Saturday, November 7, 2009

Which subjects, courses or textbook are important for medical knowledge?

Think that a person that is not wishing to go to a medical university, or doesn't want to be a MD, is anking you what subject should study to have a better understand about the human body??
Think also that this person is very smart, and already past through the university with excellent results in science and mathematics??
This is just for the joy of learning. I like neurology? but i think to have i better understanding, i will need genetics, physiology, .. what else? I guess nothing with surgery?? And what about pediatrician, i think is not neccesary?? What do you think??
Answers:
It does slightly depend on what your degree was in, irrespective of how bright you are. Textbooks are a good source if you have a bioscience degree. Neurology is very specialised - you need to understand a lot of basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and it helps if you have genetics, and molecular biology knowledge. If you don't have a bioscience background this would be incredibly difficult. On the other hand, anyone can approach neurology from a popular science perspective. Books such as Oliver Sacks "The man who mistook his wife for a hat" or Susan Greenfields "The Human Brain" are a good place to start. Surgery is a pointless endeavour in terms of learning as it is very much a practical specialty and without the relevant skills knowledge of surgery is meaningless. The knowledge is there to enhance the skills not vice versa.
think Grey's Anatomy
Rent the season dvd's of the shows ER,Medical Center, and Doogie Howser. Should be enough info to get you thru medical school.
If you want to know about the human body and medicine, whatever books you use make sure you get one that teaches you medical terminology - you can't learn anything about medicine without medical terms, I had to learn some when I trained to be a medical secretary.
You're also going to need to know anatomy and probably biology. Ask to see a medical student's booklist or ask at the local university library.
Good luck!
anatomy,physiology,molecular science, pathology, microbiology, sociology, psychology
i would check out textbook411.com , its the ebst resource for finding textbooks

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