Second Year MBBS - Get Most Out Of It

Second Year MBBS

Get Most Out of it

In this blog we are going to talk about how you can maximize your output during studying in first year MBBS

Category:

1. Things to keep in Mind
2. Pathology
3. Pharmacology
4. Microbiology
5. Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.
6. Other Books For Each Subject For Reference
7. Conclusion

Things to Keep In Mind First:

• Write Your Own Notes
• make sure to draw the diagrams for the important topics
• Highlight Keywords while making the notes
• Never Ever Skip Your Practical Classes
• Practical classes will install visual memory in your brain which you will never Forget

Pathology:

 

Books: 

•  Robbins Pathology Basic Of Diseases
•  Harshmohan Textbook of Pathology

Approach:

• First 12 Months Read Whole robbins And understand all images
• Make short notes of Only Importat topics From Robbins
• Clear your concepts for Mechanisms For example: Cell Injury
• Last 6 Months: Read Harshmohan 
• As it is very easier to Retain longer from Harshmohan 

Pharmacology:

 

Books:

• KDT Pharmacology
• Shaunbaug Pharmacology
• Katzung Pharmacology

Approach:

•  Do not read pharmacology all at once
• Reading pharmacology is a bit trickier
• You have to read pharmacology everyday and Revise what you've read on last day
• Do this for a year and you'll clear pharmacology with distinction

Microbiology:

 

Books:

• Satyanarayana textbook of microbiology
• apurba shankar shastry's microbiology
• Parasitology - you can choose any book you want 

Approach:

• Start reading microbiology in following pattern
• General > Mycology > Virology > Parasitology > Bacteriology
• Trick for parasitology: Its very easy to write any length of answer if you only do life cycles of parasite
• so a day before exam only do lifecycles of Parasites
• Make crisp notes for Systemic bacteriology and revise them every month end

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology:

 

Books:

• Reddy's Textbook of FMT 

Approach:

• Absolutely Useless but very funny subjects
• read it as if you are reading a thrilling novel
• your boredom will be cleared and you will also retain it much longer
• no need to put extra effort in this subject
• only learn medical ethics by heart as to you will know that what you need to do In Real life situations.

 

Other Books For Reference

Pathology

• Netter’s Illustrated Human Pathology
• Fundamentals of Pathology by Husain Sattar (Pathoma)
• Kaplan Pathology 
• Ramdas Nayak Pathology 

Pharmacology

• Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
• BRS Pharmacology
• Lippincott Pharmacology
• Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
• Pharmacology for Dentistry
• KD Tripathi Pharmacology
• Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology
• Katzung Pharmacology
• Shanbhag Pharmacology

Microbiology

• Jawetz Melnick & Adelbergs Medical Microbiology
• Painker’s Textbook of Medical Parasitology
• Levinson Microbiology
• Ananthanarayan and Paniker’s Textbook of Microbiology
• Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (LANGE)
• BRS Microbiology and Immunology
• Essential of Medical Microbiology by Surinder Kumar
• Essential of Medical Microbiology by Apurba Sastry

FMT

• Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Nagesh Kumar Rao
• Atlas of Adult Autopsy: A Guide to Modern Practice
• 100 Cases in Clinical Ethics and Law
• Review of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Gautam Biswas
• The Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Narayan Reddy
• Modern Medical Toxicology by V V Pillay
• Color Atlas of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
• Simpson’s Forensic Medicine

Conclusion:

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Happy Learning😊