![]() | Macleod's Clinical Examination: With STUDENT CONSULT Access by Graham Douglas BSc(Hons) MBChB FRCPE Dr.
Buy new: £29.23 / Used from: £25.00 Quite a thorough introduction to clinical examination. There are a few books out there, and they're all pretty similar.
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![]() | Lecture Notes on Clinical Skills by R. Turner
Buy used from: £2.99 I found this really really useful. It goes through all the examinations concisely but thoroughly, including all the little things to look for to make your examination complete.
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![]() | Kumar and Clark Clinical Medicine by Parveen Kumar
Buy used from: £32.00 For reference only. Use it to make notes on the really important diseases, like hypertension and heart failure.
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![]() | Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Murray Longmore
Buy new: £18.68 / Used from: £14.75 This is about the right sort of detail for finals, and you can take it on the wards. Every medical student has a copy.
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![]() | Lecture Notes On Psychiatry by Paul Harrison
Buy new: £17.05 / Used from: £15.00 In fact, the whole Lecture Notes series is BRILLIANT (I used them for Haematology, Cardiology, etc). Perfect amount of detail - not too much, not too little, but like Goldilocks' porridge, just right.
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![]() | The ECG Made Easy by John R. Hampton
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £11.02 This is not a great book. However, unless you know a really friendly Cardiology reg (who are few and far between in any case), there is no other way to master the humble ECG.
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![]() | Big Brain Academy (Nintendo DS)
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £8.99 You gotta exercise your brain.
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![]() | Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access by Tom Lissauer MB BChir FRCP FRCPCH Dr.
Buy new: £29.81 / Used from: £27.50 Everything you need to know about Paeds. And then some.
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![]() | Pocket Essentials of Paediatrics by Nandu Thalange MRCP MRCPCH ILTM
Buy new: £16.08 / Used from: £9.99 As above but much more concise; perfect if you're doing a Paeds elective.
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![]() | Essential Obstetrics and Gynaecology by E. Malcolm Symonds MD FRCOG FFPHM FACOG(Hon)
Buy new: £32.39 / Used from: £27.19 I'm pretty sure I used this, but it's not very memorable. Try a library copy.
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![]() | Pocketbook of Orthopaedics and Fractures (Churchill Pocketbooks) by Ronald McRae FRCS(Eng Glas) FChS(Hon) AIMBI Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association
Buy new: £17.37 / Used from: £16.06 Nifty little Orthopod book. Learn your eponyms! Also, Surgical Talk has a good section on Orthopaedics (check out my Medical Finals Survival Guide List).
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![]() | Radiology Casebook for Medical Students by Alan Grundy
Buy new: £15.99 / Used from: £16.00 Brilliant way to test your radiograph interpretation skills, and to brush up if those skills are lacking.
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![]() | British national formulary: v. 54 by a joint publication of the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Buy used from: £0.62 The BNF is not just for reference - you can study from it too. For example, check out the section on antihypertensives - it gives some pretty useful advice. Same for antibiotics, antiepileptics, etc.
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![]() | Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Judith Collier
Buy new: £22.20 / Used from: £11.94 Covers the more minor subjects like ENT and Ophthalmology quite well. Psychiatry section is rubbish though. I find the Oxford Handbooks tend to be quite wishy-washy, for a "concise" text!
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![]() | ABC of Breast Diseases (ABC Series)
Buy new: £21.32 / Used from: £21.96 I despise the ABC series (as well as "At a glance" and "Crashcourse" - this isn't preschool); however, the Breast book does the job. (For everything else, if you need concise, use the Lecture Notes).
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![]() | 100 Cases in Clinical Medicine by John Rees
Buy used from: £8.00 Very readable; makes you feel like a doctor to hold it.
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![]() | Pocket Essentials of Clinical Medicine by Anne Ballinger MD MRCP Dr.
Buy new: £19.99 / Used from: £17.70 This book is quite comforting - not too much detail, pretty colours, even smells nice! Enjoy!
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![]() | Introduction to Clinical Examination by Mike Ford
Buy new: £13.79 / Used from: £10.00 This is a good little book to carry on the wards with you to jog your memory for clinical examinations. Fits in your pocket. You'll need something more thorough to prepare for OSCEs though.
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![]() | Data Interpretation for Medical Students by P. Hamilton
Buy new: £18.76 / Used from: £18.94 Really clever book. Once you've read this you'll have no trouble interpreting blood results etc.
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![]() | Communication Skills for Final MB: A Guide to Success in the OSCE by Harry Dalton BSc DPhil(Oxon) FRCP DipMedEd
Buy new: £19.27 / Used from: £16.99 There are things you need to learn for comm skills, just like in any other subject in medical school. That's why it's such a large part of the curriculum these days - some docs can't communicate.
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