Block 2 Resources

Block 2 you will cover the physiology of 4 organ systems: cardio, renal, pulmonary and GI. These are the block-specific resources in addition to those listed under the “General Study Tips” section.

Resources

For PBL:

• • Third Party Study Resources
    • Costanzo physiology
      • Study This! Costanzo overview on YouTube (External link)
    • AnKing/Anki
    • First Aid
    • Osmosis
    • Sketchy Pharm
    • Ninja Nerd
  • Resources for objectives
    • Statpearls
    • Amboss
    • UpToDate
    • AccessMedicine
    • Primary literature
  • Practice questions
    • ABG Ninja
    • AMBOSS
    • Board Review Series
    • Boards and Beyond
    • USMLERx

For anatomy:

• Make Anki cards over the anatomy lectures (or use PrAnki anatomy – see General Study Tips)
• University of Michigan anatomy practice questions
• BlueLink Anki Deck: pre-made Anki deck with images of dissections from University of Michigan
• 573 Medicine YouTube channel (made by students of the class of 2024)

For Histology:

• Lectures will have everything you need (make flashcards)
• Histology Self-Exam atlas (best for testing yourself): make flashcards from this atlas
• Blue Histology Quizzes
• Shotgun Histology on Youtube has short videos that help identify key points on histology slides for each system 
• Digital Histology (Pranav’s favorite) – website that has slides, labels, and descriptions for the histology of all tissues and organ systems
• Anki decks
  
  • PrAnki Histology Deck* for block 2
  • SAnki Block 2 Histology deck*
  • Liam Cler’s Krause Atlas Histology deck*

For IPC:

• Make sure you know the cranial nerves, and which ones are motor, sensory, and both
• Study Dr. Koller’s final exam slides – they’ll have most of what you need to know
• Study the lecture slides and what is emphasized in class
• Know and make a super over every block objective (yes this takes a long time but is absolutely worth it)
• ABG ninja has some really good cranial nerve quizzes!
• For the patient encounter, make sure you practice every element of the physical exam that they ask of you
  • Dr. Koller will post what you need to know for the encounter. Memorize the requirements for the scenarios.

General Advice

1. Make sure to get going on Costanzo’s Physiology book early
2. Make sure you understand pulmonary function tests (PFTs) this is an easily tested concept. 
3. Topics in lectures might be overwhelming this block, but just read the associated Costanzo chapter and really focus on faculty objectives
4. This block can be a little dense since you’ll be covering 4 major organ systems (cardio, pulmonary, renal and GI), so I’d highly recommend Anki to keep up with the info
5. Don’t leave anatomy until the end this block. Starting early in the block, make time outside of anatomy lab time to spend with your donor.

*Disclaimer: Students should know that these flashcards are not provided by nor sanctioned by the School of Medicine. We have not checked them for accuracy, nor for whether the questions represent an appropriate balance of information, so they may not be representative of everything the students are expected to know. We recommend that students create their own study materials and believe they will get far more learning and understanding if they make their own flashcards rather than if they use pre-made ones.