The Best Books for Basic Sciences in Medical School . pdf
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How to Study:
Honestly, I almost failed anatomy during my first semester of medical school – then a very wise professor told me the secret to studying in medical school. I never came close to failing again! The right books, the right plan, and loads of practice questions.
Anatomy Books:
Netter’s Atlas of Human Anatomy – Every medical student needs a go-to Atlas, and this is the gold standard!
Netter’s Human Anatomy Flash Cards – Helpful for studying as you go and memorization prior to tests.
BRS Gross Anatomy – Concise bullet-style review with (most importantly) review questions at the end of each section.
Pre-Test Anatomy, Histology, and Cell Biology – Hundreds of multiple-choice, board style, questions to practice. Must have!
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Embryology:
BRS Embryology – if you generally like the BRS products, you’ll find this sufficient.
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Neuro-Anatomy:
High-Yield Neuroanatomy – High Yield Series, good review.
BRS Neuroanatomy – another good review option.
Neuroanatomy in Clinical Context: An Atlas of Structures, Sections, Systems, and Syndromes – if you want a more extensive option and detailed atlas.
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Physiology:
BRS Physiology (Board Review Series) – This book by Costanzo is pretty much the gold standard for physio.
Pre-Test Physiology – Always a fan of a dedicated question book and this is what I used.
Histology:
My medical school used a small book and then was mostly professor driven with slides. Usual recommend ones are:
Histology: A Text and Atlas: With Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology
BRS Cell Biology and Histology
Pre-Test Anatomy, Histology, and Cell Biology – the same book as for anatomy, but does have some decent histology questions.
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Biochemistry:
Lippincott’s Review of Biochemistry – More in-depth and extensive plus with built-in review questions – 200 in the book, and another 500 available with purchase online.
Lange Biochemistry and Genetics Flash Cards – Flashcards and clinical vignettes, fairly high yield.
Pre-Test Biochemistry and Genetics – Good combo option for your genetics class as well.
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Microbiology/Immunology:
(many schools may not require a dedicated textbook)
How the Immune System Works (The How it Works Series) – not very detailed but very good overview and easy read for beginning knowledge.
Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple – gold standard book for micro.
Immunology Made Ridiculously Simple – very similar style to the above.
A lot of people especially like the microbiology section of the Sketchy Medical series (www.sketchymedical.com).
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Pathology:
Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease – the “big” book – very long and detailed, but everything you’d need as a reference resource.
Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology – the “review” version – it’s essentially 1000+ review questions with very detailed explanations. Some say this is all you need.
Robbins and Cotran Pathology Flash Cards – flashcards for the above.
Rapid Review Pathology – Goljan pathology, the other big name in pathology textbooks.
Pre-Test Pathology – I am always a fan of Pre-Test, as it was my go-to question bank.
Not a textbook, but Pathoma is another popular product.
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