<p>Histo + anatomy</p>
<p>I actually took histology @ Cornell uncurved and got an A so I must've been able to identify 93% of the structures correctly. Anatomy should potentially be much harder than histo for me. The great thing about med school is that everyone, at least at the beginning, is so hardcore about studying that you can't help but study yourself. I've seen some of the study materials my classmates have made up and they're pretty insane.</p>
<p>Shades...</p>
<p>I sure as hell did not read Robbins straight through - we had a portion of our histo slides that were taken directly from Robbins, so I'd definitely review the pictures over the course of my studying...</p>
<p>The best thing Robbins ever did for me was get me a date...it's probably the most nerdy med school story I have, but I definitely introduced myself to a girl (she went to the other med school in my city) by asking to borrow her Robbins one day in Starbucks...</p>
<p>What the heck is Robbins?</p>
<p>I think NCG, BRM, and BDM have made my point. Why on earth would you tell anyone to read a pathology textbook as if it were part of a reading list?</p>
<p>Surely there's a better book for a wannabe medical student.</p>
<p>You could at least follow the gross anatomy part of an anatomy text. The micro part will assume you have had some biology, and would be pretty meaningless without it. If you have some chem and physics and high school math you could certainly learn the physiology.</p>
<p>But I agree- why would you do this? A large part of the basic science you learn in med school is of little use in practice, much of it is boring, that which you need to know in your field you end up learning in much more detail than covered in med school. So almost anything else you did with your time would be more worthwhile than self studying med school subjects. Do some research, play an instrument, run for student office, do something interesting. You will do it all when you get to med school anyway.</p>
<p>I can't tell if BDM is being facetious or not...</p>
<p>Upon clicking the link provided, I did recognize the book. It was the required reading for my Path course. I never purchased or read it, however.</p>
<p>dang you guys caught me
I was hoping to scare him with robbins...</p>
<p>nonetheless not many people can study early for medicine...</p>
<p>I stand by my argument that you should still get some volunteer experience in an ER.</p>
<p>Fishman's Medicine might be reasonable for an undergrad or even a HS student to read. The writing clear and straight forward. Reading Fishman will provide some clinical context to help make future pre-clinical studies seem more relevant.</p>
<p>The old Scientific American Medicine looseleaf publication, now out of print, was very readable and incorporated relevant basic science in a clinically focused work.</p>
<p>If you really want to study a pre-med topic, biochemistry and its pre-requisites might be the highest yield. If you have completed pre-calculus, you could acquire a working knowledge of statistics without too much investment.</p>
<p>Reading the AMA news will provide some perspective on the issues that face doctors.
American</a> Medical News - AMNews - amednews.com</p>
<p>Well to be honest, I started studying medicine in high school to get a head start. I started watching a video-documentary series called "Scrubs", and it's where I learned everything I know about medicine. I'd highly recommend it to any budding pre-med or high school student*.</p>
<p>*due to some naughty humor and suggestive jokes, parental consent is recommended for students under 15.</p>
<p>What are the other first year med school subjects besides Biochem, Histopath, A &P?</p>
<p>^ you probably won't be taking any sort of pathology your first year - gotta learn what's normal before you get into the pathology.</p>
<p>Curriculum varies greatly by school - whether its lecture based or PBL, incorporated classes or not, etc. But in general, you'll take an anatomy course that is integrated with a cadaver dissection (some schools use prosected cadavers) and embryology, histology, some form of general medical/cell bio, physology, and one or two classes about "doctoring" (how to talk to patients, etc.)</p>
<p>And thats just first semester. Second semester is a continuation of physiology and the doctoring classes, neurobiology, and biochem.</p>