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Anatomy and Physiology Marieb, E. N. Human Anatomy and Physiology. 8th Ed. 2010,CA : Benjamin / Cummings Science Publishing Some seniors recommend Tortora (which they also sell in EMO bookstore but it's in 2 volumes). My recommendation? Don't buy either. Why? Because Marieb is extremely simplified (even if the pictures are awesome and the LECTURERS DO USE PICTURES FROM HERE AND THEY OFTEN CITE THIS AS REFERENCE) and although Tortora is less simple, you're better off buying something else. I have circulated some of the e-Books among you guys so even if you need to refer to Marieb, just refer to the 7th edition one I have given some of you (trust me, content-wise, not much difference although pictures might be different). Anatomy

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John S.P Lumley SURFACE ANATOMY: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Examination. 4th ed, 2008; Churchill Livingstone. Elsevier Keith L Moore, Arthur F Dalley. Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 4th ed or 6thed, Lippincot, Williams & Wilkins Frank H.Netter, Atlas of HUMAN ANATOMY. 4th ed or 5thed (with student consult access of Netter Basic Science) - THIS IS RECOMMENDED SO HARD! YOU CAN USE IT FOR PBL AND MMS AND FOR STUDIES. LECTURERS ALSO USE THE PICTURES HERE SOMETIMES! I regretted not buying this all the way in Semester 1. If you want a small, pocket-friendly version, you should be able to find it in EMO (I can't remember the title but will post when I find it! YOU MUST GET A HARD COPY! IT'LL MAKE YOUR LIFE SO MUCH EASIER! Physiology

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Barrett KE, Barman SM , Boitano S, Brooks H. Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology.23rd ed, 2009. McGraw-Hill, Lange. Hall JE. Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology.12th ed, 2011 (with Student Consult Online Access).Elsevier/Saunders. Biochemistry

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Lippincott's Illustrated Review: Biochemistry 4th ed - Champe Reference: David Hames and Nigel Hooper (2005) Biochemistry. 3rd Ed. Taylor & Francis When it comes to buying for biochemistry, I say no. Just... No. You use it for less than one semester (well, OK, you BRIEFLY revisit SOME of it in Hemato and GIT) and then what do you use it for? Plus, Lippincott's is WAYYYYYYYYY too advanced. Trust me. You're better off referring to your A-level books or the Internet (try Google Books if you want to claim that you got the sources from a book in front of a strict PBL facilitator)! Clinical skills (Skills lab)

Macleod's Clinical Examination12th ed - Douglas

Personally, I like Macleod's and I don't regret buying it BUT some of my batchmates and my own seniors told me (after I bought Macleod) that you should just get Talley's from the get-go. I hear they use this in Seremban clinical school. Some of my batchmates used this and were happier with this book. EMO sells it as well (unless they're out of stock). Communications Skills (Skills lab)

Jonathan Silverman, Suzanne M. Kurtz, Juliet Draper. Skills for communicating with patients.2nd ed, 2005, Radcliffe Publishing Ltd References: 11. Peter Washer. Clinical Communication Skills, April 2009, Oxford Core Texts 12. Marian R. Stuart, Joseph A. Lieberman. The fifteen minute hour- Therapeutic talk in primary care, 2008, Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom 2008 13. Harry Dalton and Simon Noble.Communication Skills for Final MB - A Guide to Success in the OSCE, 2006, Churchill Livingstone 14. Suzanne M Kurtz; Jonathan Silverman, Dr.; Juliet Draper. Teaching and learning communication skills in medicine, 2nded, 2005, Radcliffe Pub ,Oxford ; San Francisco DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT buy any communication skills textbook. Frankly, it's a waste of money and you're never going to use it. Better off borrowing from the library! If there's one thing you should know, is that books only take you so far. If you really want to improve, COMMUNICATE! (Duh!) Talk to each other, have one student pretend to come in with a problem and the other take history. Trust me, you guys will learn a lot more that way, especially if you're the patient (since you have to come up with all the signs and symptoms for the disease you're faking)! Behavioural Science Reference:

Cole, S.A., & Bird, J. (2000). The medical interview: The three-function approach. St Louis: Mosby Interesting read, but don't buy. Borrow from the library if necessary. I bet if you ask your seniors most of them (let's say at least 80%) will not have touched this book. Not to say Behavioral Science isn't important (it is, not least because there are quite a few questions that can come out) but it's something that you can apply easily in real life and is easily comprehended so you don't need a book (IMO) for that. ^_^ Embryology

Thomas W.Sadler. Langmans Medical Embryology, 11th ed, Lippincot, Williams & Wilkins Embryology is HARD. You will definitely need a book to refer to. If you buy it. life becomes that much easier for you. I didn't, and mine was a difficult road. A lot of lecturers use this book as reference for embryology (you'll have this in every system, except maybe NS and MSK).

Genetics Reference:

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Elaine Johansen Mange, Arthur P. Mange (1999) Basic Human Genetics, 2nd Ed Human Molecular Genetics - Strachan, Tom and Read, Andrew P. Gene cloning, an introduction by T. A. Brown I didn't use a single book for Genetics. Our lecturer then was that awesome. I don't know who's teaching now, but I think it's safe to say that you won't really require them. CONFIRM WITH SENIORS JUST IN CASE! General Pathology Prescribed textbook

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th Edition (Papa Patho) - DO NOT BUY! YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE MEDICAL BOOK FILES I HAVE GIVEN SOME OF YOU! INSTEAD BUY MAMA PATHO. Trust me, you might not have time for Papa Patho, it's really thick and you won't have time to finish reading it.

Robbins Basic Pathology, 8th Edition (Mama Patho) - THIS IS JUST RIGHT! IF YOU WANT TO BUY THIS, YOU WON'T HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM. YOU CAN USE FOR NEARLY EVERY SEMESTER, ESPECIALLY FOR PBL! ;)

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Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology, 3rd Edition (Baby Patho) - Don't bother. (Notices that this is like Goldilocks, except here, Mama Patho is 'just right'. General & systemic pathology J C E Underwood, 4th Ed - This is the recommended text in UK, according to Dr. Annie Tay (she's on medical leave and I don't know if you guys will ever meet her). Underwood is apparently a renowned pathologist there, but since I never referred to this book, I can't pass judgment. Consult other seniors.

Wheater's Basic Pathology: A Text, Atlas and Review of Histopathology, 5th Edition Reference Text

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Essentials of Pathophysiology- Porth, Carol Mattson, 2nded, 2007 Rubins Pathology, 4th Ed 2009 Principles of Internal Medicine Harrisons, 17th Ed Aids to Pathology Dixon/ Quirke, 4th Ed Surgical Pathology Ackerman, 9th Ed; Lecture notes on Pathology Cotton, 4th Ed; Pocket Companion to Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th edition; Rapid Review Pathology, 2nd edition You can skip these books. But I think I have Rubin's in the files. ALSO, I have Goljan's under the USMLE study materials. It's actually quite good. Microbiology and Parasitology

Prescribed Textbooks

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Greenwood D, Slack RC & PeuthererJF. Medical Microbiology. 14thed, Churchill Livingstone Mims CA, Playfair JHL, Roitt IM, Wakelin D & Williams R. Medical Microbiology. 4thed, Mosby Textbook of Medical Parasitology 6thed - Paniker ISBN:8080619370 Mak JW &Choong MF.Atlas of Medically Important Parasites, 2nd Edition - your OSPE questions come from here. Trust me, YOU MUST GET THIS OR YOUR LIFE WILL BE EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT! YOU MUST YOU MUST YOU MUST YOU MUST YOU MUST! Sometimes I referred to Mim's when I was feeling hardworking, but not always. I think lecture notes are enough though. I think Dr. Sushela Devi is teaching you guys Microbio; SHE ALWAYS REFERS TO MIM'S. But I don't think you need to buy a hard copy for it. Reference Text

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Boyd RF. Basic Medical Microbiology.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins publishers. Brooks GF, Butel JS &OrnstonLN.Jawetz, Melnick&Adelbergs Medical Microbiology.Prentice-Hall International Inc. Duguid JP, Marmion BP & Swain RHA.Mackie& McCartney Medical Microbiology.ELBS / Churchill Livingstone Humphreys H & Irving WL.Problem-Orientated Clinical Microbiology and Infection. Churchill Livingstone Zaman V. Handbook of Medical Parasitology.KCAng Publishing Pte. Ltd. Singapore Essentials of Human Parasitology - Judith S. Heelan& Frances W. Ingersoll Medical Parasitology Second Edition. D.R. Arora& B. Arora Markell and Voge's Medical Parasitology Ninth Edition. David T. John & William A. Petri Jr. Foundations of Parasitology. Seventh Edition.Larry S. Roberts & John Janovy, Jr. (Gerald D. Smith & Larry S. Roberts) No need for the above texts. Immunology Prescribed Textbook

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Peakman M and Vergani D. Basic and Clinical Immunology. 2nded, Churchill Livingston, International edition Abbas and Lichtman, Basic Immunology. 3rded, Saunders - If you absolutely need an Immunology textbook, this is the one I used. I think it's in its 4th ed now though. Immunology is a tricky subject, not difficult but there are parts you might not understand. You don't have to buy it, I think it's included with the medical books I gave you guys. You guys will have Immunology once in your Sem 1 and then you'll see it (albeit briefly) again in your Hemato system. Reference Text

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Dwyer J & Dent JM. The Body at War Janeway CA & Travers P. Immunobiology. Churchill Livingstone Kirkwood E & Lewis C. Understanding Medical Immunology.John Wiley Kumar VK, Cotran RS & Robbins SL. Basic Pathology. WB Saunders Company

No need for the above texts. Pharmacology Prescribed Textbook

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Katzung BG, Masters SB and Trevor AJ, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 11thed 2009, McGraw-Hill / Lange Medical Books Rang HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM and RJ Flower. Rang and Dale's Pharmacology, 6th ed. 2007, Churchill Livingstone Pharmacology is hard. I saw some of my batchmates reading Katzung or Lippincott's pharmacology textbook. Most of those who read books for pharmacology seemed to read Katzung to me. For my part, I stuck with lecture notes and just referred to accessmedicine. I'm sure all of you know by now you can access it via ezp. IF YOU CANNOT, I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. Reference Text

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Broyles BE, Reiss BS & Evans ME. Pharmacological Aspects of Nursing Care.Delmar / Thomson Neal M.J. Medical Pharmacology at a Glance.5th ed. 2005.Blackwell Scientific Publications Page C, Hoffman B, Curtis M and Walker M Integrated Pharmacology.3rd Ed. 2006 Elsevier / Mosby Clinical Pharmacology, 10th ed. 2008, Bennett PN and Brown MJ, Churchill Livingstone / Elsevier Again, I did not refer much to reference texts. Online resources

Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11th Ed 2006 http://www.accessmedicine.com

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 11th Ed, 2009 http://www.accessmedicine.com

Community Medicine and Statistics Prescribed Textbook

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Park K, Parks Textbook of preventive and social medicine, 18thed, Jabalpur: Banersidas Bhanot Publishers; 2005 Last JM, Wallace RB. Public Health and Preventive Medicine (Maxcy-Rosenau_Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine).15th ed. McGraw-Hill Medical; 2007. Reference Text

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Leon Gordis, Epidemiology.Saunders, 4th Edition Elsevier Philadelphia; 2009 Abram S Benenson, Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, American Public Health Association, Washington DC, 16th Edition, 1995 Giesecke, J, Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology, 2nd edition, Edward Arnold, 2002 Nagarajah L, Yadav H, Statistics for Health Care Professionals, University Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur (IMU e learning portal), 2010 - HOW TO GET HERE? SIMPLE, LOG IN TO E-LEARNING AND SCROLL DOWN THE MAIN PAGEFOR THE LINK WHERE IT SAYS STATISTICS (this is under the header which says Learning Spaces)! Easy peasy!

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Kirkwood B, Sterne J. Essentials of Medical Statistics. 2nd ed. New York: Blackwell; 2001. Jeyaratnam J. Occupational Health in Developing Countries. 1st ed. USA: Oxford University Press; 1992. LaDou J. Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Medical; 2007 Sirajoon NG, Yadav H. Health Care in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press; 2008. Yadav H. Notes on Family Health. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press; 2004. Cockermann C.W. Medical Sociology.Prentice Hall 11th Edition 2006. Edelman CL, Mandle CL, Health Promotion throughout the lifespan. 6th ed. Elsevier Mosby; 2006 Yadav H. Hospital Management. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press; 2006. I referred to my lecture notes for statistics (and my Cambridge A-Level Biology book for it). For other sources, I don't know what's good at your level. Currently am revising statistics again, and this time I found The Oxford Handbook of Medical Statistics (which I borrowed from the library; its call number is WA 39 .Pea 2011). It will have more information than you need, but it's helpful if you know what you're searching for and find from either the Table of Contents or Index. It's pricey though, so you might not want to buy it. Medical Ethics

Medical Ethics and Law Module, Learning Portal IMU, http://elearning.imu.edu.my/course/view.php?id=4448

- again at e-learning, also under learning Spaces on the main page. If you're short of time, I recommend First Aid for the USMLE. I have a copy under the file Medical that I sent you guys. It's 2011, one of the latest eds (certainly later than the one we currently have in the library XP). Read it if you're in a hurry and you need more time for yourself! ;) Also, some of my batchmates swear by the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handbook-Clinical-Medicine-Medical-Handbooks/dp/0199232172/r ef=pd_sim_b_1/280-6204857-2044934

). One of them told me that the week before EOS, he'd just read this book and go (after studying all his lecture notes of course). He's a good student.

Recommended Websites (GO THROUGH ALL!):Biochemistry:1. The Medical Biochemistry Page http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/

2.Biochemistry Online http://employees.csbsju.edu/hjakubowski/classes/ch331/bcintro/default.html

3. Haemoglobin: structure and function http://www.elp.manchester.ac.uk/pub_projects/2001/MNQC7NDS/haemoglobin_structure.htm

Anatomy/ Physiology Bone, Muscles, Joints:http://www.teachpe.com/anatomy/bone_structure.php

Anatomy of heart valves, cardiac cycle:http://www.cvphysiology.com/Heart%20Disease/HD002a.htm

LO AND BEHOLD! - ACCESSMEDICINE! ACCESSMEDICINE LOG IN DETAILS: Username: IMU Password: M3d1c1n3 Also, do not forget to go through OLIS. Often, it has extra content which might help you understand the subjects better (I'm thinking of my CVS, when after reading I finally could remember which diseases affected which size of arteries, etc. etc.). Try and do MOFA, sometimes questions do come out from there. Make sure you complete AIR, I'm not sure about now but historically it does contribute to your final EOS grade.

I think that's all. Any questions? Did I miss out anything? Other seniors? All the best, loves! XD -Suhaila