115 حرك THE MUSCULOSKELETAL BLOCK, Year One

مقرر الجهاز الحركي والعضلي
Objectives of the Block
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
 

• Understand the relationship between the anatomical structures of the different components of the human musculoskeletal system and their functions.

 

• Understand the pathology, microbiology, pathogenesis, and factors contributing to the development of common disorders affecting the musculoskeletal system.

 

• Use basic sciences to explain patient’s symptoms, signs, as well as interpret investigation results, and provide justifications for their views.

 

• Develop communication skills and explore biopsychosocial and ethical issues in their assessment of the case.

 

• Use clinical cases to apply knowledge learnt, generate hypotheses, build an inquiry plan, and use evidence to refine their hypotheses, and justify different views.

 

• Design a brief management plan, and understand the pharmacological basis of drugs used in the management of common diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system.

 

• Develop skills in “introduction to clinical medicine” in relation to the musculoskeletal system.

 
 
Teaching and Learning Modes:
In an integrated curriculum like our curriculum, we use a wide range of teaching and learning strategies to ensure that learning meets the different needs of the students. These strategies include:  

• Small group discussion
• Lectures
• Student-led seminars
• Practical classes.
• Clinical skills
• Independent learning
• Writing an essay or mini thesis.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Schedule of the block 
 

WEEK 1 – MUSCULOSKELETAL BLOCK (Female)
Week  (1 ) Starting:  01/12/2012   (17/01/1434H)   INTRODUCTION & THE SKELETON
CHAIR PERSON: Dr. Ahmad Bin Nasser
CO-CHAIR: Dr. Hisham Al Khalidi
Saturday 01 December  2012	Sunday 02 December 2012	Monday 03  December 2012	Tuesday 04 December  2012	Wednesday 05  December  2012
8:00 - 9:00am   Histology of cartilage and bone   (Histology ) Dr. Raesa	8:00-9:00am   Resting membrane potential (Physiology) Dr. Faten	8:00 - 9:00am   Self-directed Learning	8:00 - 9:00am   Self-directed Learning	8:00 - 9:00am   Glycogen metabolism in muscle ( Biochemistry) Dr. Reem Sallam
9:00 - 10:00am   Properties of nerve fibers   (Physiology) Dr. Faten	9:00 - 10:00am   Physiology of  the motor unit   (Physiology) Dr. Faten	9:00 - 10:00am   Bones of the upper limbs   (Anatomy) Dr. Jamilah	9:00 - 10:00am   Introduction  to myopathies and Muscular dystrophy   Dr. Hala Kfoury	9:00 - 10:00am   Creatine metabolism   (Biochemistry) Dr. Sumbul Fatma
10:00 - 11:00am   Overview of the Musculoskeletal block   Dr. Ahmad Bin Nasser	10:00 - 11:00am Mechanisms of auto-immunity     Dr. Adel Almogren	10:00 - 11:00am     Self-directed Learning	10:00 - 11:00am     Self-directed Learning	10:00 - 11:00am     Self-directed Learning
11:00- 12:00nn   Nerve action potential (Physiology) Dr. Faten	11:00- 12:00nn Fracture and bone healing (Pathology) Dr. Maha Arafah	11:00 - 12:00nn Bones of the lower limbs   Dr. Sanaa	11:00- 12:00nn   Self-directed Learning	11:00- 12:00nn  Self-directed Learning
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm
1:00 - 2:00pm Physiology of the bone   (Physiology) Dr. Faten	1:00 -2:00pm Histology of the muscles (Anatomy) Dr. Raesa	1:00 - 3:00pm Practical   Skeleton and histology bone cartilage and muscle (Anatomy and Histology)   All staff	1:00 - 2:00pm	1:00 - 3:00 pm       Salam
2:00-3:00pm   Self-directed Learning

 

Hall No.(2), Room 5
Third Floor Female Academic Center
 
 
 
 
 

WEEK 2 – MUSCULOSKELETAL BLOCK (Female)
Week  (2) Starting: 08/12/2012   ( 24/01/1434H) BACK
CHAIR PERSON: Dr. Ahmad Bin Nasser
CO-CHAIR: Dr. Hisham Al Khalidi
Saturday 08 December  2012	Sunday 09  December  2012	Monday 10  December  2012	Tuesday 11 December  2012	Wednesday 12  December  2012
8:00 - 9:00am     Self-directed Learning	8:00-9:00am     Self-directed Learning	8:00-9:00am Neuromuscular transmission     Prof. Laila Al-Ayadhi	8:00 - 9:00am     Self-directed Learning	8:00 - 9:00am   Sacrum and pelvis   (Anatomy) Dr. Jamilah
9:00 - 10:00am     Self-directed Learning	9:00 - 10:00am Congenital and developmental bone diseases (Pathology) Dr. Maha Arafah	9:00 - 10:00am   Self-directed	9:00 - 10:00am   Self-directed Learning	9:00 - 10:00am   Muscle adaptation to exercise     Dr. Faten
10:00 - 11:00am   Cervical spine   (Anatomy) Dr. Sanaa	10:00 -11:00am   Thoracolumbar Spine (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat	10:00 - 11:00am   NSAIDs   (Pharmacology) Prof. Azzah Almedany	10:00 - 12:00nn   Practical   Vertebrae   (Anatomy & Radiology)   All staff	10:00 - 11:00am   Muscle relaxants     Dr. Prof. Hanan Hagar
11:00 – 12:00nn   Self-directed Learning	11:00 – 12:00nn   Muscles of the back (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat	11:00 – 12:00nn   Physiology of muscle contraction (Physiology) Prof. Laila Al-Ayadhi		11:00 – 12:00nn   Self-directed Learning
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm
1:00 - 3:00pm       Problem-based  Learning   Case 1 Tutorial 1	1:00 -2:00pm Muscle contraction (Physiology) Prof. Laila Al-Ayadhi	1:00 - 3:00pm     Muscles of the back   (Anatomy) All staff	1:00 - 3:00pm       Problem-based  Learning   Case 1 Tutorial 2	1:00 - 3:00pm     Salam
	2:00-3:00pm   Self-directed Learning

 

Hall No.(2), Room 5
Third Floor Female Academic Center
 
 
 

WEEK 3 – MUSCULOSKELETAL BLOCK (Female)
Week  (3) Starting:  15/12/2012   (02 /02/1434H)   UPPER LIMBS
CHAIR PERSON: Dr. Ahmad Bin Nasser
CO-CHAIR: Dr. Hisham Al Khalidi
Saturday 15  December 2012	Sunday 16 December 2012	Monday 17 December 2012	Tuesday 18 December  2012	Wednesday 19 December 2012
8:00 - 9:00am Common skin and soft tissue fungal infection   (Microbiology) Dr. Al Barrag	8:00-9:00am Embryology of the limbs   (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat	8:00 - 9:00am Radial and ulnar nerves   (Anatomy) Dr. Jamilah	8:00 - 9:00am Vascular anatomy of the upper limb   (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat	8:00 - 10:00am       Nerves and vessels of upper limb (Anatomy)   All staff
9:00 - 10:00am Pectoral region and axilla (Anatomy) Dr. Sanaa	9:00 - 10:00am Physical and physiological factors in athletic performance (Physiology) Dr. Faten	9:00 - 10:00am Hand and wrist   (Anatomy) Dr. Jamilah	9:00 - 10:00am   Self-directed
10:00 – 11:00am   Self-directed	10:00 - 11:00am   Arm and elbow (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat	10:00 - 12:00nn   Practical   Muscles and bones of the upper limb   (Anatomy & Radiology) All staff	10:00 - 11:00am  Disease modifying  anti-rheumatic drugs   (Pharmacology) Prof. Azzah Almedany	10:00 - 12:00nn     History taking   IM Injection   (Introduction of the clinical medicine)
11:00- 12:00nn   Axillary and median nerve (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat	11:00- 12:00nn   Anatomy of the forearm (Anatomy) Dr. Sanaa		11:00- 12:00nn   Self-directed Learning
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm
1:00 - 3:00pm       Problem-based  Learning   Case 2 Tutorial 1	1:00 -2:00pm Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in muscle   Dr. Reem Sallam	1:00 - 3:00pm     History taking and IM Injection   (Introduction of the clinical medicine) “F2”	1:00 - 3:00pm       Problem-based  Learning   Case 2 Tutorial 2	1:00 - 3:00pm     Salam
	2:00- 3:00pm   Self-directed Learning

 

Hall No.(2), Room 5
Third Floor Female Academic Center
 
 
 
 
 

WEEK 4 – MUSCULOSKELETAL BLOCK (Female)
Week  (4) Starting:  22/12/2012   (09 /02 /1434H) LOWER LIMBS
CHAIR PERSON: Dr. Ahmad Bin Nasser
CO-CHAIR: Dr. Hisham Al Khalidi
Saturday 22 December 2012	Sunday 23 December 2012	Monday 24 December 2012	Tuesday 25 December 2012	Wednesday 26 December 2012
8:00 -10:00am         MIDBLOCK EXAM	8:00 - 9:00am Gluteal region and back of the thigh   (Anatomy) Dr. Sanaa	8:00 - 9:00am Vascular anatomy of the lower limb   (Anatomy) Dr. Jamilah	8:00 - 9:00am Purine degradation and gout   (Biochemistry) Dr. Sumbul Fatma	8:00 - 9:00am Non – infectious Arthritis   (Pathology) Dr. Maha Arafah
	9:00 - 10:00am   Frontal medial thigh     Dr. Zeenat	9:00 - 10:00am   Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis   (Pathology) Dr. Maha Arafah	9:00 - 10:00am   Drugs in gout   (Pharmacology) Prof. Azzah Almedany	9:00 - 10:00am     Sciatic nerve   (Anatomy) Dr. Jamilah
10:00 - 11:00am   Self-directed Learning	10:00 - 12:00nn     Salam Exam	10:00 - 11:00am Direct acting cholinergic drugs     Prof. Hanan Hagar	10:00 - 12:00nn   Practical   Muscles and bones of the lower limbs   & Radiology) All staff	10:00 - 11:00am   Self-directed
11:00- 12:00nn Self-directed Learning		11:00- 12:00nn Self-directed Learning		11:00- 12:00nn Anticholinestrase inhibitors  (Pharmacology) Prof. Hanan Hagar
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm
1:00 – 2:00pm   Self-directed Learning	1:00 -2:00pm Self-directed Learning	1:00 - 3:00pm Practical   Pathology   Dr. Shaesta/ Dr. Maha Arafah	1:00 - 2:00pm   Self-directed Learning	1:00 - 3:00pm       Salam
2:00 - 3:00 pm   Self-directed Learning	2:00 - 3:00 pm   Self-directed Learning		2:00 - 3:00 pm   Self-directed Learning

 

 
Hall No.(2), Room 5
Third Floor Female Academic Center
 
 
 

WEEK 5 – MUSCULOSKELETAL BLOCK (Female)
Week  (5) Starting:  29 /12 /2012   (16 /02/1434H)    JOINTS
CHAIR PERSON: Dr. Ahmad Bin Nasser
CO-CHAIR: Dr. Hisham Al Khalidi
Saturday 29 December 2012	Sunday 30 December 2012	Monday 31 December 2012	Tuesday 01 January 2013	Wednesday 02 January 2013
8:00 - 9:00am Anatomy of the shoulder   (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat	8:00-9:00am Microbiology of joints and bone infection   (Microbiology) Prof. Hanan Habib	8:00 - 9:00am Popliteal fossa, back of the leg and soleof the foot   (Anatomy) Dr. Sanaa	8:00 - 10:00am     Practical   Nerves and vessels of the lower limb   (Anatomy) All staff	8:00 - 9:00am     Self-directed Learning
9:00 - 10:00am   Self-directed Learning	9:00 - 10:00am Laboratory and clinical aspects of cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis (Microbiology) Dr. Fawzia  Alotaibi	9:00 - 10:00am Introduction to Surface anatomy of the upper & lower limbs (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat		9:00 - 10:00am     Self-directed Learning
10:00 - 11:00am Myocytoma   (Microbiology) Dr. Al Barrag	10:00 - 11:00am Hip, knee joints and ankle joints   (Anatomy) Dr. Zeenat	10:00 - 11:00am   Surface anatomy of upper & lower limbs “F1” (Anatomy)	10:00 - 11:00am   Self-directed Learning	10:00 - 11:00am   Self-directed Learning
11:00- 12:00nn Autoimmune disease   (Immunology) Prof. Zahid Shakoor	11:00- 12:00nn Frontal lateral compartment of the leg and dorsum foot  (Anatomy) Dr. Jamilah	11:00 - 12:00nn   Surface anatomy of upper & lower limbs “F2” (Anatomy)	11:00- 12:00nn   Self-directed Learning	11:00- 12:00nn   Self-directed Learning
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm
1:00 - 3:00pm       Problem-based  Learning   Case 3 Tutorial 1	1:00 -2:00pm   Tips on answering examination questions   Prof. Azer	1:00 - 2:00pm   Self-directed Learning	1:00 - 3:00pm       Problem-based  Learning   Case 3 Tutorial 1	1:00 - 2:00pm   Self-directed Learning
	2:00 - 3:00 pm   Self-directed Learning	2:00 - 3:00 pm   Self-directed Learning		2:00 - 3:00 pm   Self-directed Learning

 

 
Hall No.(2), Room 5
Third Floor Female Academic Center
 
 
 
 
 

WEEK 6 – MUSCULOSKELETAL BLOCK (Female)
Week  (6) Starting:  05 /01/2012   (23 /02/1434H)   CONSOLIDATION
CHAIR PERSON: Dr. Ahmad Bin Nasser
CO-CHAIR: Dr. Hisham Al Khalidi
Saturday 05 January 2013	Sunday 06 January 2013	Monday 07 January 2013	Tuesday 08 January 2013	Wednesday 09 January 2013
8:00 - 9:00am	8:00-9:00am	8:00 - 9:00am	8:00 - 9:00am	8:00 - 9:00am
9:00 - 10:00am	9:00 - 10:00am	9:00 - 10:00am	9:00 - 10:00am	9:00 - 10:00am
10:00 - 11:00am	10:00 - 11:00am	10:00 - 11:00am	10:00 - 11:00am	10:00 - 11:00am
11:00- 12:00nn	11:00- 12:00nn	11:00 - 12:00nn	11:00- 12:00nn	11:00- 12:00nn
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch 12:00 – 1:00pm
1:00 - 2:00pm	1:00 -2:00pm	1:00 - 2:00pm	1:00 - 2:00pm	1:00 - 2:00pm
2:00 - 3:00 pm	2:00 - 3:00 pm	2:00 - 3:00 pm	2:00 - 3:00 pm	2:00 - 3:00 pm

 

Hall No.(2), Room 5
Third Floor Female Academic Center
 
 
 
 
 
Plagiarism
 
Plagiarism is a voluntary act to copy sentences and give a misleading impression that the text is created by the person whose name appears on the work. For example an assignment submitted as part of the requirements of assessment of a subject.
Plagiarism may include plagiarism of ideas and or plagiarism of text (sentences or paragraphs). It also may include the use of diagrams, tables, images, cartoons etc without acknowledging the original creator of the work.
The act of copy-and-paste writings even if the aim is to produce a good assignment with well-structured English statements is unethical and when discovered could cause serious consequences including disciplinary action. Students need to construct statements in their own words and refer to the correct references related to what they have written and included in their assignment/work.  Giving credit and acknowledgement to the original authors/creators are valued by the academic community as it reflects an ethical and professional attitude.
 
Why is plagiarism wrong?
Universities, higher education institutes and scientific communities consider plagiarism as a major problem for a number of reasons:

• It is an act of stealing ideas and the work of original authors/creators.
• It does not represent acceptable professional, ethical or scientific behavior.
• It raises doubts about the credibility of the person/group of people who committed such act.

 
How can teachers/college discover an act of plagiarism?
There are a number of software programs such as authenticate and many others available to detect the act of plagiarism. Some of these programs are available free online.
These tools can locate the places and sentences where students have copied and the original resource (articles, manuscripts, papers, books, websites) for such statements/paragraphs or images.
 
What are the consequences of plagiarism?
Students who commit plagiarism will be exposed to disciplinary action including the failure of the subject concerned provided that such act has been confirmed with evidence.
 
 
 
Assessment of Students in the Block
 
In order to pass the block, you must obtain a minimum final block grade of D (the grading guide attached as appendix¹), this grade is a composition from several block requirements, which can be subdivided as:

1. Attendance
2. Tutor assessment
3. Written Exams
4. OSPE  (Objective Structured Practical Examination)

The final grade is a composition of the grades obtained for the specified block requirements, calculated as follows:
·         Continuous Assessment  (Tutor Assessment and Attendance)      : 15%
·         Written Examinations (MCQ)                                                         : 55%
·         Mid-Block Exam             25%
·         Final Block Exam                        30%
·          OSPE                                                                                                : 30 %
 

TOTAL                                                                           : 100 %
 

1. Attendance :

Students are required to attend not less than 75% of all educational activities during the block. These include small group teaching, lectures, practical sessions, skills training sessions and integrated clinical sessions.
Your attendance will be recorded during all sessions. Failure to meet this requirement without a valid explanation will result in exclusion from the final examination. On the other hand, your presence will be rewarded by assigned marks.

1. Tutor Assessment in Large and Small groups (Continuous Assessment):

During each session, your individual efforts will be evaluated by your tutor. The tutors are instructed to evaluate two aspects:
a.      The extent to which you demonstrate that you study and prepare yourself thoroughly between the two sessions (i.e., preparation).
 

1. The extent to which you actively contribute during group discussion (i.e., participation). Your grade for each session depends upon both your preparation and your participation. The grade will be on the scale from “5”, “4”, “3”, “2”, or “1”. Which have the following general descriptors:

 
5 = Outstanding (Excellent)
4 = Very good
3 = Good
2 = Average
1 = Poor
The block contains two sessions each week, so the maximum amount of ‘participation points’ you are able to obtain will be from two sessions multiplied by the number of weeks.
 
The total participation points will be recalculated according to the weight for each participation in the total assessment.
Your tutor can give you more information about the evaluation of your participation. The details of these evaluation also given in “Tutor Assessment of Student” form.
 
3.Written Examination:
 

1. Mid block exam 25% : In the form of  MCQs, these are prepared mainly from sessions presented to the students in large group. This exam will consist of 50 MCQs that will assess factual knowledge.

 
b.     Final written exam 30%: at the end of the block in form of MCQs, that are prepared mainly from sessions and presented to the students. This exam will consist of 80 MCQs that will assess factual knowledge too.
 

1. Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE ):

 
This contains 30% of the marks. It is a practical examination at the end of the block. The OSPE examination will consist of 15-20 OSPE stations. Each station will take about 5 minutes, which contains a mix of slide show and some practical sessions. The purpose of the OSPE stations is to test your deeper understanding of the basic sciences. The OSPE will take place at the end of each block.
 
 
Block Evaluation
The block evaluation uses the following three data sources:

1. Student Feedback

1. Tutor Feedback
2. Student Results

 
Methods of student’s formative assessment:

• Self evaluation
• Peer evaluation
• Tutor evaluation (both summative & formative)

• Assignments

 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        LEARNING RESOURCES
The list below comprises the key textbooks and learning resources which have been prescribed and recommended for use in the undergraduate medical course at King Saud University. It is expected that you have your own copy of prescribed textbooks and use them as one of your main resources in learning. Before making any purchases, you might carefully examine all other recommended textbooks in an area and chose the text that matches with your needs and your learning style. Although all these texts are available in the Medical Library, you might need to purchase texts that you use frequently in these years as the demand upon library texts is usually high. 
Medical Dictionary
Prescribed :
Martin EA (2010). Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Recommended textbooks:
Dorland (2010). Dorland’s Pocket Medical Dictionary with CD-ROM, Twenty-eighth Edition, Elsevier, UK.
Dorland (2007). Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary with CD-ROM, Thirty-first Edition, Elsevier, UK.
Anatomy & Embryology
Prescribed textbook:
Drake RL, Vogl W and Mitchell AWM (2005). Gray’s Anatomy for Students. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.
Snell RS (2005). Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students. 7^th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Larson WJ (2001). Human Embryology. New York: Churchill Livingstone.
Recommended textbooks:
McMinn RH (2004). McMinn’s Color Atlas of Human Anatomy. Fifth Edition. Mosby Publisher, UK.
Moore KL and Dalley AF (2005). Clinically Oriented Anatomy. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Netter FH (2006). Atlas of Human Anatomy. 4^th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders WB.
Agur AMR and Dalley AF (2005). Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy. 11^th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
More KL (2002). The Developing Human. Philadelphia: Saunders WB.
Sadler TW. (2005) Langman’s Essential Medical Embryology. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Sadler TW. (2006) Langman’s Medical Embryology. 10^th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
 
Histology
Prescribed textbook:
Gartner LP and Hiatt JL (2002). Color Textbook of Histology. 2^nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders WB.
Recommended textbooks:
Young B, Lowe JS, Stevens A and Heath JW (2006). Wheater’s Functional Histology. 5^th ed. London: Churchill Livingstone.
Physiology
Prescribed textbook:
Rhoades R and Pflanzer R (2003). Human Physiology, 4^th ed. London: Brooks/Cole.
Hall JE. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (2010). Twelfth Edition.  Churchill Livingstone, UK.
Recommended textbooks:
Berne RM, Levy MN, Koeppen BM and Stanton BA. (2005) Physiology. 5^th ed. London: Mosby
Sherwood L. (2006). Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems. 4^th ed.Brooks/Cole Pub.Co: Sydney.
Fox SI. (2008). Fundamentals of Human Physiology. 9^th ed. McGraw-Hill: Boston.
Saladin KS (2009). Anatomy and Physiology. McGraw Hill Lange, USA
Barrett KE, Barman SM, Boitano S, Brooks HL (2009). Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology. Twenty Third Edition. McGraw-Hill Publisher, UK.
Pharmacology
Prescribed textbook:
Rang HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM, Moore PK (2007).  Pharmacology. Six Edition. Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, UK.
Recommended textbooks:
Katszing BG (2008). Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.  New York: McGraw Hill/Appleton & Lange.
 
 
Medical Biochemistry
Prescribed textbook:
Lieberman M,  Marks AD (2008).  Mark’s Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New York.
Champe PC, Harvey RA, Ferrier DR (2005). Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews Biochemistry. 3^rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Recommended textbooks:
Murray RK, Roolwell VW, Bender D, Botham KM, Weill A, Kennelly PJ (2009). Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry. Twenty -eighth Editions. McGraw Hill, Lange, New York. 
Baynes J and Dominiczak M (2005). Medical Biochemistry. 2^nd ed. London: Mosby.
Bhagavan NV (2002). Medical Biochemistry. Fourth-Edition, Elsevier, UK.
 
Microbiology & Parasitology
Prescribed textbook:
Goering R, DoCkrell H, Zuckerman M, Wakelin D, Riott I, Mims C (2008).  Mims’ Medical Microbiology.  Fourth Edition.  Mosby, UK.
John DT, Petri Jr (2006). Markell and Voge’s Medical Parasitology. Ninth Edition. Elsevier, UK.
Recommended textbooks:
Greenwood D, Slack RC, Peutherer JF, Barer MR (2007).  Medical Microbiology. Seventh Edition. Churchill Livingstone, UK.
Strohol  WA. Lippincotts Illustrated Review Microbiology (2006). Second Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New York.
Brooks GF, Butel JS, and Morse SA. (2004). Jawetz, Melnick, and Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology. 23^rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Co and Lange Appleton.
Engleberg NC, DiRita V, and Dermody TS. (2007). Schaechter’s Mechanisms of Microbial Disease. 4^th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 
Neva FA, Brown HW. (1994). Basic Clinical Parasitology. 6^th ed. Connecticut: Prentice-Hall International Inc.
Chamberlain NR (2008). Medical microbiology & immunology. McGraw Hill Lange Publisher, UK.
Levinson WE (2010). Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. Eleventh-Edition, McGraw-Hill Publisher, UK
Pathology
Prescribed textbook:
Kumar V and Cotran RS (2007). Robbins Basic Pathology. 8^th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders WB.
Recommended textbooks:
Kumar V, Abbas AK, and Fausto N (2004). Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 7^th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders WB.
Stevens A, Lowe JS, Young B (2008). Wheaters Basic Histopathology.  A Colour Atlas and Text.  Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, UK.
Immunology
Prescribed textbook:
Delves PJ, Martin SJ, Burton DR, Riott IM (2006). Riott’s Essential Immunology.  Eleventh Edition. Blackwell Publishing, UK. 
Recommended textbooks:
Male D, Brostoff J, Roth DB, and Roitt I. (2006). Immunology. 7^th ed. Edinburgh: Mosby.
 
PBL and Learning Skills
Prescribed textbook:
Azer SA (2006). Core Clinical Cases in Basic Biomedical Sciences. Hodder-Arnold, UK.
Azer SA (2008). Navigating Problem-Based Learning. Elsevier Australia, Australia.
Recommended textbook:
Kushner TK and Thomasma DC (2001). Dilemmas for Medical Students and Doctors in Training. Cambridge: University Press.
Communication Skills & Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Prescribed textbook:
Lloyd M, Bor R (2006). Communication Skills for Medicine. Churchill Livingstone. UK.
Munro JF, Campbell IW (2006). Macleod’s Clinical Examination. Tenth Edition. Churchill Livingstone, UK.
 Talley NJ and O’Connor S. (2006). Pocket Clinical Examination. Melbourne: Blackwell Science.
 
 
 
 
Medicine
Kumar P and Clark M (2010). Clinical Medicine. 7^th ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier Saunders.
Edwards C and Bouchier IA. (2003). Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine. 14^th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
(In the preclinical years these two textbooks may help you in the preparation of your learning issues, you will also need them in the clinical years).
Professionalism
Prescribed textbook:
Feldman MD, Christensen JF (2007). Behavioural Medicine. A Guide for Clinical Practice. McGraw-Hill Lange, UK.
Stern DT (2005). Measuring Medical Professionalism. Oxford University Press, UK.
Spandorfer J, Pohl CA, Rattner SL, Nasca TJ (2010). Professionalism in Medicine. A case-based Guide for Medical Students. Cambridge University Press, UK.