Question for the DR.s

[Qso]

That reminds me of when the Estonians try to speak finnish.

No comments =)

[Waihirere]

I must say that on average, Estonians speaking Finnish sound a whole a lot better than Finns speaking Estonian

[Hullu]

Viineri! Nakki!

[Sparrisen]

I just got my course literature stuff.

1: That's 6 books. On average prolly like 3k SEK.

2: I might not need them all, perhaps I can borrow some from libraries and stuff?

3: I want them all. Might be good to study if you forget something.

4: Medicine changes all the time, if you study up in old books you might make terrible mistakes.

5: I need some advice

6: POST

You guys have any tips? I was hoping getting these cheap on auction, but they don't seem to be that a populair auction object^^

[Sparrisen]

I really think I will totally love studying to become a doctor. Like the first period will be about anatomy. Super interesting, especially since I do martial arts and stuff. It's a good thing I think, combing martial arts and doctorship, I once met a judo practising doctor who was US leading experts on joints and stuff. He could break a thing right without breaking a sweat, and he could also make it terribly wrong if he wanted to^^ but he had a feeling for what he did that was very hard for any other DR to compete with.

Next is like the cell, right. I've already studied the cells in my brother's ald molecular sience books, and it's VERY interesting how all kinds of different things fit together. And I guess most people think this is the boring part. It IS a very big book, indeed. I even passed a course in medical applications of systems biology that was waaay more boring than anything I've ever friggin studied in my whole life. It wasn't even written in english, it was like in english code.

And we'll have courses in leadership, have a chance to practise at hospitals, competing and working with other medicine students. This will totally kick ass. I can't see it kicking any other way  

[Myrmox]

Don´t be afraid to buy used (=old) anatomy books as little has changed since the discovery of the parathyroid gland in the 19th century. The other fields may be more dynamic but I´ve always made it with books I´ve bought from older students. Also, the compendia supplied by our department and/or teachers were excellent and could completely replace the recommended literature. But then again I´m at KI and it might be different in your university . Check the billbords on campus and maybe blocket.se. And no, you do not need all books. The molecular biology books are obsolete after a few years so dont bother. Make sure to reserve copies early as the library is virtually plundered the first week (day actually).

If you really want to spend as little money as possible on books then go with e-books. Here are two of the most well known sites that provide e-books for free:

http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/ 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=books

[PimpMachine]

+1. You can get extremely much info out of the net, but it is also a question about how you are used to studying - if you previously are used to study from books, it will be hard for you to change that. But if you are used to getting all info you need from the net - then books are almost obsolete. Make sure you go to the lectures (or get a good friend with readable handwriting) - that is where most of the questions in the exams come from. Borrow books from older students is also an alternative that I used pretty much.

You will not need the books for future reference - use the net (if you don't like books as such, I know some people do). Good luck! / Pimp

[Sparrisen]

NOW I GET WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. I thought I understoon previously, but now, it makes sense. 1:st term is finished, and this fats thing was still bothering me.

My current health policy is that adding healty omega-3 rich fats with as few saturated fats as possible is actually a good thing, since it will increase the ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 fats, which we generally comsume too much of. Cholesterol levels is pretty much irrelevant, since the body will acquire it's desired cholesterol levels despite of your food intake. Since I'm not overweight, rather, I'm skinny, I need not worry about obesity.

As for books, I didn't buy any for the first term, and I will try not buying any for the second term. Second term includes a lot of anatomy, which ppl have told me is books that I will need, and use, forever. I say BS, and save money for next year.

[Bernhardt]

NOW I GET WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. I thought I understoon previously, but now, it makes sense. 1:st term is finished, and this fats thing was still bothering me.

My current health policy is that adding healty omega-3 rich fats with as few saturated fats as possible is actually a good thing, since it will increase the ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 fats, which we generally comsume too much of. Cholesterol levels is pretty much irrelevant, since the body will acquire it's desired cholesterol levels despite of your food intake. Since I'm not overweight, rather, I'm skinny, I need not worry about obesity.

As for books, I didn't buy any for the first term, and I will try not buying any for the second term. Second term includes a lot of anatomy, which ppl have told me is books that I will need, and use, forever. I say BS, and save money for next year.

Wise words, as human anatomy isn't subject to change any time soon.

[Sparrisen]

Well obviously it's not pure BS. But since I'm gonna go travelling, I want as few possessions as possible, and as much hard cash as I can get.

[Waihirere]

My current health policy is that adding healty omega-3 rich fats with as few saturated fats as possible is actually a good thing, since it will increase the ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 fats, which we generally comsume too much of.

Improving omega-3 to omega-6 ratio is always a good idea. That can be achieved by increasing omega-3 intake or reducing omega-6 intake.

However, I wouldn't necessarily try to avoid saturated fats. Even though the jury is still out there, more and more research about potential harmfulness of polyunsaturated fats is starting to pop up. (For example this one: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7934543)

One problem of many polyunsaturated fat sources (like many oils) is that their omega-3/omega-6 ratio tends to be way off. They tend to be omega-6 heavy.

In addition, according to some meta-analysis (for example here: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2009.27725v1) there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, or cardiovascular disease.

Also, like Myrmox said, high carb diet is in many ways worse than high fat. These facts combined, consuming saturated fats may not be such a bad idea after all.

[PimpFather]

@Esparagussen: There are many good "books" on the net. If you now will study anatomy next term I can recommend: http://www.imaios.com/en/e-Anatomy. For 45 Euro (+tax) you can get a subscription for a year. / Pimp

[Sparrisen]

Actually, I'm saving up my student's loan money to get enough to go to US and back, this summer.

I don't buy alcohol so,
I don't buy books

That's the deal^^

[Sparrisen]

WOO

OK crack this one:

Apparantly the hair cells in the conchlea is exceptionally sensitivt, and if you move them as little as the diameter of a gold atom, this corresponds to the lowest sound we can hear.

IF THIS IS THE CASE, how come, we don't hear a symphony of sound just walking around and moving about due to gravitation, and acceleration?

[Waihirere]

IF THIS IS THE CASE, how come, we don't hear a symphony of sound just walking around and moving about due to gravitation, and acceleration?

Spend some time (say an hour) in an anechoic chamber and you will.

There are various reasons why your hearing sensitivity is not as high in normal conditions. Such as the background noise present everywhere masking the sounds and your ear/brain "filtering" lower volume sounds out since there are higher volume ones present.