READING LIST IN INTERNAL MEDICINE

To make the best use of your clerkship experience and to be ready for the Medical Boards, you will need to work hard and read selectively. 

There is a great deal of material available in the field of Internal Medicine, so it is important for you to make wise choices when selecting resources.  You may find the following tips useful:

>  Concentrate on broad concepts of the pathogenesis of disease. 

>  Read an overview of medicine at the basic level

>  Read more advanced materials around the cases that you have seen

Following these tips can help you acquire a good basic knowledge of internal medicine and also develop the skills of self-learning that will be valuable in your future career.

GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS:

DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 8th edition
Edited by Richard F. LeBlond, Richard L. DeGowin, Donald D. Brown.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine: an introductory manual, 4th edition
Edited by Humayan J. Chaudhry, Anthony J. Grieco, Roger M. Macklis, Michael E. Mendelsohn, Gilbert H. Mudge, Jr.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2004.

The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 32st edition, 2007.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

RECOMMENDED INTERNAL MEDICINE TEXT BOOKS:

These texts are recommended for basic knowledge of the practice of medicine and of specific disease states.  You should use these texts to read about the cases that you see in the hospital and clinics.  Refer to medical journals to supplement your knowledge of those cases not well covered in these texts and to learn more about the latest theory and practice. The librarians at the College of Medicine are an excellent resource for help when searching for particular articles or books.

Note:  Students must read AT LEAST ONE of the following internal medicine textbooks: 

Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil Essentials of Medicine, 7th Edition.
editor-in-chief, Thomas E. Andreoli; editors, Charles C.J. Carpenter, Robert C. Griggs, and Ivor J. Benjamin.
Philadelphia: Saunder, c2007.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th edition, 2008. Available online through AccessMedicine through the UIC Library
New York, McGraw-Hill.

Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 23nd edition, 2007. Available online through MDConsult through the UIC Library
Edited by Lee Goldman and Dennis Ausiello
Philadelphia, Saunders Elsevier.