First Year Booklist

[S Knights]

Let me start by saying that I saw that Sparky had done this on the UWCM forum, it struck me as a good idea so thought I would steal it.

The following is a list of texts that are generally accepted as the most complimentary to the first year of the Durham medical course.

Anatomy

ALTERATION

The recommended text for gross anatomy has changed. As of this year the anatomy department are recommending that students buy: Gray's Anatomy for Students .


Clinically Oriented Anatomy by Moore and Dalley (colloquially known as "Big Moore's") ISBN 0-683-06141-0.

Edit: Essential Clinical Anatomy By Moore and Agur. Included here as a lightweight text to use along side Clinically Oriented Anatomy. Not enough detail to learn from, but can be handy for revision, or when you don't want to carry around Big Moore's.

Physiology (Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Renal Medicine etc)

Physiology by Berne and Levy ISBN 0323022251
Some prefer Human Physiology: The Basis of Medicine by Pocock and Richards; ISBN 0192625381 (though it doesn't go into sufficient detail in most areas so is generally used in conjunction with Berne and Levy, if at all).

Histology

Wheater's Functional Histology by Wheater (originally) now Young and Heath, ISBN 0443056129. This is an absolutely essential purchase, not least because all of the exam questions are set from it and involve photos found within its pages.

Pharmacology

Pharmacology by Rang et al ISBN 0443071454 (or 0443059748 for 1999 edition)

Embryology

Human Embryology by Larsen ISBN 0443065837 (this is a horrendous area, Larsen's just about makes it understandable).

Edit: Clinical Skills and Living Anatomy

(Thought I would add a section for clinical skills)

If you are particularly enthusiastic about getting practical procedures right, then the full text of Macleod's Clinical Examination by Macleod, Munro and Campbell, ISBN 0443061726 is rather a good buy. It covers all of the clinical skills for both first and second year, and is one of the recommended texts for third year (so you will need a copy eventually!) Not an essential first year purchase by any means, but certainly useful in the long run when Introduction to Clinical Examination doesn't provide enough detail.

General

You might also want to consider some of the recommended "ABC" series of books published by the BMJ, which cover most topics (I won't give a list as they litterally cover everything).

Clinical Medicine by Kumar and Clark is rather useful, though you can get through without it.

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine is a wonderful reference book that you might want to consider at this stage. It won't be of great use to you until clinical years, but it is one of the best books around if you need to know about diagnosis and management of the commoner medical conditions. Can live without it in first year, but you will want one eventually (see third year booklist).

On a different tack I would advise against buying the "essential text" Growing Up in Britain: Ensuring a Healthy Future for Our Children . I know about ten people who own a copy, and only one person has ever actually read it - it really is something of a waste of money.

Hope this is useful, if anyone else would like to add any more then please feel free.

[premsut]

Would Agree that all books on embryology are hideous, especially Langman's. In addition to Moore And Dalley (Big) I would reccommend Essential Clinical anatomy (Moore, Agur) ISBN: 0781728304, Very usefull for DR sessions and cramming!! :P

[mia]

Hiya all,

I have just accepted an unconditional offer so I guess I will be coming to Stockton after all!!!

Are these ALL the books you will need or are there other books that you will require aswell??

[tocho79]

Congratulations mia, I look forward to seeing you next year. Which College did you get? and just out of curiosity, did you get a place through ucas extra? Congratulations again, stockton is the best!

[S Knights]

You want more books than that? :shock: .

Just checked through it again, and unless there are any huge alterations to the course these are pretty much all of the texts that you will need for first year.

If anthropology is your thing there are a few recommended texts, but having never even looked at them I really can't tell you anything about them (aside from the fact that they clearly aren't essential reading to pass the course :wink: ). The full book list runs to about £700, but you really only need the ones mentioned above.

[mia]

Congratulations mia, I look forward to seeing you next year. Which College did you get? and just out of curiosity, did you get a place through ucas extra? Congratulations again, stockton is the best!

Thanks tocho79,

I got the SNOW collge! No I did not go through ucas extra but I had taken a year out and therefore had the grades hence the Unconditional offer.

So which colege are you allocated to ?

[mia]

You want more books than that? :shock: .

Just checked through it again, and unless there are any huge alterations to the course these are pretty much all of the texts that you will need for first year.

If anthropology is your thing there are a few recommended texts, but having never even looked at them I really can't tell you anything about them (aside from the fact that they clearly aren't essential reading to pass the course :wink: ). The full book list runs to about £700, but you really only need the ones mentioned above.

Thanks for the info,

[S Knights]

no problem, it's what I do .

[lunty_2k]

greetings, im new on this here forum, and have firmly accepted an unconditional offer from durham, so ill definitely be going there, w00p.

I kind of had a gap year forced upon me, as i missed my offer for last year by 3 marks on maths. after sending my papers back and forth to be remarked and everything [they eventually came back up a grade], it was too late to start the year 2003/2004. so i had to apply through ucas again - and ended up gettin more offers second time round, after thinking i wasnt going to get any!

now that ive bored you all with my little intro, thanks for the booklist...ive been wondering what to use my book voucher on!

btw, theres not much chance the list is going to change drastically is there?

thanks again.

[M Clayton]

Nope.

Highly unlikely to change at all.

Those are the books that both we and the first years have found to be useful.