Recommend Books for Medical Licensure Exam

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Hi! What books would you recommend para magprepare sa Phil board exam ng medicine? Gusto ko sanang magbasa-basa this summer... Ano bang books ang ok for the following subjects:

Gross Anatomy
Histology
Physio
Biochem

*paw*

[simone_md99]

for anatomy i recommend yun snell, yung handbook. for physio, basahin mo na lang yun BRS series. Biochem, okay na yung digging up the bones, okay ito if you have a good grasp of the subject pero kung hindi, basahin mo muna lippincott. A good advice though, keep a schedule and stick to it. better kung may study group ka. good luck

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thank u. ano pa bang ok na books?

[simone_md99]

well if youre taking the boards, i dont recommend na magbasa ka pa ng books, mga reviewers lang okay na. Kapag may kilala ka na kumuha na ng boards hiramin mo na lang reviewers nila kung wala, punta ka sa asturias, madami dun pero eto yung nakatulong sa akin

anatomy - MRS and lansang notes
biochem - digging up
micro - okay na yung MRS
physio - BRS series
legal med - old exams and handouts
pathology - BRS, baby robbins, eto medyo mahirap mga tanong dito
pharma - i used this book basic concepts in pharma which can be found in natl bookstore, small book lang siya pero sobrang helpful, you can also used katzung na test n questions
surgery - NMS daw pero i still dont know where they got the questions, sobrang hirap
medicine - NMS, concentrate on rheumatology, gastro and immuno
ob gyne - i just studied old exams
pedia - if you have time read daw on first 10 chapters of del mundo, one of the toughest subject, youll never know kung alin ang lalabas
prev med - ue notes

well thats it. I hope this can be of help. gud luck. kaya mo yan.

[regptrp_md2b]

ano yung BRS?

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board review series ata yun. parang NMS

thank u nga pala sa post. ako din may question. ano naman yung MRS? *paw*

[regptrp_md2b]

made ridiculously simple (i think)..

[impeccible]

look for the book authored by an Atenean. i'm sure its great!


One Big Fight!

[cortez143]

^^ nakakaawa kayong mga atenista ^^
itayo nio muna yang medical school nyo bago kayo magyabang.
baka nga kahit, Velez College, di nio matalo. :glee:

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ano bang mas ok-- BRS or NMS?

[regptrp_md2b]

^^ i can't compare coz i haven't used BRS..

[allan1977]

Here's what I used:
anatomy - Snell reviewer
biochem - Lippincott
micro - Jawetz
physio - Ganong
legal med - old exams and handouts, UPEC questions
pathology - baby Robbins, BRS
pharma - Katzung, Lippincott
surgery - baby Schwartz, Surgical Recall (pag si Joram pa rin yung examiner, dito niya karamihan kinukuha yung tanong)
medicine - NMS
ob gyne - NMS
pedia - Nelson
prev med - old notes, NMS

It would also help if you know who are the examiners on each subject.

[regptrp_md2b]

how good are the following books:

Compton for Pathology, and Digging Up the Bones for Biochem?

curious lang coz my cuz mentioned these to me.

[allan1977]

Ok yung Digging Up The Bones kung babasahin mo siya few days before the exam pero dapat nabasa mo muna yung text like Lipincott or Harper's bago ito yung basahin mo. Yung Compton question & answer format na based sa 4th Edition ng Robbins. Medyo obsolete na yan.

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san po ba nakakabili ng:

Blupeprints Pedia & OB-GYN
Surgery Recall
High Yield Anatomy

san ba available 'to?

[allan1977]

Lahat ng ganyang books ko sa Asturias ko pa nabili dati. Kung sarado pa sila, may mga nag-iikot sa mga hospitals & review centers na naglalako ng mga ganyang books.

[regptrp_md2b]

^^ if you're referring to those photocopied books, wala na *** mga un sa asturias. 2-3 summers ago na-raid sila ng NBI.

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hanap ko e yung original copies nung books. san bookstore ba meron nun?

chaka, san pa kaya ako makakakuha nung photocopies ng past board exams?

[regptrp_md2b]

^^ there's a guy na bumibisita sa USTH selling photox of books, even past board exams. he even distributes his list and may contact # sya dun. nga lang, i dnt know who has a copy.

[hpmd]

i have a no nung girl na nagdedeliver ng photocopy nung books. PM mo ko kung gusto mo ng number. sa goodwill usually nakakabili ng reviewer.

sabi nila (kasi di pa din ako nagbo-boards), mas ok daw ang BRS pag basic sciences, NMS naman pag clinical sciences.

tapos ka na mag-internship?

[hpmd]

OT: kelan ba dapat magstart mag review for the med boards?