Foundations of Biomedical Science (MEDS90001) // Further information

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  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    • Naish J, Syndercrombe Court D, editors. Medical Sciences. 2nd ed. Saunders Elsevier; 2015.
    • Goering R. et al. Mims Medical Microbiology. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2013. (Unlimited online access available through ClinicalKey.)
    • Kumar V, Abbas AK, and Aster J, editors. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 9th ed. Saunders Elsevier; 2015. (Unlimited online access available through ClinicalKey.)
    • Young, B, O’Dowd G, Woodford, P. Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas. 6th ed. Elsevier; 2014. (Unlimited online access available through ClinicalKey.)
    • Young, B, Stewart W, O’Dowd G. Wheater’s Basic Pathology, A Text, Atlas and Review of Histopathology. 5th ed. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2011. (Online access available through ClinicalKey.)

    Recommended texts and other resources

    Anatomy and Cell Biology

    • Drake RL, Vogl AW, Mitchell AWM. Gray’s Anatomy for Students. 3rd ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2015. (Unlimited online access available through ClinicalKey.)
    • Moore KL, Dalley AF. Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2014.
    • Eizenberg N, Briggs C, Adams C and Ahern G. General Anatomy: Principles and Applications. McGraw-Hill; 2007.
    • Eizenberg N, Briggs C, Barker P and Grkovic I. An@tomedia An online version of the An@tomedia CAL program is available through the Library (http://203.129.255.81.ezp.lib.unimelb.edu.au/). The offline version is available on computers in the Museum and in W313 computer lab.


    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    • Devlin T, editor. Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations. 7th ed. Wiley-Liss; 2010.

    Genetics

    • Metcalfe, S. Medical GenetiX: Clinical and Molecular Aspects of Human Genetics Disorders. CD-ROM, Version 3.0, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-7340-2774-0 (Online access availble through  MDConnect.)
    • Korf BR and Irons MB (ed). Human Genetics. 4th ed. Wiley-Blackwell; 2013.
    • Nussbaum RL, McInnes RR and Willard HF (ed). Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2016. (Online access available through ClinicalKey.)

    Microbiology and Immunology

    • Murphy KM, Weaver C. Janeway’s Immunobiology. 9th ed. Taylor & Francis; 2016.


    Neurosciences

    • Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, Jessell TM. Principles of Neural Science. 5th ed. McGraw-Hill; 2013.
    • Purves D, et.al. Neuroscience. 5th ed. Sinauer Associates Inc; 2012.
    • Bear MF, Connors BW, Paradiso MA. Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain. 4th ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2015.
    • Haines DE. Neuroanatomy in clinical context: An atlas of structures, sections and systems. 9th ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2014.
    • Nolte J, Angevine JB. The human brain: In photographs and diagrams. 4th ed. Saunders Elsevier; 2013.


    Pathology

    • Lilly LS (ed). Pathophysiology of Heart Disease, A Collaborative Project of Medical Students and Faculty. 6th ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2015.
    • Stevens A, Lowe J, Scott I. Core Pathology. 3rd ed. Elsevier; 2009. (unlimited online access available through MD Consult).


    Population Health

    • Jekel JF, Elmore JG, Wild DMG, Lucan JG. Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine with Student Consult Online Access. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 2014 (unlimited online access available through ClinicalKey).
    • Straus SE, Richardson WS, Glasziou P, Haynes RB. Evidence-Based Medicine. 3rd ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2005.
    • Kirkwood B, Sterne JAC. Essential Medical Statistics. 2nd ed. Blackwell Scientific Publishing; 2003.
    • Kerridge I, Lowe M, McPhee J. Ethics and law for the health professions. 4th ed. Federation Press, Sydney; 2013.


    Pharmacology

    • Rang H, Ritter J, Flower RJ, Henderson G. Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2016. (Online access available through ClinicalKey.)
    • Golan DE, Armstrong EJ & Armstrong AWl. Principles of pharmacology: the pathophysiologic basis of drug therapy. 4th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016.
    • Katzung BG. Basic and clinical pharmacology. 14th ed. McGraw Hill Education; 2018. (Unlimited online access available through Access Medicine.)
    • Brunton L, Hilal-Dandan R, Knollmann BC. Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 13th ed. McGraw Hill Education; 2018. (Unlimited online access available through Access Medicine.)


    Physiology

    • Boron WF, Boulpaep EL. Medical Physiology. 3rd ed. Elsevier; 2017. (Unlimited online access available through ClinicalKey.)
    • Barrett KE, Barman SM, Boitano S, Brooks HL. Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology. 25th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2016. (Unlimited online access available through Access Medicine.)

     

    Psychological Science

    Ayers S & de Visser R Psychology for Medicine. Sage Publications; 2011.

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Last updated: 3 November 2022