1st Year MBBS Resources

The first question everyone in first year asks is : Where do i study from? and which books are sufficient?
Well there is one thing u guys need to understand and that is : for every subject there is a hierarchy of books, with ones at the bottom being studied by everyone and the one at the top are studied only by the theetas who don't care if they look like a bald skeleton by the end of final year. So we will now be referring to them as the cheeta books , the beeta books and the theeta books. Courtesy @KEMUNITED Blog
Which ones you choose for yourself is entirely upto you.






ANATOMY:

Gross Anatomy.

1. B.D Chaurasias is the cheeta book
2.Anatomy by R.J Last is a highly recommended beeta book
3.Clinical Anatomy by KLM is theeta book
* your anatomy is incomplete without B.D. The rest can be compromised.

General Anatomy.

G.A by Laiq Hussain is the only good book for it.
*Seniors will always tell you that nobody studies general anatomy and it can be done in 3 hours before the prof bla bla bla .......... My advice would be : don't make the same stupid mistakes we did. It has some really important concepts and terms. The sooner you know them the better for you.

Embryology.

1.Embryology by Kieth and Moore is the beeta book
2.Embryology by Langman is the cheetah book

Histology.

1.Histology by Laiq Hussain Siddique is all that you need
*also your practical notebook

BIOCHEMISTRY:

1. Lippincott's biochemistry supplemented with Satya biochemistry is the perfect and sufficient combination. I loved Lippincott because it really helped me understand the core/basic concepts. Our uni required a lot more detail than what was in Lippincott, but I felt like it gave me an excellent overview of the entire picture, and it really solidified my knowledge. 
* Harper's biochemistry is absolutely unnecessary in first year

PHYSIOLOGY:

1.Clinical Physiology by GUYTON is the necessary beeta book
2. Jaypee and Mushtaq's Physiology are recommended books as well but they cannot completely replace Guyton
3. Gannong's physiology is the theeta book and is a really scary book if studied in first year

VIDEOS:

These were KEY in solidifying knowledge. For any topic I wanted to understand better, I’d just type in the title and watch whatever popped up.
YOUTUBE CHANNELS TO FOLLOW:

1. Dr. Najeeb Lectures
2. Selfless Medicose
3. Kenhub
4. Anatomy Zone
5. Osmosis

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