Important textbooks.

[scaryhair]

Hey,
I know they say not to go buying a load of new textbooks way beforehand, but I was wondering what are the must-have textbooks for Newcastle medicine?
I was looking at this package: Essential Medical Textbook Value Package: Parveen Kumar, Richard Drake, Humphrey P. Rang: Amazon.co.uk: Books and to an outsider it looks pretty good, what do you think? I'm going to try and find it cheaper/second hand on ebay if they'd be useful
Thanks for the help!

[tcdlewis]

I would say Gray's and Kumar are good buys but you can get away without the pharmacology for a while yet.

You need a good physiology book for sure. Boron is the gold standard but very heavy going. You may want to start with Silverthorn or Tortora first.

[Luci]

silverthorn is a great book for beginners. It doesn't assume you already know a lot. I'd say it's a must have.
Clinical medicine by kumar and clark is also a must have - although without prior knowledge of physiology and anatomy it's quite challenging...
clinically oriented anatomy by moore is a great beginners anatomy book.

And of course, for later, robbins pathology!

I think these are great books to have in your collection. Especially when starting medicine.
Plus, if they end up using different books, you can get a different perspective sometimes which is also really useful.

Some uni's tend to use books that are pretty difficult - having some books that explain very well, that's a nice thing!

Enjoy

[scaryhair]

Thanks guys!
So, is there any difference between this: Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach International Edition: Amazon.co.uk: Dee Unglaub Silverthorn: Books and this: Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach: Amazon.co.uk: Dee Unglaub Silverthorn: Books apart from the difference in price and whether its a paperback/hardback? Do I need to get the most recent edition?

[Luci]

both same amount of pages and same edition, so I would think not!
I'd definitely go for the cheaper one. It also seems to be the same as what I had, but then the next edition.

There are always international editions and american/canadian editions (which are always more expensive) it has to do with legal rights and stuff...

I was very excited to see there is a new edition! yay!
I still have to buy one (until now I borrowed one), so yay

[scaryhair]

It seems the international one is cheaper in this case, so that'll be the one I go for I suppose! Thanks again

[tcdlewis]

Specifically for Newcastle medical course, Boron is the gold standard.

[latestarter]

how are library stocks for books?

[tcdlewis]

Boron was constantly out but since they've brought copies of the new edition in it's been ok. There are always copies in the short loan section.

[jetbackwards]

I would say that you'd need anatomy and physiology textbooks. Boron comes well recommended and there are a few good anatomy ones out there (don't just go for Gray's!).

Though there is really no need to get books until you're here - don't be rushing out and buying them! It's much better to wait and work with different books before buying... the library won't run out straight away! (and you can always get them from the 4-hour loans section to look at).

For first and second year, a big clinical textbook probably isn't needed (though mine has come in handy a few times - it's nothing that couldn't have been looked up elsewhere). You'll also get free books thrown at you for joining various medical defence unions, so you can take advantage of those (I got an Oxford Medical Dictionary, and Mini Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine this way).