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Summer reading before medical school

Reply 40

fortysixandtwo

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randdom

If you want a mediciny book to read for interest complications by atul gwande is amazing!!!!

Thanks for that - just ordered all 3 from amazon :smile:

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Reply 41

SahilB91

Helenia

I read The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales by JRR Tolkien in my gap year. I still can't quite believe I was such a Tolkien-geek. :o:

I think we all are deep down. :p:

Reply 42

hungryhippo

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Smile88egc

At PMS they only rank us on our performance in the last 3 years of the course so you can chillax for the first and second years. Blanket reading of science won't do you a lot of good, you need to be able to apply it clinically to remember it well.
My advice would be to do more work experience type stuff, oh and earn some money, 5 years of uni is damn expensive!

ah im going to PMS in sept, and like the OP im on a gap year atm :o:

so do they quickly go over the A-level sciencey stuff in the 1st yr, or do they give u plenty of detail and go onto the deeper stuff asap?

Reply 43

Gizmo!

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SahilB91

I think we all are deep down. :p:

phew....

The 'obbit is much better boook, macca.

(also try BORN OF HOPE and THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM if you ave a spare moment hehe)

Reply 44

pianofingers

10

As a current medical student my best advice would be to enjoy the summer as much as you can and almost forget about (medicine related) summer reading. It isn't necessary to do any summer reading and most courses will have an introductory set of lectures that will bring everyone back up to speed with the basics.

Though I suppose if you were really keen then a bit of anatomy reading (I stress, a bit) wouldn't do any harm...

Reply 45

Sanjetti

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fortysixandtwo

Thanks for that - just ordered all 3 from amazon :smile:

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Hey- have you firmed yet? :smile:

Reply 46

doesnotequal

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Succeed-Medical-School-Books/dp/1405151390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269291042&sr=8-1

and

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-Ben-Goldacre/dp/000728487X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269291084&sr=8-1

:yes:

Reply 47

fortysixandtwo

8

Sanjetti

Hey- have you firmed yet? :smile:

I have indeed! :smile:

I withdrew from my 2 last choices just so I could. How about you?

Reply 48

vanilla camel

OP

9

doesnotequal

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Succeed-Medical-School-Books/dp/1405151390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269291042&sr=8-1

and

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-Ben-Goldacre/dp/000728487X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269291084&sr=8-1

:yes:

Bad Science is awesome! I mean that in the least nerdy way possible :p:

Reply 49

doesnotequal

vanilla camel

Bad Science is awesome! I mean that in the least nerdy way possible :p:

Embrace it. The chapter on drug company stat tricks is great! :cyber:

Reply 50

vanilla camel

OP

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doesnotequal

Embrace it. The chapter on drug company stat tricks is great! :cyber:

pfft, that was supposed to be the boring one. I liked the one about the placebo effect, very interesting :beard:

Reply 51

doesnotequal

vanilla camel

pfft, that was supposed to be the boring one. I liked the one about the placebo effect, very interesting :beard:

Yeah but you gotta ask yourself which one will make you a better Doctor for understanding :wink:

Reply 52

terpineol

14

Memorise the concise book of muscles, you will need to learn much more later but its a good starting point.

Reply 53

SahilB91

Gizmo!

phew....

The 'obbit is much better boook, macca.

(also try BORN OF HOPE and THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM if you ave a spare moment hehe)

tbh the Hobbit is one of most readable Tolkein books I've read imo.

For some reason I find LOTR a bit dense sometimes, as if Tolkein just wants to use as many words as possible when about three would do.

The only other related Tolkein book I have read, is "The Children of Hurin", which is good but relatively pointless..

Reply 54

SahilB91

The reason I think I am gonna leave doing any work before term starts is because of the way Manchester is PBL and I have no idea what to start learning anyway...

Reply 55

Hydromancer

7

SahilB91

tbh the Hobbit is one of most readable Tolkein books I've read imo.

For some reason I find LOTR a bit dense sometimes, as if Tolkein just wants to use as many words as possible when about three would do.

The only other related Tolkein book I have read, is "The Children of Hurin", which is good but relatively pointless..

I agree completely. The Silmarillion has to be one of the most boring books I have ever bought (and read). Tolkien's books just don't work...I mean whatever happened to supply lines and food and smiths and other practicalities of war. I find The Wheel of Time to be a much better fantasy work as the attention to detail is immense even if the author has verbal diarrhoea. Tolkien has however had an immense influence on fantasy literature for which I respect him greatly...it's just not my cup of tea.

On a side note, I'm currently reading Winds of War.

Reply 56

Gizmo!

11

ahhh, but where would we be wiffout little 'obbits, macca?

they are luvvely. :biggrin:

Reply 57

Gizmo!

11

SahilB91

tbh the Hobbit is one of most readable Tolkein books I've read imo.

For some reason I find LOTR a bit dense sometimes, as if Tolkein just wants to use as many words as possible when about three would do.

The only other related Tolkein book I have read, is "The Children of Hurin", which is good but relatively pointless..