Ask HN: Open-Source Medical School

1 points by bgroat 4y ago ↗ HN

In the style of some of the below curricula:

- https://github.com/ossu/computer-science - http://datasciencemasters.org/ - https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2016/8/13/so-you-want-to-learn-physics

Is there an accepted canon of bio/medical/life-sci books to get a motivated individual to a point where they're the most knowledgeable lay-person in the room?

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new_guy 4y ago ↗

I dunno, coding bootcamp is one thing, but do you really want to be operated on by someone fresh out of a 12 week medical bootcamp? lol

Thebroser 4y ago ↗

If you pick up an intro college level bio book that might be enough to start out with. My university publishes this so it would be a nice free start -> https://openstax.org/details/books/biology-2e

After that, you could maybe get interested into a anatomy/physiology or systems physiology textbook.

For more specialized content maybe NCBI StatPearls -> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430685/

Note that due to the ever changing landscape of biology, only way to truly ever "be an expert" is to actively participate in the life sciences and keep up with contemporary research articles.