Medical Text books I need advice or books

I need books for the following subjects would appreciate your views on the best books for first and second year medschool


Gross Anatomy

Histology

Biophysics

Behavioral Sciences

Immunology

Medical Genetics

Physiology

Microbiology and Virology

Embryology

Parmacology

Pathomorphology

Pathophysiology

Neuroscience

Physical Diagnosis

Gross Anatomy
- Netter - an absolute must, pictures of everything, no text (you could use Moore's clinically oriented anatomy for text, but it depends whether or not you're given notes, since anat is very visually oriented)

Histology

Biophysics

Behavioral Sciences

Immunology
- How the immune system works (basic and easy to read... pretty old tho), Janeway is the Gold standard, kinda long tho

Medical Genetics

Physiology

Microbiology and Virology
- Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple... the greatest (science) book ever written... funny pictures

Embryology
- Moore and Persaud is the only one I know... don't love it tho

Parmacology
- Lippincott

Pathomorphology
- Robbins is the big one - but personally I hate this book with a fiery vengeance

Pathophysiology

Neuroscience

Physical Diagnosis
- Bates... great book

I'm not really selling though, except Moore's Anatomy or the Embryo... let me know if you want these
hope this helps... where are you going to be studying?

With my commentary added.... I actually didn't buy many books since we had thorough notes provided to us and a few I already had from undergrad.

Gross Anatomy
- Netter - an absolute must, pictures of everything, no text (you could use Moore's clinically oriented anatomy for text, but it depends whether or not you're given notes, since anat is very visually oriented).
- I second the Netter recommendation. A cadaver book like Rohen/ Yokochi is helpful for bell-ringers.

Histology
-I have Wheater's Functional Histology on my shelf but haven't used it yet (bought it off of a graduating student for $15 in May).

Biophysics

Behavioral Sciences

Immunology
- How the immune system works (basic and easy to read... pretty old tho), Janeway is the Gold standard, kinda long tho
- I love Janeway too.

Medical Genetics
- I have Thompson and Thompson Medical Genetics. It is a good introductory text.

Physiology
- I have Guyton's Medical Physiology and love it. It makes so much more sense but sometimes misses first principles.

Microbiology and Virology
- Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple... the greatest (science) book ever written... funny pictures
- I have Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple too but haven't opened it.. our course notes were sufficient.

Embryology
- Moore and Persaud is the only one I know... don't love it tho

Parmacology
- Lippincott

Pathomorphology
- Robbins is the big one - but personally I hate this book with a fiery vengeance
- I like Robbins. It is available for free through MDConsult (free through CMA membership).

Pathophysiology

Neuroscience

Physical Diagnosis
- Bates... great book
- I prefer Swartz. The small U of T book is good too.

thanks guys, any advice on studying for step one as well?

I just did (and thankfully passed) step one... the approach to studying is all based on how well you want to do - if you're going for a competitive US residency spot, dont do what I did, I however only wanted to pass so that I could keep the option of one day going there open.

That said, I found that going through First Aid (twice) and doing some of Kaplan's QBank (question bank available online, you have to pay for a subscription) was enough. I started 2 months in advance with very light studying for the first 1.5 months. I felt like I failed when I walked out, but ended up with a nearly average score... most people write it after 2nd year, so don't worry about it for now - just focus on learning what they teach you, and not becoming obsessive about working - life outside school is good too

PS find out if your school has some sort of Peer Aid / Big Brother / 2nd year helping 1st years kind of thing... McGill has one and it's super helpful in terms of what to expect.

mike