JHPS Academic Support

Gaby Levi, Education Chairperson.

Gaby's recommendations for M1 books:

Please use these recommendations along with other people's recommendations to make individual choices on what books work best for you. This process is very much a trial and error process.

Anatomy:

• Netter atlas (or a comparable atlas) Must Have
• Essentials of Clinical Anatomy Must Have
• Board Review Series (BRS) by Chung (good for review and to use as a checklist of terms and concepts)
• A real picture atlas such as the Rohen and Yokochi atlas (good for identification review)
• Clinical Anatomy Made Ridiculously Simple is a good book to read quickly because it gives interesting memorization techniques.

Histology:

• Ross, Romwell, and Kaye (RRK) Must Have
• Histo-Time computer program is great (this will really help with identification and for reviewing material in groups)
• Board Review Series (BRS) is good for review and summary as well as some sample questions.
• NMS review book is good for review and very good for review questions. This book has a 200 question comprehensive test that is really good.
• Any histology atlas is helpful but not necessary.

Physiology:

• Saunders Text and Review Series (STARS) - Must Have - (Good for reading as a text because it is very thorough but not very wordy and it is easy to read)
• Berne and Levy textbook is really good for detailed information that may not be covered in class or in review books. I would use it as a supplement to STARS when you don't have time to read the whole section of the textbook. In other words if there is a topic that you don't feel you understand you may want to read some of Berne and Levy after reading the section in STARS, or vice versa.

Biochemistry:

• Lippincot review book is really good for this class. It helps with the cycles and pathways.
• Marks, Marks, and Smith is liked by a lot of people, especially Aric, because of its great clinical correlations.
• Biochemistry Made Ridiculously Simple is a really good book to help grasp the major concepts before getting into the specifics. It is easy to read and it may help those of you that are not biochemistry oriented because it uses silly memorization techniques that I find helpful.

Human Development:

• No book is needed. You should use your notes, handouts, coops, and TLE's.

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Last updated March 12, 2002.