Book List
SL | Subject | Textbook for South Asian students | Reference Book for South Asian students | Practical Books/Bedside Clinics for South Asian students | Students aspiring for USMLE,PLAB,AMC,HMC & other international exams please add. |
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1. | General Anatomy | Handbook Of General Anatomy by B.D.Chaurasia | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2. | Regional Anatomy | B.D.Chaurasia’s Human Anatomy (3 Volumes) | 1.Clinical Anatomy by Regions by Richard.S.Snell 2. GRAY’S ANATOMY for STUDENTS by Richard L. Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W.M. Mitchell |
Cunningham’s Manual Of Practical Anatomy by G.J.Romanes(3 Volumes) | 1.Clinically Oriented Anatomy byKeith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley ,Anne M.R. Agur 2.BRS Or Kaplan Anatomy |
3. | Surface & Radiological Anatomy | Surface & Radiological Anatomy by A.Halim | N/A | N/A | Surface Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Examination by |
4. | Histology | 1.Textbook Of Human Histology by Inderbir Singh or 2.Histology & Cell Biology: Examination & Board Review by by Douglas F. Paulsen |
1. Junqueira’s Basic Histology by Anthony L. Mescher 2. Wheater’s Functional Histology by Burkitt H.G., Young B. and Heath J. |
1.Netter’s Essential Histology by William K. Ovalle, Patrick C. Nahirney 2.Colour Atlas of Histology by by Leslie P. Gartner, James L. Hiatt |
1. Wheater’s Functional Histology byBarbara Young, Phillip Woodford, Geraldine O’Dowd 2. BRS Cell Biology and Histology by Leslie P. Gartner, James L. Hiatt, Judy M. Strum |
5. | Embryology | Langman’s Medical Embryology by T.W.Sadler With CD-ROM | N/A | N/A | Larsen’s Human Embryology by Schoenwolf, Bleyl, Brauer, & Francis-West |
6. | Genetics | Emery’s Elements Of Medical Genetics by Peter D Turnpenny,Sian Ellard | N/A | N/A | Follow Text Book & USMLE Road Map: Genetics by Jr.George H. Sack |
7. | Neuroanatomy | Neuroanatomy In Clinical Context by DUANE E. HAINES | Clinical neuroanatomy by | N/A | Follow Both |
8. | Osteology | Textbook of Human Osteology by Inderbir Singh | N/A | Bone Set (arrange from China) |
Human Histology by by Tim D. White, Michael T. Black, Pieter A. Folkens |
9. | Physiology | 1. Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology by Kim E. Barrett, Scott Boitano, Susan M. Barman, Heddwen L. Brooks or 2.Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology by John E Hall or 3.A.K.JAIN(2 VOL)/ SEMBULINGAM/ A.B.S.MAHAPATRA/ D.PRAMANIK/ SUJIT KR.CHAUDHURY |
1. Best & Taylor’s Physiological Basis Of Medical Practice For Students by OP Tandon, Y Tripathi 2.Samson Wright’s Applied Physiology by Samson Wright , Cyril A. Keele 3. Berne & Levy Physiology by Bruce M. Koeppen,Bruce A. Stanton |
No practical Physiology book should be bought from India by any student. | 1.Physiology by Linda S. Costanzo. 2. USMLE Road Map Physiology by James Pasley<br/ 3. Kaplan Medical USMLE Step 1 Lecture Notes: Physiology |
10. | Biochemistry | 1.LIPPINCOTT ‘S Illustrated Reviews Biochemistry by Richard Harvey & Dennis Ferrier and 2.Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry by Victor Rodwell , David Bender,Kathleen M. Botham,Peter J. Kennelly,P. Anthony Weil or 3.Biochemistry bySatyanarayana & Chakrapani 4.Fundamentals of Biochemistry byA.C.Deb |
1. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry byDavid L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox 2.Biochemistry by Jeremy M. Berg , John L. Tymoczko ,Lubert Stryer |
No practical Biochemistry book should be bought from India by any student | 1.BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics by Michael Lieberman,Rick Ricer 2.BIOCHEMISTRY by Voet & Voet 3. Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations by 3. Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations by Thomas M. Devlin |
11. | Microbiology | 1. Textbook Of Microbiology by Ananthanarayan & J. Paniker or 2. Medical Microbiology byJawetz,Melnick &Adelberg |
1. Medical Microbiology by Greeenwood 2. Medical Microbiology by Patrick R Murray, Ken S Rosenthal,Michael A Pfaller |
Not Required | 1.Review Of Medical Microbiology And Immunology by Warren Levinson 2.Sherris Medical Microbiology by Kenneth j. Ryan, C. George Ray 3.Pre-Test Microbiology by Matthew Grisham |
12. | Immunology | 1. Textbook of Immunology by Mohanty SK,Leela K Sai,Reddy P Veerendra Kumar or 2. Basic Immunology by Abul K. Abbas & Andrew H. Lichtman 3. Immunology for Medical Students: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access by Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert |
1. Essential Immunology by Ivan M Roitt 2. Immunology by David K. Male, Jonathan Brostoff, David Roth,Ivan M. Roitt 3. Medical Immunology by Tristram G Parslow ,Daniel P. Stites |
Not Required | 1. Review Of Medical Microbiology And Immunology by Warren Levinson 2. Lippincott Illustrated Reviews for IMMUNOLOGY by Thao Doan,Roger Melvold ,Susan Viselli , Carl Waltenbaugh 3. Essentials Of Clinical Immunology byChapel & Haeney |
13. | Parasitology | ParasitologyK D Chatterjee or 2. Textbook of Medicine Parasitology by Paniker or 3. Textbook of Medical Parasitology : Protozoology & Helminthology by Subhash Chandra Parija |
Essentials of Medical Parasitology by Sastry Apurba Sankar, K Sandhya Bhat | Not Required | 1. Human Parasitology by Burton J. Bogitsh, Clint E. Carter, Thomas N. Oeltmann 2. Markell and Voge’s Medical Parasitology by David T. John, William A. Petri, Edward K. Markell, Marietta Voge |
14. | Pathology | Robbins and Cotran Pathologic basis of Disease by Kumar,Abbas,Fausto,Aster | N/A | Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology by Edward C. Klatt | 1.Rapid Review Pathology by Edward F.Goljan 2. USMLE Step 1, Lecture Notes; Pathology by Kaplan 3.Robbins Basic pathology International Edition by Kumar,Abbas,Aster 4. BRS Pathology by Arthur S. Schneider,Philip A. Szanto 5.Pre-Test Pathology by Earl J.Brown |
15. | Pathophysiology | Pathophysiology of Disease An Introduction to Clinical Medicine By Gary D. Hammer, Stephen J. McPhee | 1.Understanding Pathophysiology by Sue E. Huether, Kathryn L. McCance 2. Porth’s Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States by Sheila Grossman |
N/A | 1.Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States by Carol Porth 2. Pathophysiology – Text And E-book Package: The Biologic Basis For Disease In Adults And Children by Sue E. Huether & Kathryn L. McCance |
16. | Community Medicine | Parks Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine by K. Park | 1. Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine by Mahajan & Gupta 2. Community Medicine(With Recent Advances) by Suryakantha AH |
Field Visits and PHC/CHC visits | 1.Kaplan Notes 2.First AID |
17. | Pharmacology | 1. Essentials of Medical Pharmacology by by K.D. Tripathy and 2. Katzung Basic and Clinical Pharmacology by Bertram Katzung, Susan Masters , Anthony Trevor |
1. The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics by Goodman & Gilman 2. Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology by Humphrey P. Rang,M.M.Dale, James M. Ritter,Rod J. Flower, Graeme Henderson |
No practical Pharmacology book should be bought from India by any student. | 1. Katzung & Trevor’s Pharmacology Examination and Board Review by Anthony Trevor, Bertram Katzung, Susan Masters, Marieke Knuidering-Hall 2. Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews Pharmacology by Richard A. Harvey |
18. | Forensic Medicine and Toxicology | 1.Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Narayan Reddy , O P Murty | 1. Principles of Forensic Medicine by Apurba Nandy 2. J B Mukherjee’s Forensic medicine and toxicology by R.N.Karmakar. |
AUTOPSY AT University Level | First AID |
19. | General Surgery | Bailey & Love’s A Short Practice Of Surgery by Norman Williams,Christopher Bulstrode, P Ronan O’Connell and A Manual on Clinical Surgery by S.Das |
1.Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery by F. Charles Brunicardi 2. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery by Courtney M. Townsend 3. Principles and Practice of Surgery by O. James Garden, Andrew W. Bradbury,John L. R. Forsythe,Rowan W. Parks“ |
Bedside Clinics in Surgery by Makhan Lal Saha | 1.Kaplan USMLE Step 2 CK Surgery Notes 2.NMS Surgery by Bruce.E.Jarrell 3.Pre-Test Surgery by Lillian S. Kao,Tammy Lee |
20. | Orthopaedic including Traumatology and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 1. Essential Orthopaedics by J.Maheshwari or 2.Textbook of Orthopaedics by John Ebnezar(Jaypee) |
Textbook of Orthopedics and Traumatology by Mayil Vahanan Natarajan | Essential Handbook Of Practical Orthopaedic Examination Book by Kaushik Banerjee | Mercer’s textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma by Sureshan Sivananthan,Eugene Sherry |
21. | Internal Medicine | 1.Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine by Dan L. Longo, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, J. Larry Jameson, Joseph Loscalzo (2 Volumes) or 2. Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine by Brian R. Walker, Nicki R Colledge, Stuart H. Ralston, Ian Penman |
1. Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine by Douglas L. Mann, Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby, and Robert O. Bonow 2. Wintrobe’s Clinical Hematology by John P. Greer, Daniel A. Arber, Bertil Glader,Alan F. List ,Robert T. Means 3. Abeloff’s Clinical Oncology byMartin D. Abeloff, James O. Armitage, John E. Niederhuber, Michael B. Kastan, W. Gillies McKenna |
Bedside Clinics In Medicine Part 1 & Part 2 by Arup Kumar Kundu | 1.Harrison’s Principles of Internal Med Self -Assesment and Board Review by Weiner 2. Kumar and Clark’s Clinical Medicine by Praveen Kumar & Michael L. Clark 3.Kaplan Medical USMLE Step 2 CK Lecture Notes |
22. | Diagnosis | Macleod’s Clinical Examination by Graham Douglas, Fiona Nicol, Colin Robertson | Hutchison’s Clinical Methods: An Integrated Approach to Clinical Practice by Michael Glynn, William M Drake | Follow the First 2 Books | 1.USMLE Step 2 CS First Aid 2. Most Likely Diagnosis USMLE Step 2 CK by Amninder S Dhesi. |
23. | Neurology | 1.Merritt’s Neurology byLewis P. Rowland,Timothy A. Pedley or 2.Clinical Neurology by David Greenberg, Michael J. Aminoff, Roger P. Simon |
Bradley’s Neurology in Clinical Practice ( 2-Volume Set ) by Robert B. Daroff, Gerald M Fenichel, Joseph Jankovic, John C Mazziotta | Not required | Follow the Reference Book |
24. | Radiotherapy | Follow Class Notes | Walter and Miller’s Textbook of Radiotherapy: Radiation Physics, Therapy and Oncology by R Paul Symonds , Charles Deehan, Catherine Meredith, John A Mills | Not required | N/A |
25. | Infectious Disease | 1.Harrison’s Infectious Diseases by Dennis L. Kasper, Anthony S. Fauci or 2.Follow Harrison’s Principle of Internal Medicine & Parks Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine |
Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases by Gerald L. Mandell, John B. Bennett,Raphael Dolin | Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases (Wiley-Blackwell Publisher ) | 1.USMLE Road Map in Infectious Disease. 2. Kaplan Medical USMLE Lecture Notes for Infectious Disease |
26. | Anesthesia | 1.Essentials of Anaesthesia for Undergraduates by Chandrasekaran R, Lakshmi R or 2.Clinical Anesthesia by Arun Kumar Paul or 3.Anaesthesia for Undergraduates and Practitioners by Manjushree Ray & Enakshi Saha |
1. Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology by John Butterworth ,David C. Mackey, John Wasnick 2.Essentials of Anesthesia and Critical Care by Anshul Jain |
Manual of Anesthesia for Undergraduates bySatish G. Deshpande | 1.Basics of Anesthesia by Ronald D. Miller, Manuel C. Pardo 2.Smith and Aitkenhead’s Textbook of Anaesthesia by Alan R. Aitkenhead |
27. | Emergency Medicine (Critical care) | 1.The ICU Book by Paul L.Marino or 2. Oh’s Intensive Care Manual by Andrew D Bersten , Neil Soni |
The Washington Manual Of Critical Care by W. J. Wilkins | 1.Practical Application of Mechanical Ventilation byKamat Shaila Shodhan 2.Mechanical Ventilation Made Easy ( With CD ) by S. Ahanatha Pillai |
Textbook of Critical Care by Jean-Louis Vincent, Edward Abraham, Patrick Kochanek, Frederick A. Moore and Mitchell P. Fink |
28. | Radiology | 1.Textbook of Radiology & Imaging (South Asian Edition) by David Sutton or2. Diagnostic Imaging by Andrea G. Rockall,Andrew Hatrick,Peter Armstrong,Martin Wastie |
Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology byWilliam E. Brant, Clyde Helms | Practice with Radiographs | Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology A Textbook of Medical Imaging (CD-ROM) |
29. | Psychiatry | Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry (South Asian Edition) byBenjamin Sadock,Virginia Alcott Sadock | Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry : Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry by Benjamin James Sadock, Virginia Alcott Sadock | Not Required | 1.Blueprints in Psychiatry by Michael J Murphy, Bradley Marino,Ronald Cowan, Lloyd I. Sederer, Ronald L. Cowan 2. NMS Psychiatry by Joshua T.Thornhill |
30. | Medical Ethics | Study from Harrison’s Principle of Internal Medicine. | N/A | Not Required | Kaplan Notes |
31. | Obstretrics & Gynaecology | 1.D C Dutta’s Textbook of Gynecology and Obstetrics by Hiralal Konar (Total 2 volumes ) or 2. Shaw’s Textbook of Gynaecology by V G Padubidri & S N Daftary and Manual of Obstetrics by Shirish N Daftary & Sudip Chakravarti ( Updated edition of Holland and Brews ) |
1. Williams Obstetrics by F. Cunningham, Kenneth Leveno , Steven Bloom , Catherine Y. Spong , Jodi Dashe 2. Berek and Novak’s Gynecology by Jonathan S. Berek |
1. Bedside Clinics & Viva-Voce in Obstetrics and Gynaecology by Hiralal Konar. or 2. Bedside Clinics In Obstetrics: Practical Approach to Theoretical Discussion by Arup Kumar Majhi or 3. Bedside Obstetrics & Gynecology by Richa Saxena |
1.USMLE Step 2 CK Obstetrics and Gynecology 2.Pre Test Obstetrics and Gynecology 3. Obstetrics and Gynecology : Corelations and clinical scenarios for USMLE Step 3 4.First Aid for the Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship 5. NMS Obstetrics and Gynecology by Samantha M. Pfeifer |
32. | Pediatrics And Neonatology | 1. Ghai Essential Pediatrics by Vinod K. Paul & arvind Bagga or 2. IAP Textbook of Pediatrics by A. Parthasarathy |
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics (Restricted South Asian Student) by Kliegman ,Stanton, St. Geme, Schor(2 Volume Set ) | Bedside Clinics In Paediatrics by Sibarjun Ghosh | 1.USMLE Step 2 CK Pediatrics 2.Pre Test Pediatrics 3.Pediatrics : Corelations and clinical scenarios for USMLE Step 3 |
33. | Ophthalmology | 1.Comprehensive Opthalmology by A.K. Khurana or 2. Textbook of Ophthalmology by by H.V. Nema & Nitin Nema or 3.Basic Ophthalmology by Renu Jogi. |
1. Parson’s Diseases of the Eye by Ramanjit Sihota & Radhika Tandon 2. Clinical Ophthalmology : A Systematic Approach by Jack. J Kanski & Brad Bowling |
Bedside Clinics in Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, ENT by U.N.panda(Study only the Ophthalmology portion ) | Kaplan Medical ophthalmology |
34. | Dermatology & STD | Illustrated Synopsis of Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases by Neena Khanna | Dermatology ( 2 Volume Set ) by Jean L. Bologni, Joseph L. Jorizzo, Ronald P. Rapini | Not Required | Archer’s Online USMLE Reviews in Dermatology |
35. | ENT | 1.Diseases of Ear, Nose and Throat by PL Dhingra & Shruti Dhingra or 2. Logan Turner’s Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Head and Neck Surgery by Musheer Hussain or 3. Diseases of Ear, Nose & Throat by Mohan Bansal or 4.Fundamentals of Ear,Nose and Throat & Head-Neck Surgery by Shyamal Kumar De |
1. Ballenger’s Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery by James B. Snow Jr. & P. Ashley Wackym | Bedside Clinics in Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, ENT by U.N.panda(Study only the ENT portion ) | Step 2 CS Clinical Notes |
Syllabus
Year | Semester | Subject | Hours | Credits | ||
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Total | Theory | Practical | ||||
1st Year | 1st Sem | Spoken Chinese I | 72 | – | – | 4 |
Integrated Chinese I | 72 | – | – | 4 | ||
Introduction to Traditional Chinese Culture | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
China Today | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
2nd Sem | Spoken Chinese II | 72 | – | – | 4 | |
Integrated Chinese II | 72 | – | – | 4 | ||
Anatomy I | 252 | – | – | 14 | ||
Biochemistry | 180 | – | – | -10 | ||
2nd Year | 3rd Sem | Spoken Chinese III | 72 | – | – | 4 |
Integrated Chinese III | 72 | – | – | 4 | ||
Physiology I | 180 | – | – | 10 | ||
Histology and Embryology | 108 | – | – | 6 | ||
Anatomy II | 144 | – | – | 8 | ||
4th Sem | Spoken Chinese IV | 72 | – | – | 4 | |
Integrated Chinese IV | 72 | – | – | 4 | ||
Pathology | 252 | – | – | 10 | ||
Physiology II | 180 | – | – | 10 | ||
3rd Year | 5th Sem | Chinese Reading I | 36 | – | – | 2 |
Pathophysiology | 90 | – | – | 5 | ||
Microbiology | 234 | – | – | 13 | ||
Pharmacology I | 144 | – | – | 8 | ||
6th Sem | Chinese Reading II | 36 | – | – | 2 | |
Pharmacology II | 108 | – | – | 6 | ||
Medical Psychology | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
Medical Ethics | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
Medical Genetics | 54 | – | – | 3 | ||
Community Medicine | 216 | – | – | 12 | ||
4th Year | 7th Sem | Medical Chinese I | 72 | – | – | 4 |
Traditional Chinese Medicine | 54 | – | – | 3 | ||
Medical Radiology | 72 | – | – | 3 | ||
Diagnosis | 126 | – | – | 5.5 | ||
Fundamentals of Clinical Skills | 54 | – | – | 2 | ||
General Surgery | 72 | – | – | 3 | ||
Anesthesiology | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
8th Sem | Medical Chinese II | 72 | – | – | 4 | |
Internal Medicine I | 72 | – | – | 3 | ||
Surgery I | 72 | – | – | 3 | ||
Obstetrics and Gynecology | 90 | – | – | 4 | ||
Pediatrics | 90 | – | – | 4 | ||
Infectious Diseases | 36 | – | – | 1.5 | ||
Acupuncture and Moxibustion | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
5th Year | 9th Sem | Medical Chinese III | 36 | – | – | 2 |
Internal Medicine II | 72 | – | – | 3 | ||
Surgery II | 72 | – | – | 3 | ||
Psychiatry | 54 | – | – | 2 | ||
General Oncology | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
Emergency Medicine | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
Stomatology | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
Traditional Chinese Medicine Patent Drug | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
Fundamentals of Nursing | 54 | – | – | 2 | ||
10th Sem | Medical Chinese IV | 36 | – | – | 2 | |
Forensic Medicine | 72 | – | – | 4 | ||
Neurology | 36 | – | – | 1.5 | ||
Ophthalmology | 36 | – | – | 1.5 | ||
Otorhinolaryngology | 36 | – | – | 1.5 | ||
Dermatology | 36 | – | – | 1.5 | ||
Clinical Pharmacology | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
Clinical Imagiology | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
Patient Safety | 36 | – | – | 2 | ||
6th Year | 11th & 12th Sem | Internship in Medicine | 16 Weeks | – | – | 16 |
Internship in Surgery | 16 Weeks | – | – | 16 | ||
Internship in Obstetrics and Gynecology | 8 Weeks | – | – | 8 | ||
Internship in Pediatrics | 8 Weeks | – | – | 8 | ||
Other | 4 Weeks | – | – | – |