Basic Sciences
Medical Sciences
QUCOM REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED RESOURCES and eTEXTBOOKS
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026​
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​​​QUCOM-LICENSED KAPLAN MEDICAL™
REQUIRED FOR BASIC SCIENCES PROGRAM
Queen's University College of Medicine secured an Institutional Agreement with KAPLAN™ for required KAPLAN MEDICAL™ for Resources, eBooks, and Lecture Notes via a QUCOM-Licensed Student Account for academic use by Basic Sciences Program students for a required Institutionally-discounted [$500 Annual (USD)] fee. QUCOM students MD1-MD4 are required to be enrolled in QUCOM-Licensed KAPLAN MEDICAL™. The QUCOM-Licensed resource is considered an important supplement to the Basic Sciences Curriculum.​ KAPLAN™ is the USMLE Step 1 Review and Prep educational platform approved and implemented by Queen's University College of Medicine. © 2024-2026 QUCOM-Licensed Digital Course Catalogue. All rights reserved.​
​KAPLAN MEDICAL eBOOKS AND KAPLAN MEDICAL LECTURE NOTES 2025-2026
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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 (8h 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
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th Ed., W.B. Saunders Co., 2021
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 (8h 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
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th Ed., W.B. Saunders Co., 2021
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
Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 9th Ed., Davi-Ellen Chabner, Saunders, 2023
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
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