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Books to get you through the clinical years
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series)Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Murray Longmore
Buy new: £18.69 / Used from: £11.50
Used: 3rd/4th/5th year - An excllent book to carry around esp. in the third year, contains very succinct information and now in colour, with lots of diagrams. Well worth the investment
Neuroanatomy: An Illustrated Colour Text With STUDENT CONSULT Online AccessNeuroanatomy: An Illustrated Colour Text With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access by Alan R. Crossman PhD DSc Professor
Buy new: £25.61 / Used from: £21.99
Used: 2nd/3rd yr - A great book to use in the second year with great diagrams and easy explanations. i didn't like nueroanatomy much but this book really helped. Also v. useful during the neuro rotion
Surgical Talk: Revision in SurgerySurgical Talk: Revision in Surgery by Andrew Goldberg
Buy new: £21.43 / Used from: £19.19
Used 5th year - Great for finals revision, read as though you were being taught by a tutor..note: lots of writing, few diagrams but easy to read. Start early with this book
Crash Course:  Surgery (Crash Course-UK)Crash Course: Surgery (Crash Course-UK) by Helen Sweetland MBChB MD FRCS(Ed)
Buy new: £20.89 / Used from: £20.59
used 3rd/5th year - Easy to read and large font! Well laid out and great to revise from..esp before ward rounds and finals as a quick overview
General Surgery (Lecture Notes)General Surgery (Lecture Notes) by Harold Ellis
Buy new: £19.89 / Used from: £19.01
Used 5th year - In depth surgery for extra info, long and can be tedious to read but the information contained is great
Medicine at a GlanceMedicine at a Glance
Buy new: £24.19 / Used from: £23.98
Used 5th year - Well laid out with good colour illustrations - recomended for finals revision as easy to assimilate info within. Great for 3rd year revison, wish id discovrd it then!
Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics (Illustrated Colour Text)Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics (Illustrated Colour Text) by Tom Lissauer MB BChir FRCP FRCPCH
Buy used from: £21.89
Used 4th/5th year - I actually enjoyed paeds revision from this book! NB. a nice read but can take time to get through so although good to revise frm u'll need to start early with it
Crash Course:  Paediatrics (Crash Course-UK)Crash Course: Paediatrics (Crash Course-UK) by David Pang MD
Buy used from: £17.00
Used 4th/5th year - Excellent for the long-winded things eg. congenital heart defects - had to cram half of paeds and this helped me pass! Great for finals when overview needed
Obstetrics and GynaecologyObstetrics and Gynaecology by Lawrence Impey
Buy used from: £17.99
Used 4th/5th year - To be honest, all you'll need - just the right amount of information pitched at just the right level, complete with illustrations. Great for finals when pressed for time
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties (Oxford Handbooks Series)Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Judith Collier
Buy used from: £6.80
Used 3rd/4th/5th yr - Again has all the information succinctly, good as a more in-depth back-up for other texts
Dermatology (Lecture Notes)Dermatology (Lecture Notes) by Robin GrahamBrown
Buy new: £19.05 / Used from: £16.75
Used 4th/5th yr - A fantastic, easy-to-read, well illustrated book for derm with the right amount of info, again great for finals exam and easy to. I still refer to it - highly recommend it
Apley's Concise Orthopaedics and Trauma (Hodder Arnold Publication)Apley's Concise Orthopaedics and Trauma (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Louis Solomon
Buy new: £24.32 / Used from: £21.99
Used 4th yr - THE orthopaedic book with a thouch of rheumatology, making it a great study AND revision book - again well laid out but takes time to read..easy test to follow
Symptom SorterSymptom Sorter by Keith Hopcroft
Buy new: £24.95 / Used from: £15.00
Used 5th yr GP rotatn - Has a great database of differentials - especially handy for the GP rotaion in final year, didn't use it much else
Essential MCQs for Surgical FinalsEssential MCQs for Surgical Finals by Delilah Hassanally
Buy used from: £3.34
Good question bank...best of all, has answers AND explanations in small tutorial style
The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Final Year Medical Students (Masterpass Undergraduate)The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Final Year Medical Students (Masterpass Undergraduate) by Nazmul Akunjee
Buy new: £22.18 / Used from: £19.99
Nice book for OSCEs, has explanations to help guide you through it
Lecture Notes on Clinical MedicineLecture Notes on Clinical Medicine by David Rubenstein
Buy new: £19.22 / Used from: £18.24
Nice for in depth explanations and very well written, great for background reading throughout the rotation, but not so easy to revise from. Good for the larger topics when you want more depth
Pocket Essentials of Obstetrics and GynaecologyPocket Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynaecology by Barry O'Reilly
Buy new: £20.59 / Used from: £13.49
Used 4th yr - We fought over this book, great amount of info, well explained succinctly..and because of its size its easy to carry around the wards or fit into your scrubs! Highly recommend