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My first year as a Newcastle Medic
Medical Physiology, Updated Edition: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access: A Cellular and Molecular ApproachMedical Physiology, Updated Edition: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access: A Cellular and Molecular Approach by Walter F. Boron MD PhD
Buy used from: £53.02
More info than you could ever want; if it's not in here it's not worth knowing or isn't known yet! Clinical correlates useful, diagrams superb and simplify the difficult bits
Clinically Oriented AnatomyClinically Oriented Anatomy by Keith L. Moore
Buy new: £31.50 / Used from: £16.93
Top notch anatomy book, systems divided up, will cover you for second year as well. Diagrams drawn from real cadavers as well as schematic. Enclosed CDs good fun to use too
Mark's Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical ApproachMark's Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach by Colleen M. Smith
Buy new: £24.65 / Used from: £3.94
All the digestion & energy stuff is in here, simplified by easy diagrams, and not so much detail as to confuse you (after all, I never had to learn it in so much depth). Diagrams make things clearer!
Sociology as Applied to MedicineSociology as Applied to Medicine by Graham Scambler BSc PhD
Buy used from: £9.48
It's an unfortunate book to have to spend good beer money on, as you only use it for assignments, but copies vanish from the library
Kumar and Clark Clinical MedicineKumar and Clark Clinical Medicine by Parveen Kumar
Buy used from: £32.00
Not overly neccessary 'til later in the course, but has some good kidney stuff in and good for clinical correlates.
PharmacologyPharmacology by Humphrey P. Rang
Buy used from: £22.50
Useful for the basic pharmacology covered in late first year
Human Anatomy: Color Atlas and TextHuman Anatomy: Color Atlas and Text by John Gosling MB ChB MD FRCS
Buy used from: £8.40
Actualy photos of actual cadavers, coupled with line drawings of photos. Good if you've missed a DR session