Basic Sciences
Medical Sciences
QUCOM REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED eBOOKS AND RESOURCES
ACADEMIC YEARS 2025-2026 and 2026-2027
The Official QUCOM eBOOKSTORE is scheduled to go live in Late Summer in advance of Fall 2026
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
BASIC SCIENCES
SEMESTER 1 COURSES (MD1) - Academic Curriculum Reference
MANT 1141: GROSS ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY I
REQUIRED
Snell's Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 11th Ed., Lawrence Wineski, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025
Recommended:
Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 9th Ed., Arthur F. Dalley II, Anne M.R. Agur. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2023
Atlas of Human Anatomy, 8th Ed., Frank H. Netter, Elsevier, 2023
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
Recommended:
Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education/Medical, 2019
Medical Physiology, Principles for Clinical Medicine, 6th Ed., Rhoades, R.A. and Bell, D., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022
BRS Physiology, 8th Ed., Costanzo. Walters Kluwer Health, 2022
MBIO 1121: BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS I
REQUIRED
Recommended:
Thompson & Thompson Genetics and Genomics in Medicine, 9th Ed., Ronald Doron Cohn, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2024
Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach, 6th Ed., Michael Lieberman and Alisa Peet, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023
BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetics, 8th Ed., Lieberman and Schoch, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025
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
Histology: A Text and Atlas, 9th Ed., Pawlina, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2023
LIR Cell and Molecular Biology, 3rd Ed., Chandar and Viselli, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2024
Recommended:
Histology and Cell Biology: Examination and Board Review, 6th Ed., Paulsen, 2022
Thompson & Thompson Genetics and Genomics in Medicine, 9th Ed., Ronald Cohn, Elsevier, 2024
MICM 1151: INTRO TO CLINICAL MEDICINE I
REQUIRED
Recommended:
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
BASIC SCIENCES
SEMESTER 2 COURSES (MD2) - Academic Curriculum Reference
MANT 1242: GROSS ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY II
REQUIRED
Snell's Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 11th Ed., Lawrence Wineski, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025
Recommended:
Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 9th Ed., Arthur F. Dalley II, Anne M.R. Agur. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2023
Atlas of Human Anatomy, 8th Ed., Frank H. Netter, Elsevier, 2023
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
Recommended:
Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education/Medical, 2019
Medical Physiology, Principles for Clinical Medicine, 6th Ed., Rhoades, R.A. and Bell, D., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022
BRS Physiology, 8th Ed., Costanzo. Walters Kluwer Health, 2022
MBIO 1222: BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS II
REQUIRED
Recommended:
Thompson & Thompson Genetics and Genomics in Medicine, 9th Ed., Ronald Doron Cohn, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2024
Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach, 6th Ed., Michael Lieberman and Alisa Peet, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023
BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetics, 8th Ed., Lieberman and Schoch, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025
Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 32nd Ed., McGuinness, Victor W. Rodwell, and P. Anthony Weil, McGraw-Hill Education, 2022
MNSC 1262: NEUROSCIENCE
REQUIRED
Snell's Clinical Neuroanatomy, 9th Ed., Ryan Splittgerber, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2025
Recommended:
Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases, 3rd Ed., Hal Blumenfeld, Sinauer Associates, 2021
MICM 1252: INTRO TO CLINICAL MEDICINE II
REQUIRED
Recommended:
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
BASIC SCIENCES
SEMESTER 3 COURSES (MD3) - Academic Curriculum Reference
MMIC 2311: CLINICAL MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY I
REQUIRED
Recommended:
MPHM 2341: CLINICAL MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY I
REQUIRED
Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Ed., Todd W. Vanderah, McGraw-Hill, 2024
Recommended:
Katzung & Trevor’s Pharmacology Examination and Board Review, 14th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2025
MPAT 2321: CLINICAL MEDICAL PATHOLOGY I
REQUIRED
Robbins, Cotran & Kumar Pathologic Basis of Disease, 11th Ed., Jon C Aster, Elsevier UK, 2026
Recommended:
Robbins & Kumar Basic Pathology, 11th Ed., Vinay Kumar, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2023
MBEH 2330: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
REQUIRED
BRS Behavioral Science (Board Review Series), 8th Ed., Barbara Fadem, LWW, 2020
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 4th Ed., Gregory Privitera, SAGE Publications, 2024
MICM 2351: INTRO TO CLINICAL MEDICINE III
REQUIRED
Recommended:
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
BASIC SCIENCES
SEMESTER 4 COURSES (MD4) - Academic Curriculum Reference
MMIC 2411: CLINICAL MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY II
REQUIRED
Recommended:
MPHM 2441: CLINICAL MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY II
REQUIRED
Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Ed., Todd W. Vanderah, McGraw-Hill, 2024
Recommended:
Katzung & Trevor’s Pharmacology Examination and Board Review, 14th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2025
MPAT 2421: CLINICAL MEDICAL PATHOLOGY II
REQUIRED
Robbins, Cotran & Kumar Pathologic Basis of Disease, 11th Ed., Jon C Aster, Elsevier UK, 2026
Recommended:
Robbins & Kumar Basic Pathology, 11th Ed., Vinay Kumar, Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version, 2023
MBIOETH: BIOETHICS
REQUIRED
Recommended:
Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, 6th Ed., Lewis Vaughn, Oxford University Press, 2025
MEPIBIOSTAT: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS
REQUIRED
The Language of Medicine, 13th Ed., Davi-Ellen Chabner, Elsevier, 2025
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 4th Ed., Gregory Privitera, SAGE Publications, 2024
Recommended:
Medical Terminology for Health Professions, 9th Ed., Ann Ehrlich, Cengage Learning, 2022
Clinical Epidemiology, The Essentials, 6th Ed., Grant S Fletcher, Wolters Kluwer Health, 2020
MICM 2451: INTRO TO CLINICAL MEDICINE IV
REQUIRED
Recommended: