top of page

Basic Sciences

Medical Sciences

The Curriculum

eTEXTBOOKS LIST

​

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

BASIC SCIENCES FIRST SEMESTER COURSES (MD1) - Academic Curriculum Reference

 

 

MANT 1141: GROSS ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY I

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Snell's Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 11th Ed., Lawrence Wineski, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy (9th Ed.). Arthur F. Dalley II, Anne M.R. Agur. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2023

2. Atlas of Human Anatomy (8h Ed.), Frank H. Netter, Elsevier, 2023

3. Before We Are Born. Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects (11th Ed.), M Torchia and T.V.N. Persaud, 2024

 

 

MPHY 1131: PHYSIOLOGY I

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th Ed., W.B. Saunders Co., 2021

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education/Medical, 2019

2. Medical Physiology, Principles for Clinical Medicine, 6th Ed., Rhoades, R.A. and Bell, D., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022

3. BRS Physiology, 8th Ed., Costanzo. Walters Kluwer Health, 2022

 

 

MBIO 1121: BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS I

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, 8th Ed., Emine E Abali; Susan D Cline; David S Franklin; Susan M Viselli, Wolters Kluwer, 2025

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Thompson & Thompson Genetics and Genomics in Medicine, 9th Ed., Ronald Doron Cohn, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2024

2. Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach, 6th Ed., Michael Lieberman and Alisa Peet, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023

3. BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetics, 8th Ed., Lieberman and Schoch, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025

4. Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 32nd Ed., McGuinness, Victor W. Rodwell, and P. Anthony Weil, McGraw-Hill Education, 2022

 

 

MANT 1111: HISTOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOKS

1. Histology: A Text and Atlas, 9th Ed., Pawlina, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2023

2. LIR Cell and Molecular Biology, 3rd Ed., Chandar and Viselli, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2024

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Histology and Cell Biology: Examination and Board Review, 6th Ed., Paulsen, 2022

2. Thompson & Thompson Genetics and Genomics in Medicine, 9th Ed., Ronald Cohn, Elsevier, 2024

 

 

MICM 1151: INTRO TO CLINICAL MEDICINE I

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOKS

1. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 13th Ed., Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi, Richard M. Hoffman, and Rainier P. Soriano, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2021

2. Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, 9th Ed., Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2020

3. Textbook of Physical Diagnosis, History and Examination, 8th Ed., Mark H. Swartz, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2021

 

 

 

 

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

BASIC SCIENCES SECOND SEMESTER COURSES (MD2) - Academic Curriculum Reference

 

 

MANT 1242: GROSS ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY II

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Snell's Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 11th Ed., Lawrence Wineski, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy (9th Ed.). Arthur F. Dalley II, Anne M.R. Agur. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2023

2. Atlas of Human Anatomy (8h Ed.), Frank H. Netter, Elsevier, 2023

3. Before We Are Born. Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects (11th Ed.), M Torchia and T.V.N. Persaud, 2024

 

 

MPHY 1232: PHYSIOLOGY II

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th Ed., W.B. Saunders Co., 2021

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education/Medical, 2019

2. Medical Physiology, Principles for Clinical Medicine, 6th Ed., Rhoades, R.A. and Bell, D., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022

3. BRS Physiology, 8th Ed., Costanzo. Walters Kluwer Health, 2022

 

 

MBIO 1222: BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS II

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, 8th Ed., Emine E Abali; Susan D Cline; David S Franklin; Susan M Viselli, Wolters Kluwer, 2025

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Thompson & Thompson Genetics and Genomics in Medicine, 9th Ed., Ronald Doron Cohn, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2024

2. Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach, 6th Ed., Michael Lieberman and Alisa Peet, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023

3. BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetics, 8th Ed., Lieberman and Schoch, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025

4. Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 32nd Ed., McGuinness, Victor W. Rodwell, and P. Anthony Weil, McGraw-Hill Education, 2022

 

 

MNSC 1262: NEUROSCIENCE

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Snell's Clinical Neuroanatomy, 9th Ed., Ryan Splittgerber, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2024

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases (3rd Ed.). Hal Blumenfeld, Sinauer, Oxford University Press, 2021

2. Mayo Clinic Medical Neurosciences: Organized by Neurologic System and Level (6th Ed.). Eduardo E. Benarroch, Jeremy K. Cutsforth-Gregory, and Kelly D. Flemming. Oxford University Press, 2017

 

 

MICM 1252: INTRO TO CLINICAL MEDICINE II

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOKS

1. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 13th Ed., Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi, Richard M. Hoffman, and Rainier P. Soriano, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2021

2. Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, 9th Ed., Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2020

3. Textbook of Physical Diagnosis, History and Examination, 8th Ed., Mark H. Swartz, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2021

 

 

 

 

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

BASIC SCIENCES THIRD SEMESTER COURSES (MD3) - Academic Curriculum Reference

 

 

MMIC 2311: CLINICAL MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY I

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 17th Ed., Warren E. Levinson, Peter Chin-Hong, Elizabeth A. Joyce, Jesse Nussbaum, and Brian Schwartz, Lange, McGraw-Hill, 2022

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Medical Microbiology, 10th Ed., Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, and Michael A. Pfaller, Elsevier, 2025

2. Sherris & Ryan's Medical Microbiology, 8th Ed., Kenneth J. Ryan, Scott Weissman, Nafees Ahmad, J. Andres Alspaugh, W. Lawrence Drew, and Michael Lagunof, McGraw-Hill Education, 2022

 

 

MPHM 2341: CLINICAL MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY I

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Lange, Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Ed., Todd W. Vanderah, McGraw-Hill, 2024

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Ed., Todd W. Vanderah, McGraw-Hill Education, 2024

2. Katzung & Trevor’s Pharmacology Examination and Board Review, 14th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2024

3. Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Ed., L Brunton and B Knollmann, McGraw-Hill Education, 2023

 

 

MPAT 2321: CLINICAL MEDICAL PATHOLOGY I

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 10th Ed., Vinay Kumar, Abdul K Abbas, Jon C Aster, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2021

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Robbins & Kumar Basic Pathology, 11th Ed., Vinay Kumar, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2023

2. Crowley's An Introduction to Human Disease: Pathology and Pathophysiology Correlations, 11th Ed., Emily Reisner and Howard Reisner, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2022

 

 

MBEH 2330: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOKS

1. BRS Behavioral Science (Board Review Series), 8th Ed., Barbara Fadem, LWW, 2020

2. Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 4th Ed., Gregory Privitera, SAGE Publications, 2024

 

 

MICM 2351: INTRO TO CLINICAL MEDICINE III

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOKS

1. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 13th Ed., Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi, Richard M. Hoffman, and Rainier P. Soriano, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2021

2. Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, 9th Ed., Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2020

3. Textbook of Physical Diagnosis, History and Examination, 8th Ed., Mark H. Swartz, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2021

 

 

 

 

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

BASIC SCIENCES FOURTH SEMESTER COURSES (MD4) - Academic Curriculum Reference

 

 

MMIC 2411: CLINICAL MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY II

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 17th Ed., Warren E. Levinson, Peter Chin-Hong, Elizabeth A. Joyce, Jesse Nussbaum, and Brian Schwartz, Lange, McGraw-Hill, 2022

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Medical Microbiology, 10th Ed., Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, and Michael A. Pfaller, Elsevier, 2025

2. Sherris & Ryan's Medical Microbiology, 8th Ed., Kenneth J. Ryan, Scott Weissman, Nafees Ahmad, J. Andres Alspaugh, W. Lawrence Drew, and Michael Lagunof, McGraw-Hill Education, 2022

 

 

MPHM 2441: CLINICAL MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY II

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Lange, Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Ed., Todd W. Vanderah, McGraw-Hill, 2024

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Ed., Todd W. Vanderah, McGraw-Hill Education, 2024

2. Katzung & Trevor’s Pharmacology Examination and Board Review, 14th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2024

3. Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Ed., L Brunton and B Knollmann, McGraw-Hill Education, 2023

 

 

MPAT 2421: CLINICAL MEDICAL PATHOLOGY II

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 10th Ed., Vinay Kumar, Abdul K Abbas, Jon C Aster, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2021

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Robbins & Kumar Basic Pathology, 11th Ed., Vinay Kumar, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2023

2. Crowley's An Introduction to Human Disease: Pathology and Pathophysiology Correlations, 11th Ed., Emily Reisner and Howard Reisner, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2022

 

 

MBIOETH: BIOETHICS

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOK

Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 9th Ed., Albert Jonsen, Mark Siegler, and William J Winslade, McGraw-Hill, 2022

Recommended eTextbook

Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, 5th Ed., Lewis Vaughn, Oxford University Press, 2022

 

 

MEPIBIOSTAT: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOKS

1. Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 9th Ed., Davi-Ellen Chabner, Saunders, 2023

2. Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 4th Ed., Gregory Privitera, SAGE Publications, 2024

Recommended eTextbooks

1. Medical Terminology for Health Professions, 9th Ed., Ann Ehrlich, Cengage Learning, 2022

2. Clinical Epidemiology, The Essentials, 6th Ed., Grant S Fletcher, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2020

 

 

MICM 2451: INTRO TO CLINICAL MEDICINE IV

REQUIRED eTEXTBOOKS

1. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 13th Ed., Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi, Richard M. Hoffman, and Rainier P. Soriano, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2021

2. Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, 9th Ed., Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2020

3. Textbook of Physical Diagnosis, History and Examination, 8th Ed., Mark H. Swartz, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2021

​

​

​

​

​

bottom of page