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First - Fifth Semester Book List

July 10 2003 at 1:12 PM
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Hello new students,
My name is Margarita Caliz and I work at Medical University of the Americas-Belize. Try to purchase your First semester books and bring them with you. This is because mail takes a while to get here. There have been a few changes made to the first semester booklist. Please purchase your books according to this booklist. If you wish to contact the Belize office the number is 011-501-226-3744. Feel free to contact us with any other questions that you might have.

MUA Belize First - Fifth Semester Booklist for September 2003 is as follows:



First Semester

GROSS ANATOMY (Required)
1. Eberhardt,K. Sauerland, Grants Dissector , 12th Edition. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
ISBN: 0-683-307398. (Available in paperback)

2. Richard S. Snell, Clinically Anatomy for Medical Students, 7th Ed. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2003.
ISBN: 078174315X

3. Rohen, Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins,4th Edition
ISBN: 0-683-30-492-5

4. Netter, H. Frank, Atlas of Human Anatomy, 3rd Ed. Novartis Medical Education 2003.
ISBN: 1-929007116

Scrubs, dissection knife with 100 blades that fit your scaple handle, blunt probe, sharp probe, dull scissors, forceps with teeth and forceps without teeth, 2 boxes of rubber gloves.


HISTOLOGY & CELL BIOLOGY (Required)

1. Abraham Kierszenbaum, MD, PhD Histology and Cell Biology .An Introduction to Pathology.
Mosby, ISBN: 0-323-01639-1

2. Alberts, et al. Essential Cell Biology. An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell.
Garland, ISBN: 0-8153-2045-0

3. Jeffrey B Kerr, Atlas of Functional Histology,Mosby
ISBN: 0-7234-3072-1


EMBRYOLOGY (Required)
1. Larsen, Human Embryology, 3rd Edition, Grune & Stratton/Harcourt.
ISBN: 0-443-06583-7


Other Required Texts:

Stedman。ヲs Medical Dictionary, 27th Ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
ISBN: 0-683-40007-X

Vikas Bhushan, Tao Le, First Aid for the USMLE Step 1: 2003, 13th Ed. McGraw Hill
ISBN: 007-1399127










Second Semester

BIOCHEMISTRY (Required)
1. Champe, Pamela C., Harper, R.A. Biochemistry; Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry. 2nd Edition or Higher. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1994. ISBN: 0-397-51091-8. (Available in paperback)

2. Thomas M. Devlin,Textbook of Biochemistry with clinical correlations (Fourth or fifth edition) ISBN: 0-471-15451-2



PHYSIOLOGY (Required)
1. Costanzo, L.S. (2002). Physiology, 2nd Edition. ISBN: 0-7216-9549-3.

2. Walter F. Boron, Medical Physiology (2002) Elsevier Science 1st Ed.
ISBN: 0721632564

Recommended References

1. Michael B. Wang, James P. Ryan Physiology: Pretest Self-Assessment and Review (2002) 10TH Ed. McGraw Hill. ISBN: 0071371990

2. Bullock, J., Boyle, J., and M.B. Wang (2001) National Medical Series for Independent Study (NMS): Physiology, 4th Edition, ISBN: 0-683-30609-0.


MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY (Required)
1. Kaplan, Harold & Saddock, B., Synopsis of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences/ Clinical Psychiatry, 8th Edition. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1998. ISBN: 0-683-30330-9. ( 9th Edition if 8th not available).


Recommended Reference
1. Synopsis of Psychiatry, Eight Edition, Study Guide and Self-Examination Review, Edition, on CD-ROM, BY Harold Kaplan and Benjamin Sadock,Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,2000
ISBN 0-7817-2142-3


MEDICAL ETHICS (Required)

1.Bernard Lo,Resolving Ethical Dilemmas ,A Guide for Clinicians,Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000, ISBN 0-7817-2219-5









Third Semester

MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY (Required)

1. Immunology (4th Ed. or higher); A Short Course, Benjamin .E et. Al.
ISBN: 0-471-34890-2
2. Medical Microbiology [ 4th edition (2002) or higher] Patrick R Murray et al
ISBN: 0-323-01213-2
3. Molecular Genetics of Bacteria ( latest edition) Larry Snyder and Wendy Champness
ISBN: 1-55581-102-7

Recommended Reference
1. Roitt, Brostoff and Male, Immunology,( 5th Edition or higher), ISBN: 0-7234-2918-9
2. Jawetz, Melnick & Adelbergis Medical Microbiology (21st edition or higher)
Geo. F. Brooks et al ISBN: 0-8385-6316-3

NEUROSCIENCE (Required)
1. Snell, Richard. Clinical Neuroanatomy for Medical Students, 4th Edition. Little, Brown & Company, 1998. ISBN: 0-316-80103-8. (Available in paperback)

2. Haines, Duane E., Neuroanatomy: An Atlas of Structures, Sections and Systems, 5th Edition. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1994. ISBN: 06-83-306499.


3. OTHER MEDICAL SUPPLIES: (a) reflex hammer, (b) tuning fork, (c) pen light.

Recommended References
1. Goldberg, Stephen, Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple, Any Edition, MedMaster Series. ISBN: 0-9407-8000-3.
2. Fix, James D., High-Yield Neuroanatomy, 2nd Edition. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1999. ISBN: 0-6833-0721-5.
3. Snell, Richard S., Clinical Neuroanatomy: A Review with Questions and Explanations, 2nd Edition. Lippencott, Williams & Wilkins, 1997. ISBN: 0-316-80315-4.
4. Waxman, Stephen J., Correlative Neuroanatomy, 24th Edition. Appleton & Lange.
ISBN: 0-8385-1583-5

MEDICAL GENETICS (Required)
1. Thompson & Thompson, Genetics in Medicine, 5th Edition. W.B. Saunders Co., 1991. ISBN: 0-7216-2817-6. (Available in paperback)

Recommended Reference
1. Emery, AEH, Mueller R.F., Emery。ヲs Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingston, 10th Edition, 1998. ISBN: 0-4430-595-19.

EPIDEMIOLOGY & PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE (Required)
1. Raymond S. Greenberg, Stephen R. Daniels, Medical Epidemiology, Appleton & Lange, 3rd Edition 2000.
ISBN: 0838562957







Fourth Semester

PHARMACOLOGY (Required)
1. Betram G. Katsung, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 8th Edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing. ISBN: 0-8385-0598-8.

2. Richard A. Harvey and Pamela C. Champe, Lippincotts Illustrated Reviews Pharmacology 2nd Edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
ISBN: 0-7817-2413-9.

Recommended References
1. Janet L. Stringer, Basic Concepts in Pharmacology 2nd Edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing. ISBN: 0-07-135699-1.

2. Joel Hardman, Lee Limbird, Alfred Goodman Gillman, Goodman and Gillman: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing. ISBN: 0-07-13469-7.



PATHOLOGY I (Required)
1. Burkitt, George, Wheater。ヲs Basic Histopathology: A Colour Atlas and Text,
3rd Edition, Churchill Livingston, 1996. ISBN: 0-443-05088-0.

2. Robbins, S., Cotran, R., Kumar, V., Robbin。ヲs Pathologic Basis of Disease, 6th:
Edition, W.B. Saunders Co, 1999. ISBN: 072167335 X

3. Arthur S. Schneider, BRS Pathology 2nd Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:0781743176



PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS (Required)

1. Bickley, L., Hackelman, R., Bates, B., Bate。ヲs Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 7th Edition. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
ISBN: 0-781716-551.


Recommended Reference

1. Tierney, Lawrence M., Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, 38th Edition.
Appleton & Lange, October 1999. ISBN: 0-83851-5916.








Fifth Semester

PATHOLOGY II (Required)
1. Burkitt, George, Wheater。ヲs Basic Histopathology: A Colour Atlas and Text, 3rd Edition, Churchill Livingston, 1996. ISBN: 0-443-05088-0.

2. Robbins, S., Cotran, R., Kumar, V.,Robbin。ヲs Pathologic Basis of Disease, 6th Edition, W.B. Saunders Co, 1999. ISBN: 072167335 X

3. Arthur S. Schneider, BRS Pathology 2nd Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:0781743176


INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE (Required)
1. Fauci, Anthony, Harrison。ヲs Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th Edition. Mc Graw-Hill, 1997. ISBN: 007-020-2915.

2. Forbes and W. F. Jackson, Color Atlas in Clinical Medicine, Mosby Year Book, 1997. ISBN: 0-72342198-6. Also available in C.D.-Rom.

Recommended Reference

1. Tierney, Lawrence M., et al., Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, McGraw-Hill, Revised 2000. ISBN: 0838515916.



U.S.M.L.E./NATIONAL MEDICAL BOARD REVIEW (Required)
1. Barton, Thomas K. Appleton & Lange's Review for the USMLE Step 1. (Current Edition). Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT. ISBN: 0-83850-2652. (In Paperback)

2. Bhushan, V., et.al., 2003 First Aid for the USMLE Step 1: A Student to Student Guide. 13th Edition. McGraw Hill, CT. ISBN: 007-1399127

Suggested Optional References
Board Review Series (Behavioral Science; Biochemistry; Gross Anatomy; Cell Biology & Histology; Microbiology & Immunology; Neuroanatomy; Pathology; Pharmacology) Waverly, Inc., 428 East Preston Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202 (Telephone 410-528-4000).




 
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