a doctor and, trust me, it can become pretty all-encompassing for awhile. Take this opportunity to do things you've always wanted to do. ps. I don't know a darn thing about immunology and couldn't care less. You'd be crazy to read a whole book about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rarkon Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Oh yeah, in addition if you feel your anatomy isn't great you may want to review that as well. Here is a good website for learning muscles. http://www.rad.washington.edu/academics/academic-sections/msk/muscle-atlas I'm sure there are many other websites out there. If you want a textbook I suggest Netter's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Charlie Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Maybe you should take the time to enjoy all the things you're not going to have time to do when medical school starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Oh yeah, in addition if you feel your anatomy isn't great you may want to review that as well. Here is a good website for learning muscles. http://www.rad.washington.edu/academics/academic-sections/msk/muscle-atlas I'm sure there are many other websites out there. If you want a textbook I suggest Netter's. NO! Absolutely do not start studying or reading for study purposes now. Do not purchase or borrow any textbooks. Do potentially read about medicine-related topics - careers, research maybe, and the like. You will have so much time to study next year. There is absolutely no reason to do any of it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madz25 Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 If you're just sitting around twiddling your thumbs - I suggest twiddling them on a nice vacation!!! You'll be glad later on that you did - trust me, I'm (almost) a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satsuma Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Absolutely do not study anything before med school!! Enjoy your free time doing whatever it is you enjoy doing....anything but studying!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewfieMike Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 If you're just sitting around twiddling your thumbs - I suggest twiddling them on a nice vacation!!! You'll be glad later on that you did - trust me, I'm (almost) a doctor. haha ballin statement, Madz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 A far more pertinent question - do I attempt to study at Med Games this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalslacker Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 study at medsgames..... that's crazy talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebouque Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 A far more pertinent question - do I attempt to study at Med Games this weekend? You can give it a try, I think there's a special prize for people who do that (it's been given once in the history of the med games!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Charlie Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 You can give it a try, I think there's a special prize for people who do that (it's been given once in the history of the med games!) The medical student equivalent of the Golden Raspberry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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