Recommended books for Sem 6

Hey dears,

This list was sent to me by a senior. It is basically up to you to choose which books you want to buy - you can still ask other seniors (and if you have also been given a list it would be great if you forwarded it to me so I can put it up)! :)

1. Family Medicine

1. Murtagh's General Practice (huge textbook, a lot of people use it)
2. 100 Diagnostic Picture Tests in Primary Care by Loh Keng Yin*
3. Practice MCQs for Family Medicine by Loh Keng Yin*
4. Rakel's Essential Family Medicine (recommended by Dr Loh some seniors just photocopied sections which were important)
   

*they are not sure how you can get the books from Dr Loh anymore (since he lefy because they used to buy from him directly but from what they remember, EMO bookstore at IMU BJ used to sell these 2 books. Please check with Henry.

! Very importantly for Family Medicine, you need to read the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) for Malaysia (available online on the Academy of Medicine website) Actually this is applicable to all postings, but especially true for FM.

2. Surgery

1. Essential Surgery by Burkitt et al (huge textbook, colourful diagrams, used widely the world over, even some established surgeons are still using it)
2. Intro to Signs & Symptoms of Surgical Diseases by Browse et al (something like Macleod's/Talley's but specifically for Surgery)
3. Manipal Textbook of Surgery (a lot of seniors use it - apparently it's very good)
4. Bailey & Love's Textbook to Surgery (recommended by some lecturers, but quite huge)

3. Internal Medicine

1. Kumar & Clark's OR Davidson's (EITHER ONE WILL DO! BUT MUST HAVE ONE!)
2. OHCM 7/8th Edition (to be carried to wards for quick reference)
3. Express Revision for Short OSCEs by Chew Nee Kong, some Dr from UM (awesome revision book for practising OSCEs!)
4. Again, read CPGs!

According to seniors there is no rush buying books because Phase 2 is totally different! Just soak in the atmosphere and settle down properly first.

Loads of love and cheers,
Zia