Book list! (And medical school advice)

[qpwoeiru83]

you're so sexy~

video on medical school interview preparation please~~

[musicrocks9]

I just came across this video...Thanks so much for this great list!

It is about time I found some good non-fiction books to read.

[thisism13]

you are like the kevjumba of medical students! haha =D

[lakersfan1694]

I'm a high school student. And am torn on what fueld I should pursue. Do you have any suggestions? And, great vid.

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[Oasix21]

What did you major in when you graduated frome college.

[MedicAlv1]

Where can I get a list for Books that are required for medical school? Anyone? thanks.

[eminelik]

Some of these books, especially gawande I have been reading. I will definitely get caught up on these thanks alot!!!!

[DestinyQx]

that's so funny, i've read almost all those books and often give them away as gifts :)

[bigdaddyquey]

im goona try these books out.. thanks!

[SoYouWannaBeADoctor]

I would love to have my book, So You Wanna Be A Doctor?? The Untold Stories Of Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Residents, added to your list of potential reading for students!! It's a collection of personal stories told by young doctors and loads of tips and advice for any aspiring health professional. Check out our YouTube channel, WagnerWolf website, or our book on Amazon.com! It'll change your life!!

[sjunaz]

How many friends do you have?

[Lemmiluvmoose]

The book to the left of Atul Gawande's book, "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe" by Dr. Katrina Firlik, who was the first woman to get accepted into the neurosurgery program at the University of Pittsburgh, is also a GREAT READ!! I bought it about 2 years ago, just because the title caught my eye. I've read it like 5 times! I recommend this book to all of you too! Also, Dr. Keith Black is a good author too, also a neurosurgeon.

[readersmart]

Great thanks for sharing

[spyched]

You're really really really really cute :)

[daliaflores15]

im a senior in highschool and aspire to be a doctor .. im thinking dermatology.. anyways u r very inspiring and this list of books sound great. I need to start reading again lol

[quitejaded]

I am extremely into alt. medicine. Thankyou for acknowledging.

[gsrulov]

Thanks, I will definiately look into these books.

Might I also recomend "Survival of the sickest" by Dr. Moalem.  It's about how some of the genetic diseases we see today were actually beneficial for survival during hard times in the past such as plagues and the ice age.

[haw95]

Thanks for sharing this great list: it includes some of my recent favorites! Please consider adding "Medical Apartheid: the Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present" which was written by a Harvard Medical School Research Fellow and also won a National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pen award, among others

[Traceurb]

do you buy all your books?

[WarrenAch]

No,you pay more than 150,000 USD on medical school but you don't buy the books.What kind of question is that ?.....

[AnthonyM83]

A pretty legit one actually.... yeah a lot of students don't buy them I've been told. They share or study mainly from lecture.

[WarrenAch]

Well,from where i study,we have to buy some books,but i'd say that 60-70% of our learnings are on notes,lectures,practice labs and stuff like that.

[abris07]

totally true,

[givebirthathome]

Check out "Birth As An American Rite of Passage" by anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd.

[ultmtsnwbrd3r]

can barely hear youuuuuuu

[dnyel333]

Thank you so much for your videos. I am a junior undergrad studying for the MCAT right now. I am always looking for new sources of consistently valuable and insightful information on the issues facing contemporary medicine, getting into medical school, and surviving the whole process.

It is refreshing to find someone offering such quality resources to the rest of us. Thank you for your efforts and keep it up!

[jinwo0]

THANK YOU THANK YOU and again, THANK YOU

[Yuanci]

I can't hear the name of the doctor with the OMD degree very well... Can you list the authors on the side?

[yale120]

Ted Kaptchuk

[kaixin90]

thanks

[tigerfrost]

where is this located? it looks like a nice city

[SourSweetSoul2]

Thank you so much for the video.

I think I won't hesitate to read Sherwin Nauland's book 'Doctors'. I have read his book 'How we live', I still have to read 'How we die' :P I'm kinda lazy

[NEWM1N]

thx for the advice in the books

im only in 9th grade thou (lol)

this could help me in the future

[burkspatrick]

one book i'm reading that I found in the health section of my little local library is called "Ambulance Girl" It's a quick little book about a writer that has a midlife crisis and makes a quantum leap jump into the EMT profession. I think they made the story into the movie of the night on Lifetime.

[mad4eva1]

thank u

[Mrmoc7]

like?

[cxnHHH]

very useful~thx for sharing=)

[kubu79]

what about a microphone? I couldn't hear a word and was too tired to read on the screen

[catchmeifyacanman]

i was also wondering what are some good studying techniques you use to do good on tests? im a junior in high school and i have to start doing better! i have a 3.1 GPA so it isn't as bad as you might think.

[yale120]

when you get to college, study instead of party

[claudiusofrome]

This is another subject to read to add to your list. via Suzar

The real 'Father of Medicine' was the African multi-genius Imhotep of ancient Egypt, not Hippocrates who lived 2000 years later

The symbol of the medical profession, the caduceus (a winged staff entwined by two serpents), was the insignia found on his temples. Imhotep temples in fact were the first hospitals known to man.

[mcheng87]

I read Tracy Kidder's "Mountains Beyond Mountains". It was such a great and inspiring book!

[jsb199019]

wholly jesus i was expecting 3 or 4 books, not a fucking library!

[hyperhighs]

Sorry to interrupt.. but i don't think any doctor/surgeon should have money on his mind. Unfortunately, most doctors do exactly that. Patients are seen as $.

[Mrmoc7]

The converse is also true. Patients see doctors as reservoirs of malpractice payments. One little mistake by doc, and woot woot! i get PAIIIIIDD!!!

[Chaoscuber]

That's why you go on and study to become a surgeon. They make about, i dunno, 150,000 A MONTH! Btw usmedstudent, are you in grad school or pre med? I know i'm naive but i was jst wondering.

[pharmacyiii]

too bad doctors make only $40k a year after you graduate.

nurses make about the same too - only $40k a year.

[LaMalia35]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??? DOCTORS MAKE LOTS OF MONEY ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU GET YOUR MEDICAL LICENSE. MOST DOCTORS MAKE AT LEAST 6 FIGURES. SPECIALY SURGEONS MAKE THE MOST. 40K IS WHAT A DOCTOR MIGHT EARN STILL DOING HIS RESIDENCY. HEART SURGEONS MAKE LIKE 400k A YEAR!

[xxmrrickxx]

Dude! You can get an associates degree at a technical college and work as an X-Ray technician and make more than that.  Nurses start at $60,000 and MDs start at over $100,000 even in small towns.

[maphic]

You're an idiot.

[genericvideo1]

how ignorant

[kianatehrani]

Fantastic list! Thank you so much!

[TiaCads]

thanks for taking your time to make these videos, these are great :) i'm only a college freshman and thinking about the possibility of medical school... i will definitely go through this book list this semester since my load is pretty light :D thanks again, you're great!

[narbeh187]

Doctors make around 40k during residency. I dont think any doctor who finished their residency makes any less then 80k.

[pharmacyiii]

too bad doctors make only $40k a year after you graduate.

nurses make about the same too - only $40k a year.

[Lodskins]

Too bad what you say isn't true.

[battousai516]

What are those beautiful buildings in the background. Is it your school's campus? I really enjoyed your videos btw. great work, keep it up

[usmedstudent]

Thanks a lot -- this is next to the reflecting pool in the Christian Science Center in Boston, about a half mile from my school.

[banvir99999]

@usmedstudent Do you know anything about medical school in Canada? Is it any different?

[sedonaguy5]

"Alternative medicine" saved my life, and standard Western medicine almost killed me. I'm glad to see that you didn't poo poo the former.

[usmedstudent]

thank you for sharing -- i'm glad you are doing better!

[prep4md]

Can you please share with us the name of the books that you used for: Medical Ethics, Social Medicine, and p/d communication? That would be very helpful.

Thanks

[usmedstudent]

we didn't actually use any textbooks, just a bunch of papers depending on the topic -- please send me an e-mail and i'll try to send some articles you're interested to you. thanks!

[prep4md]

I LOVED the background in the beginning of the video. Show us more of it ;)

[usmedstudent]

thanks -- will try sometime this summer :)

[drrognerud]

I'm a senior year medical student and I enjoyed your videos, but you need to fix the sound (a lot of white noise) for next time...

Good job, though.

[usmedstudent]

thanks for the suggestion!

[Harvarder]

omg. how do u make the time to read all those books. right now i'm just trying hard not to fall behind school work... but i still do.

[boxiness]

i guess if you're genuinely interested in the issues covered by those books then it becomes easy to finish all of them, especially when there are no distractions around - no tv, no phone, & no computer. if you have too much school work then do this in the summer

[DaFoe604]

hey usmedstudent, you really inspire me to become a successful med student in the future. im currently reading 'med school confidential' and its a great read indeed. il be reading the books that you listed on this page... thanks again! hmmm, ive been struggling with my english as long as i can remember, whats your best tip in improving my verbal and writing skills: practice my reading and writing skills...?

[usmedstudent]

Thanks -- i've added your recommendation to the video description list. in terms of your question, do you have a chance to take some writing classes or join a writing club?

[DaFoe604]

i'll definitely take some writing classes to boost my ability to write well.

i have full of ideas but i can't seem to communicate them through my writing, that's the reason why i am frustrated when a writing essay or article.

[graciemma]

i recomend classic books by sr william osler, and a book by the name of... Anatomy of An Illness by norman cosuins. the second book listed is a very interesting book from my prespective... it is a bit out dated but still relevant. a book about how the human body fights off illnesses on its own.. norman also tells of his own disease which was supose to be terminal. ankylosing spondilitis: a kind of athritis i think but he overcame it with the use of laughter and abscorbic acid.

[usmedstudent]

Thanks! I put your recommendation up on the video description.

[Razwell]

What about "The Great Cholesterol Con" by Anthony Colpo and "The Cholesterol Myths" by Dr. Uffe Ravnskov exposing the Cholesterol Theory to be a completely unfounded farce.

There are over 1, 400 references to the full text of the original studies proving this.

[Braves300]

let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.

[Braves300]

This is a cool vid cause i hear less then 3% of Americans read after college .

[usmedstudent]

Thanks!

[xoxbegumxox]

Great recommendations, I am not a medical student yet, but I actually have read quite a few of the books on your list. I'm a bit disappointed though, that you showed "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe" and did not recommend it. Katrina Firlik made me want to research Neurology and eventually choose it as the field I would essentially like to go into. But aside from that, great list.

[usmedstudent]

thanks for your comment! it's interesting that you mentioned Firlik's book, because i am almost done with her book, and I think it is very engaging. at the time, i hadn't read her book yet and didn't know much about it, but i agree with your point on this. best wishes in pursuing neurology!

[usmedstudent]

Thanks for this recommendation! I will post it up. I have heard great things about this.

[Singul4r1ty]

I just read "The house of god" by Samuel Shem, good preparation for an future intern ;)

[cursednicorobin]

do you listen you music while you read?

[aNiMeANiMaLs]

how many books do you finish in a school year?

[usmedstudent]

hmmmm, i think it depends. this year, during the medical school year, i finished three, but i try to read more during the summer.

[JJJ211]

thanks for recommending these books i'm a high school student and aspiring to become a doctor thanks.

[usmedstudent]

thanks! hope you enjoy :)

[sdel24]

love ur recommendations! thanks :)

[usmedstudent]

Thanks!

[bhahmas]

I have a questions about the last book u showed us: The Best American Essays. Which edition is this? 2006?? Coz the 2007 edition is not out yet, not till september. Thanks

[usmedstudent]

That last book was from the 2004 edition. I really enjoyed that year, but usually each year there are great essays.

[aquaa88]

Thanks for the recommendations! I'll definitely check out those books!

[usmedstudent]

No prob! Thanks for watching!

[700056]

That Al Gore book is load of lies. A cannot believe you think global warming is crisis. If most scientist say global warming is rubbish then why believe the very small percentage of them. Also even though it is good to not pollute, humans can never make create enough co2 to make global warming a significant issue. I cannot believe I will have read a book like that in medical school. They might as well give Mao's little red book.

[usmedstudent]

This is an interesting comment -- thank you for posting your opinion. I'd like to hear where the lies are -- as far as I'm concerned, Inconvenient Truth cites facts from only well-respected experts. I think there's already a scientific consensus that global warming is happening.

[700056]

Global warming is happening, but it's something that nature already had instore for us whether or not we contribute pollution to the atmosphere. It is not our fault like Al Gore says in the book and that's the lie. For the real facts go to globalwarmfacts dot com Also I didn't like how you said well-respected experts. Why didn't you says what the whole body of scientists say about global warming. They will say that global warming is here but they don't think that its man fault.

[hum22]

one more question i heard that you don't get time to do anything in medical school! is that true?

[usmedstudent]

Hmmm... I think second and third year is very challenging. But first and fourth year you definitely have time to do extra stuff!

[hum22]

can you suggest me some good books about brain because i want to learn about brains and i have already read some books called the three pound enigma, inside the brain and et cetera!! and also i am going to college and after that i want to go to medical school so what are some college levels books to read?

[usmedstudent]

absolutely -- oliver sacks has always been very great about talking about the mind. He's a neurologist so you might want to check him out -- an excellent author. The frontal lobe is a new book by katrina firlik about neurosurgeons -- it's a fun read.

[axxmed]

wow, im in the nursing program and will be applying to medical school soon, great videos you produce inspire me. thank you.

[usmedstudent]

it's so great to hear this -- best of luck!

[hord]

nice section i hope i can find these and get the money for them :D ive also read an inconvenient truth, brilliant read i loved it, the fast food and cigarette ones look very interesting.

[usmedstudent]

I'm glad you enjoyed those books!

[hord]

nice section i hope i can find these and get the money for them :D

[Urgelt]

Many, perhaps all, of the books you recommended are valuable resources for non-doctors, too. We're all consumers of health care. Good consumers are informed consumers.

Wealth and health are directly linked in studies. An economy that fails to solve poverty needs fixing.

Thanks for the reading list!

[PoiZinConTrol]

Thank you so much. Wonderful recommendations. I've read "Fast Food Nation" and am glad you included it in your list. "The Truth About The Drug Companies" looks very good, I'll get that next. If you haven't, please read "Inside The FDA" and "Sweet Poison".

[goosejuice288]

Mountains Beyond Mountains is definitely a must-read.