Med School in a Box: All the Prestige for a Fraction of the Price

by mental_floss

Who Needs the Ivy League?
 
This handsome metal box features a complete medical education, courtesy of the distinguished faculty at Mental_Floss magazine.
 
Contents
 
     •  Our comprehensive textbook, Med School in 96 Pages
     •  10 Heroes of Medicine Trading Cards
     •  10 Extra Credit Flash Cards
     •  Board Exam Trivia Challenge
     •  Rolled College Diploma with Real Latin Words

Genres: Law

96 pages, Cards

First published February 1, 2007

Reviews

[Greg Hovanesian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note: For some reason, these two totally different books (Law School in a Box and Med School in a Box, respectively) are clumped together as the same book here on Goodreads. Anyway, they both get 4 stars. I've written my review for Med School in a Box below the Law School in a Box Review.

Law School in a Box: This was a fun and entertaining way to learn a lot of general knowledge about the U.S. legal system.

I took the Mental Floss Mini-Bar Exam at the end: my score was 33 correct out of 49, with one which I disputed (based on my knowledge of copyright law from my time as a playwright, I disagreed with the answer that was correct on the question pertaining to copyright law, and so am disputing it and awarding myself an extra point). Therefore, including my dispute, I got 34 out of 49 correct, for 69%, sine laude (I missed cum laude by one point).

Med School in a Box: I'm not a huge fan of medical details (they make me squeamish), and this book often made me feel that way, but overall it was a really fun way to learn about some basics of medicine, hospitals, diseases, etc.

I took Mental Floss's version of the The Boards at the end: my score was 41 correct out of 66, including one which I disputed and gave myself a half point for (due to silly wording, in my opinion) and another which I gave myself half credit for (the answer was Vitamin B12, and I said Vitamin B...in my opinion, that's a half point). My final score was 62%, which apparently was good enough for cum laude (which I missed on Mental Floss Bar Exam, despite having a better score).

Either way, it was fun reading both of these collections and taking their mock exams.

[Bryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm saving $100k and going with this instead.

[Vonia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love this... so cute... great gift... I am yet another decided-to-be-intelligent-by-not-wasting-money-on-a-J.D.