![]() | The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Final Year Medical Students (Masterpass Undergraduate) by Nazmul Akunjee
Buy new: £22.17 / Used from: £19.99 A core text for OSCE revision. Amazing protocols for common histories, examinations, procedures and a explanations. It's the one book I'm planning to keep for FY1.
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![]() | The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Specialties: A Step-by-step Guide to OSCE Success (Masterpass) (Masterpass Series) by Muhammed Akunjee
Buy new: £24.65 / Used from: £20.42 I only looked at this during the last few days before finals and it has some fantastic specialties stuff in it - the sexual health section was covered very well.
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![]() | Crash Course: Neurology (Crash Course-UK) by Christopher Turner BSc MBChB MRCP
Buy used from: £13.00 Alot of students find neurology to be quite complex and I found it very difficult to find a good book. But Crash Course not only covered everything, but explained things clearly and concisely.
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![]() | Crash Course: Psychiatry (Crash Course-UK) by Alasdair Cameron
Buy used from: £8.00 Excellent coverage of all psychiatric issues including great explanations of confusing concepts e.g. types of delusions. Good tips on phrases to use too.
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![]() | Crash Course: Cardiology (Crash Course-UK) by Mohammed Al-Obaidi MB ChB MD MRCP
Buy used from: £25.00 This book ended up becoming a core text for cardiology in my year, much to the annoyance of cardiology consultants! Great content and very clearly explained.
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![]() | The ECG Made Easy by John R. Hampton DM MA DPhil FRCP FFPM FESC
Buy used from: £7.49 I read alot of books on how to read ECGs and in the end, this really was the best!
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![]() | Oxford Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills (Oxford Handbooks Series)
Buy new: £20.69 / Used from: £30.83 Great to carry around on the wards to remind you how to do that obscure examination you haven't done in ages.
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![]() | Medicine at a Glance
Buy new: £24.19 / Used from: £23.98 This ended up being my core text for medicine. Depite the name, it is actually very detailed but focuses on the salient points, presnting them in an easy to remember fashion. Excellent.
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![]() | Surgical Talk: Revision in Surgery by Andrew Goldberg
Buy new: £20.93 / Used from: £18.89 This is a great book, but sometimes overwhelming and a bit too chatty. Indispensible nonetheless.
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![]() | The Flesh and Bones of Surgery (Flesh & Bones) by Aneel Bhangu
Buy new: £11.39 / Used from: £12.49 This was my core surgery book. Despite being quite thin, it's packed with easy to digest information and tells you the important things you need to know including great OSCE tips.
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![]() | Master Medicine: Medical Pharmacology: A clinical core text for integrated curricula with self assessment by Simon Constable BSc MRCP(UK)
Buy new: £18.79 / Used from: £44.13 The BNF is the gold standard but can be overwhelming. This book however, addresses the salient points and focuses on the important side effects of common drugs.
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![]() | Rapid Medicine by Amir Sam
Buy new: £14.09 / Used from: £12.26 Amazing series of books. All the information is structured in a very accessible way, making it a thorough reference and revision book. Less overwhelming than OHCM.
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![]() | Rapid Obstetrics and Gynaecology by Misha Moore
Buy new: £16.14 / Used from: £12.54 I never found what I thought was a good O&G book. This came very close though and made Impy make that little bit more sense.
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![]() | Rapid Paediatrics and Child Health by Helen Brough
Buy new: £14.69 / Used from: £10.00 There was no paeds textbook that really spoke to me, but rapid supported my understanding greatly. Probably wouldn't have passed written finals without it.
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![]() | Rapid Psychiatry by Allison Hibbert
Buy new: £15.49 / Used from: £11.46 Highly recommended book. Great for revising the salient facts before exams. Great assessment section to help with OSCEs too.
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![]() | OSCEs for Medical Students: v. 3 by Adam Feather
Buy new: £14.92 / Used from: £11.00 Amazing series of books covering alot of relevant material. Written by Kevin Hayes (chief examiner at SGUL) and Angella Hall - so essential reading for SGUL students!!
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![]() | Final MB: A Guide to Success in Clinical Medicine by Harry R. Dalton
Buy new: £16.29 / Used from: £9.76 Excellent book highlighting common things to look for in the examination stations in OSCEs along with revision of key concepts. Surgery edition is good too.
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![]() | ABC of Eyes (ABC Series) by Peng T. Khaw
Buy new: £23.22 / Used from: £16.25 Excellent book. Colour atlas of opthamology was also very good.
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![]() | ABC of Dermatology (ABC Series)
Buy used from: £16.98 Derm comes up again and again in medicine. So investing in a book is worth it. I think this is as good as it gets.
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![]() | Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery: An Illustrated Colour Text by R S Dhillon FRCS
Buy new: £25.26 / Used from: £20.00 ENT features heavily in SGUL examinations because the chief examiner for surgery is an ENT specialist. This book is clear and colourful but does not have excessive info.
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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: £21.99 / Used from: £15.00 This is my favourite book! Communication skills makes up over 50% of the OSCE at SGUL and this book covers it all ranging from breaking bad news to consenting for procedures and histories.
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![]() | Chest X-Ray Made Easy by Jonathan Corne MA PhD FRCP Dr.
Buy new: £14.29 / Used from: £8.48 No other book has been as good at explaining the basics like this one. Indispensible.
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![]() | Data Interpretation for Medical Students by P. Hamilton
Buy new: £18.89 / Used from: £19.23 Good to flick through before exams to make sure you have covered all the essential investigations.
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