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The following is a list of M2 Student textbooks arranged by semester and then chronologically by unit that are available in electronic or print book formats via MCW Libraries unless stated otherwise. The textbooks for a unit are arranged alphabetically by title. Links are provided to the e-book and the Library Catalog book record with the print book location, call number, and live circulation status information. The Library catalog records also include e-book links if available.
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★ = Required textbook
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Access to physical examination videos:
LWW Health Library no longer provides access to Bates’ video excerpts. Please see the 26 physical examination videos available via DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination 11e 2020 on the AccessMedicine platform.
Practical Ethics for Students, Interns, and Residents: A Short Reference Manual
Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians
The Social Medicine Reader: Vol. 1, Ethics and Cultures of Biomedicine
Atlas of Human AnatomyThe ClinicalKey e-book also includes study guides, and 25 Netter 3D and plate discusssion videos. MCW doesn't provide access to the Student Consult version of the atlas with the question bank. See here for individual purchase information.
Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune SystemBates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Access to physical examination videos:
LWW Health Library no longer provides access to Bates’ video excerpts. Please see the 26 physical examination videos available via DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination 11e 2020 on the AccessMedicine platform.
Robbins Basic Pathology
Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour AtlasBates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Access to physical examination videos:
LWW Health Library no longer provides access to Bates’ video excerpts. Please see the 26 physical examination videos available via DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination 11e 2020 on the AccessMedicine platform.
Smith's Patient Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology
Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension
Lehninger Principles of BiochemistryThis textbook is used in both M1 and M2 years. Purchase of e-book version is suggested but purchase of print or loose-leaf versions are also acceptable.
The Only EKG Book You'll Ever Need
Pathophysiology of Heart Disease: An Introduction to Cardiovascular MedicineRobbins Basic Pathology
Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2021The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented EmbryologyGoodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology
Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of DiseaseWheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour AtlasBasic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune SystemRobbins Basic PathologyWheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour AtlasBates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Access to physical examination videos:
LWW Health Library no longer provides access to Bates’ video excerpts. Please see the 26 physical examination videos available via DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination 11e 2020 on the AccessMedicine platform.
Behavioral Science
The Patient History: An Evidence-Based Approach to Differential DiagnosisPractical Ethics for Students, Interns, and Residents: A Short Reference ManualResolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for CliniciansThe Social Medicine Reader: Vol. 1, Ethics and Cultures of Biomedicine
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Endoscopy
Harrison's Principles of Internal MedicineSee gastroenterology related chapters in Part 2, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 10.
Robbins Basic PathologyWheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Obstetrics & GynecologyGoodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
Greenspan's Basic & Clinical EndocrinologyRobbins Basic PathologyWheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas
Williams ObstetricsBehavioral ScienceGoodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
Medical Microbiology
Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases
Rapid Review PathologyRobbins Basic PathologyRobbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease
Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based GuideBates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Access to physical examination videos:
LWW Health Library no longer provides access to Bates’ video excerpts. Please see the 26 physical examination videos available via DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination 11e 2020 on the AccessMedicine platform.
Smith's Patient Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based MethodMCW Libraries
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