Acland's DVD Atlas of Anatomy.

[S_R_C]

Definitely a really useful tool for learning anatomy. I used these DVDs to revise before anatomy spot tests and found they helped to consolidate my learning. Cost quite a lot so I'd definitely check uni library before buying.

[Maha El-Jack]

Hey guys! sory to butt in on your thread about textbooks but i want 2 ask you all because your medical students! is it alright to bring in some of my art work to interviews to prove my skills in manual dexterity? and is it OK to have a part time job for a year as an example of commitment rather than do voluntary work in a charity shop because i did voluntary work in a charity shop for six months and it was a boring experience!!
Also if any of you successful applicants would be kind enough to send me a copy of your PS to lady_m_2@hotmail.com
that would make my day
sorry to be so forward but medicine is my passion and i want to grab it with both hands
thanks

[Spencer Wells]

Typically, only dental schools interviews require candidates to bring examples of their dexterity. In most bits of medicine you don't need to be that good with your hands - it will not be expected of you, and I don't think that it would offer any advantage over other applicants to bring your artwork with you.

[gymmet]

I borrowed the lower limb one from the library before our first spot test and I can honestly say I didn't find it that helpful. In our course we have to know compartments of muscles and few individual muscles... but Acland goes through pretty much all of them. It was too quick to take notes and often in more detail than I could/needed to take in. Possibly it's because I don't take much in when I'm just told what something is and what it does, but I recommend anyone to wait and see if it suits them before rushing out to buy it.

Plus the blue spandex person annoys me.

[Dr Noodle]

Does anyone here not have dissections on their course and are learning from this material instead?

[iceman_jondoe]

aclands are absolutely brilliant fortunately for me pms make it available for free online for us and we have the option of downloading them too. They are essential 10x better than learning from the textbook

[ishtar]

does anyone have a working link to Aclands DVD's...

[Dr Spike Hilton]

Originally Posted by KX36

I would reconsider illegally downloading ripped DVDs from bittorrent, Shujaat. You may not know this, but doctors are supposed to have ethics.

Since Acland is a doctor, he must have ethics too. Since I can't afford to buy the dvds, and it might really help me with my studies, he must be okay, ethically, with me downloading the torrent.

[Spencer Wells]

^ Well why don't you ask him, he's a registered forum user? Downloading the torrent is not a victimless crime - if we're going to talk about ethics and all, it is morally the same as theft.

[Dr Spike Hilton]

Hi, I didn't know that. That is great! I hope he replies to this. Firstly, I have not downloaded the dvds. I was just thinking, since the copyrighted material is in digital form, there is essentially a limitless supply. The copyright laws are to protect the income of the creator. Since the struggling student would not otherwise buy the dvds, the income remains the same whether the student downloads them or not. It only becomes an issue when those who can afford to buy the dvds decide to download the torrent. I completely understand the copyright laws and why they are in place, I am just suggesting that the creator should be okay, ethically, with sharing the resource with someone for free, if it does not have any negative impact on them. - and the negative impact only comes when those with money download it. I know this has no practical applications, since it would be impossible to implement, but in theory and for argument's sake - Maybe some of the ethics/philosophy experts can clear up what ethical requirements the creator has in this case to someone who can not afford to buy but would benefit greatly from, a limitless resource.