Clinical Trainees registered with the College are welcome to borrow any material in the Library. The following is a selection of material that may be of particular interest. All are free to receive. Return mailing of books is also free. Please send your request by telephone (604-733-6671), fax (604-737-8582), email (medlib@mls.cpsbc.ca) or via our website (see Make a Request at http://www.cpsbc.ca/library). This list is current as of October 20, 2011.
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Selected Books
1000 questions to help you pass the emergency medicine boards / Amer Z Aldeen. 2008. Abernathy's surgical secrets / Alden H. Harken. 2009. Acing the GI board exam : the ultimate crunch-time resource / Brennan Spiegel. 2009. ACS surgery : principles & practice / Wiley W. Souba, American College of Surgeons. 2006. Advanced cardiovascular life support provider manual / John M. Field. 2006. Allergy & immunology secrets / M. Eric Gershwin. 2005. The American Psychiatric Publishing board review guide for psychiatry / James A. Bourgeois. 2009. Anesthesia secrets / James Duke. 2006. Appleton & Lange review : obstetrics & gynecology / Louis A. Vontver. 7th ed. 2003. Appleton & Lange review of pediatrics / Sara S. Viessman. 2004. Appleton & Lange review of psychiatry / Ivan Oransky. 2003. Appleton & Lange review of surgery / Simon Wapnick. 2003. Appleton & Lange's review of internal medicine / Barry J. Goldlist. 2003. Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking / Lynn S. Bickley. 10th ed. 2009. Beat the boards! (I just did) : the ultimate guide to ace step 2 of the USMLE / Melissa Umphlett. 2007. BLS for healthcare providers: student manual / American Heart Association. 2006.
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Blueprints Q&As for step 2 / Aaron B. Caughey. 2008. Blueprints Q&As for step 3 / Aaron B. Caughey. 2008. Board buster step 2 / Stanley Zaslau. 2005. Boards and wards / Carlos Ayala. 3rd ed. 2006. Cardiology secrets / Olivia Vynn Adair. 2001. Caring for patients from different cultures : case studies from American hospitals / Geri-Ann Galanti. 1997. Challenging cases in pediatric infectious diseases / Keith R. Powell. 2007. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation intensive review of internal medicine / James K. Stoller. 2009. Clinical emergency medicine casebook / Joel T. Levis. 2009. Clinical finals and how to pass them : OSCEs, short cases and long cases / Kevin P. Hanretty. 2004. Clinical radiology made ridiculously simple / Hugue Ouellette. 2007. Clinical skills for OSCEs / Neel L. Burton. 2006.
Critical care secrets / Polly E. Parsons. 4th ed. 2007. Crush step 2 : the ultimate USMLE step 2 review / Adam Brochert. 2003. Crush step 3 : the ultimate USMLE step 3 review / Adam Brochert. 3rd ed. 2008. Current medical diagnosis and treatment : 2011 / Stephen J. McPhee. 50th ed. 2011. Deja review : USMLE step 1 essentials / John H. Naheedy. 2nd ed. 2010. Deja review : USMLE step 2 essentials / John H. Naheedy. 2006. Dermatology secrets in color / James E. Fitzpatrick. 2007. Diagnostic imaging review / Gordon Gamsu. 1998. Doing right : a practical guide to ethics for physicians and medical trainees / Philip C. Hebert. 2nd ed. 2009. Emergency medicine examination & board review / Susan B. Promes. 2005. Emergency medicine secrets / Vincent J. Markovchick. 2006. ENT secrets / Bruce W. Jafek. 2005.
Clinical vignettes for the USMLE step 2 : PreTest self-assessment and review. 2004. Clinical vignettes for the USMLE step 2 CK : PreTest self-assessment and review. 2006. Core clinical cases in medical and surgical specialties : a problem-solving approach / Steve Bain. 2006. Core clinical skills for OSCEs in medicine / Tim Dornan. 2nd ed. 2006. Core clinical skills for OSCEs in surgery / Ged Byrne. 2007.
Essentials for the Canadian medical licensing exam : review and prep for MCCQE part I / Jeeshan Chowdhury. 2010. Essentials of clinical examination handbook / Woganee Filate. 2005. Examination review for ultrasound : abdomen & obstetrics and gynecology / Steven M. Penny. 2011. Family medicine : PreTest self-assessment and review / Doug Knutson. 2nd ed. 2009.
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Family practice examination & board review / Jason K. Wilbur. 2005. First aid for the emergency medicine clerkship / Latha G. Stead. 2006. First aid for the medicine clerkship / Latha G. Stead. 2006. First aid for the orthopaedic boards / Robert A. Malinzak. 2nd ed. 2009. First aid for the USMLE step 1 : 2006 / Vikas Bhushan. 2006. First aid for the USMLE step 1 : 2010 / Tao Le. 20th anniv. ed. 2010. First aid for the USMLE step 2 CK / Tao Le. 7th ed. 2010. First aid for the USMLE step 2 CS / Tao Le. 3rd ed. 2010. First aid for the USMLE step 3 / Tao Le. 2nd ed. 2008. First aid Q&A for the USMLE step 2 CK / Tao Le. 2008. Fundamental clinical situations : a practical OSCE study guide / Pieter J. Jugovic. 2004. Get through clinical finals : a toolkit for OSCEs / Andrew Pananikitas. 2006. The good pediatrician : an ethics curriculum for use in Canadian pediatrics residency programs / Abbyann Lynch. 1996. Hand secrets / Peter J.L. Jebson. 2006. Health care ethics 400 : a concise introduction & cases / Alister Browne. 1999. Hematology/oncology secrets / Marie E. Wood. 2003.
History and physical examination / Paul R. Gordon. 2005. Infectious disease secrets / Robert H. Gates. 2003. Lange outline review. USMLE step 1 / Joel S. Goldberg. 2006. Lange outline review. USMLE step 2 / Joel S. Goldberg. 2006. Lange outline review. USMLE step 3 / Joel S. Goldberg. 2006. Lange practice tests : USMLE step 3 / Joel S. Goldberg. 2006. Lange Q & A. Obstetrics & gynecology / Louis A. Vontver. 2006. Lange Q & A. Psychiatry / Ivan Oransky. 2005. Lange Q & A. USMLE step 1 / Michael W. King. 2008. Lange Q & A. USMLE step 3 / Donald A. Briscoe. 2005. Last minute emergency medicine / Mary Jo Wagner. 2007. Lecture notes on psychiatry / Paul Harrison. 1998. Mastering the USMLE step 2 CS (Clinical Skills Examination) / Jo-Ann Reteguiz. 2005. The medical interview : gateway to the doctorpatient relationship : a manual for first or second year medical students / C. Knight Aldrich. 1993. Medicine : a clinical core text with self-assessment / Paul ONeill. 2008. Microbiology : pearls of wisdom / S. James Booth. 2nd ed. 2010. MKSAP 14 : medical knowledge self-assessment program / Patrick C. Alguire. 2006.
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Multiple choice questions in dermatology / S.K. Goolamali. 1992. Nephrology secrets / Donald E. Hricik. 2003. Neurology secrets / Loren A. Rolak. 2005. NMS review for the USMLE clinical skills exam / Erich A. Arias. 2008. Ob/gyn secrets / Thomas J. Bader. 2005. Obstetrics & gynecology / Aaron C. Caughey. 2nd ed. 2007. Obstetrics and gynecology : PreTest self-assessment and review / Karen M. Schneider. 12th ed. 2009. Ophthalmology secrets / James F. Vander. 2002. Orthopedic secrets / David E. Brown. 2004. OSCE and clinical skills handbook / Katrina F. Hurley. 2005. OSCE & LMCC II : review notes / Zu-Hua Gao. 2nd ed. 2009. OSCEs for medical and surgical finals / Shabana A. Bora. 2005. OSCEs for MRCOG part 2 : a self-assessment guide / Antony Hollingworth. 2005. OSCEs in psychiatry / Albert Michael. 2004. Paces for the MRCP with 250 clinical cases / Tim Hall. 2008. Pain management secrets / Ronald Kanner. 2003. Pass finals: a companion to Kumar and Clarks clinical medicine / Geoff Smith. 2008. Patient encounters. The inpatient pediatrics workup / Samir S. Shah. 2010.
Patient encounters. The internal medicine work-up / Brian T. Garibaldi. 2010. Patient encounters. The neurology and psychiatry work-up / Michael Levy. 2010. Patient encounters. The obstetrics and gynecology work-up / Rajiv B. Gala. 2010. Pediatric orthopaedic secrets / Lynn T. Staheli. 2nd ed. 2003. Pediatric secrets / Richard A. Polin. 2005. Pediatrics : PreTest self-assessment and review / Robert J. Yetman. 12th ed. 2009. Physical diagnosis secrets / Salvatore Mangione. 2nd ed. 2008. Platinum vignettes : ultra-high-yield clinical case scenarios for USMLE step 2. Internal medicine / Adam Brochert. 2002. Platinum vignettes : ultra-high-yield clinical case scenarios for USMLE step 2. Internal medicine subspecialties / Adam Brochert. 2002. Platinum vignettes : ultra-high-yield clinical case scenarios for USMLE step 2. Obstetrics & gynecology / Adam Brochert. 2002. Platinum vignettes : ultra-high-yield clinical case scenarios for USMLE step 2. Pediatrics / Adam Brochert. 2002. Platinum vignettes : ultra-high-yield clinical case scenarios for USMLE step 2. Psychiatry / Adam Brochert. 2002. Platinum vignettes : ultra-high-yield clinical case scenarios for USMLE step 2. Surgery & trauma / Adam Brochert. 2002. Platinum vignettes : ultra-high-yield clinical case scenarios for USMLE step 2. Surgical subspecialties / Adam Brochert. 2002.
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Practical medical ethics / David Seedhouse. 1992. Preventive medicine and public health : PreTest self-assessment and review / Sylvie Ratelle. 2001. Primary care medicine : office evaluation and management of the adult patient / Allan H. Goroll. 6th ed. 2009. Primary care secrets / Jeanette Mladenovic. 2004. Psychiatry : key questions answered / Polash Shajahan. 1999. Radiology : MGH clinical review / Daniel I. Rosenthal. 1994. Radiology review manual / Wolfgang Dahnert. 1993. Radiology secrets / E. Scott Pretorius. 2006. The rational clinical examination : evidence-based clinical diagnosis / David L. Simel. 2009. Reproductive medicine secrets / Peter T.K. Chan. 2004. The residency handbook / Lyle D. Victor. 1994. Review for USMLE : United States medical licensing examination, step 2 CK / Kenneth Ibsen. 2007. Review for USMLE : United States medical licensing examination, step 3 / Mitchell H. Rosner. 2007. Review of clinical anesthesia / Neil Roy Connelly. 5th ed. 2009. Rheumatology secrets / Sterling G. West. 2002. Sabiston textbook of surgery : the biological basis of modern surgical practice / Courtney M. Townsend. 18th ed. 2008. Self assessment questions in rheumatology / Yousaf Ali. 2009.
Spine secrets / Vincent J. Devlin. 2003. Sports medicine secrets / Morris B. Mellion. 2003. Staying human during residency training / Allan D. Peterkin. 1998. Step-up to the bedside / Samir Mehta. 2nd ed. 2007. Step-up to USMLE step 1 : a high-yield, systemsbased review for the USMLE step 1 / Sonia Mehta. 4th ed. 2010. Step-up to USMLE step 2 / Jonathan P. Van Kleunen. 2008. Strong medicine for step 3 / Joseph R. DiCostanzo. 2005. Surgery : PreTest self-assessment and review / Lillian S. Kao. 12th ed. 2009. Swanson's family practice review : a problemoriented approach / Alfred F. Tallia. 6th ed. 2009. Talking with patients : keys to good communication / Philip R. Myerscough. 1996. Textbook of family medicine / Robert E. Rakel. 7th ed. 2007. Therapeutic choices / Jean Gray. 5th ed. 2007. The Toronto notes 2011 : a comprehensive medical reference and review for the Medical Council of Canada qualifying exam - part 1 and the United States medical licensing exam - step 2. 27th ed. 2011. [Library also has the 2008-2010 editions for loan.] Transcultural health care : a culturally competent approach / Larry D. Purnell. 1998. Transcultural medicine : dealing with patients from different cultures : including 35 articles published in the British medical press, 1981-1988 / Bashir Qureshi. 1994.
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Trauma secrets / Gideon P. Naud. 2003. The ultimate guide and review for USMLE step 2 clinical skills exam / Mark H. Swartz. 2007. Urology board review / Stephen W. Leslie. 3rd ed. 2009. Urology secrets / Martin I. Resnick. 2003. USMLE medical ethics : the 100 cases you are most likely to see on the exam / Conrad Fischer. 2006. USMLE road map : emergency medicine / Scott C. Sherman. 2008. USMLE road map : pharmacology / Bertram Katzung. 2006. USMLE step 1 Qbook. 2004. USMLE step 1 secrets / Thomas Brown. 2004.
USMLE step 2 and step 3 review / Scott H. Plantz. 2nd ed. 2006. USMLE step 2 CK Qbook. 3rd ed. 2006. USMLE step 2 : clinical skills / Elliott Wolfe. 2004. USMLE step 2 CS : complex cases / Phillip Brottman. 2007. USMLE step 2 mock exam / Adam Brochert. 2004. USMLE step 2 recall / Michael W. Ryan. 2007. USMLE step 2 secrets / Adam Brochert. 2004. USMLE step 3 Qbook. 2004. USMLE step 3 recall / Michael W. Ryan. 2003. Ward ethics : dilemmas for medical students and doctors in training / Thomasine K. Kushner. 2001.
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Geriatric anesthesiology. 2nd ed. 2008. Geriatric medicine: an evidence based approach. 4th ed. 2003. Goodman & Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 11th ed. 2006. Greenspan's basic & clinical endocrinology. 8th ed. 2007. Handbook of depression in children and adolescents. 2008. Handbook of fractures. 3rd ed. 2006. Harrison's principles of internal medicine. 17th ed. 2008. Holland-Frei cancer medicine. 8th ed. 2010. Hurst's the heart. 12th ed. 2008. Mayo Clinic internal medicine concise textbook. 2008. McGraw-Hill's manual of laboratory & diagnostic tests. 2008. Medication safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding. 2007. Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. 18th ed. 2006. Motivational interviewing in the treatment of psychological problems. 2008. Northwestern University surgical video collection. Obsessive-compulsive disorder : subtypes and spectrum conditions. 1st ed. 2008. Orthopaedic examination, evaluation & intervention. 2nd ed. 2008. Osteoarthritis of the knee. 2008.
Oxford handbook of tropical medicine. 3rd ed. 2008. Peripheral arterial disease. 2009. Pharmacotherapy in primary care. 2009. Preventing boundary violations in clinical practice. 2008. Psychiatric interview : a practical guide. 2nd ed. 2005. Psychiatry essentials for primary care. 2008. Quick answers to medical diagnosis & treatment. 2009. Red Book : 2009 report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 28th ed. 2009. Reichel's care of the elderly : clinical aspects of aging. 6th ed. 2009. Review of general psychiatry. 5th ed. 2000. Rudolph's pediatrics. 21st ed. 2003. Smith's general urology. 17th ed. 2008. Stedman's medical dictionary. 28th ed. 2006. Swanton's cardiology: a concise guide to clinical practice. 6th ed. 2008. Textbook of hospital psychiatry. 1st ed. 2009. Textbook of regional anesthesia and acute pain management. 2007. Therapeutic exercise : foundations and techniques. 5th ed. 2007. Type 2 diabetes mellitus: an evidence-based approach to practical management. 2008. Vaughan & Asbury's general ophthalmology. 17th ed. 2008.
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Williams hematology. 7th ed. 2006. Williams obstetrics. 22nd ed. 2005.
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100s of clinical lecture audio files are available as free MP3 downloads
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Selected Websites
An interactive online guide to neurologic examination with video demonstrations http://www.neuroexam.com/ CanadaQBank https://www.cpsbc.ca/library/exam-preparation Connecticut tutorials physical examination video http://www.conntutorials.com/video.html Information Resources for International Medical Graduates testunix.mediaforce1.com/imginfo/img/index.htm International Medical Graduate resources, University of Saskatchewan http://www.usask.ca/cme/international.shtml Online physical exam teaching assistant http://medinfo.ufl.edu/other/opeta/ Physical exam/interviewing modules & videos http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/pom1/videos/index.cfm
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