Recommended Books (by senior from M109)

Hi! ME109 (sem5 going on to sem6)

Here are books I found useful while in sem 2-

Mama patho
good for understanding the fundamentals of pathology. difference between mama and papa (in my opinion) is the details regarding genetics, and minor diseases. personally i look more into HOW a pathology looks like in a clinical setting, so mama was sufficient.

Macleod's clinical Examination
lecturers in IMU and CSU sessions are based upon Macleod's methods. you are expected by lecturers to
a) look at the video
b) read through Macleod's (just browse thru)
c) embarrass yourself during session (because let's face it, nobody is perfect ;) )

the Atlas of Medically Important Parasites
will be very useful, in OSPE study. also, if you consult Dr. Stephan Ambu, he will tell you which to look out for. if you get him for parasito lab, you are in luck!

Microbiology made ridiculously simple
this book saved my life studying Microbiology. for microbiology, you would NEED a book to study because lectures will be very superficial.

LANGE Microbiology
the summary of microbes and USMLE-type question at the back is hugely helpful while studying / memorising. also this book will be useful throughout your medical course.

Immunology and pathology can be studied through notes - the lecturers are pretty good in explaining the fundamentals. however, its quite difficult to grasp the details of microbiology without a book. when in doubt, just buy microbio books. the rest can be bought later.

just my 2 cents. good luck in sem 2, and enjoy your studies! i hope it helped.

-Tats-

Notes

Hey people, since we've reached 60 subscribers this round, we'll be photocopying the notes as promised. Group leaders, please collect RM20 from the students subscribing and pass it to our treasurer, Kelvin Lau latest by next Thursday. Notes from Monday to Wednesday will not be printed as we wont be able to provide the notes in time. Truly apologize for that.

PS Group leaders, sorry to trouble you guys again this semester. For the group leaders who are not subscribing to the notes, you can always choose a representative (a student who subscribe to the notes) to collect the money from the students, and to collect the notes from us in future. Thank you so much for your cooperation all these while :)


Gina.

Semester 2 - AIR Topic Links

Many thanks to Jake for uploading!

1. http://tinyurl.com/4yulbv3
2. http://tinyurl.com/3u4hvxg
3. http://tinyurl.com/42fzm9v

Alumni Talk

University of Glasgow - 5th August (IMU's Alumni - Lim Shin Ying)
University of Dundee - 12th August
University of Queens of Belfast - 19th August (IMU's Alumni - Yap Woei Jin)

The time and venue are the same for all three Talks
Time- 12.45pm to 2.00pm
Venue- Seminar Room 7 (1.03B)

For the talk by University of Dundee, the outline is
1. ECG Made Easy
2. Dundee
3. Differential Diagnosis

Change of CAL session for Group 2 and 4

Please find the revised grouping for CAL session as below;

Date : 4 Oct 2011
Group : 4

Date : 6 Oct 2011
Group : 2

Mark this down in your timetable so that you do not attend the wrong session.

Cheers,

Jake

OOs' Briefing

Attention all OOs (including Heads and Assistants and normal OOs) for Orientation in August.
Please stay back after lectures this Friday (29th July) for a short briefing.

Cheers,
Jake

Books for Semester 2

Books recommended by Henry from EMO Bookstore.
1. Pathologic Basis of Disease (aka Papa Patho) - RM 200
OR
    Basic Pathology (aka Mama Patho) - RM 78
2. Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology by Levision (Lange) - RM 65
OR
    Mim's Medical Microbiology - RM 73 and Basic Immunology by Abbas- RM 105
3. Macleod's Clinical Examination - RM 48
OR
    Talley's Clinical Examination - RM 88
5. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology by Katzung - RM 80

Ask for your seniors' opinion on which book(s) to buy. For all the books listed above, please approach Mr Henry from EMO Bookstore and make the purchase on your own.
However, for Atlas of Medically Important Parasites by Prof Mak from IMU - RM 28, please pass the money to Kelvin (Treasurer) latest by next Monday (1st of August). We need to order the exact quantities from Prof Mak.

Cheers,
Jake