Recommended books for MBBS 1st year.

It is an undeniable fact that medicine is one profession where one needs to study a lot. This studying begins right from the first year itself and goes on throughout one's lifetime. Now for first-year students, this concept of studying all the time is something new. 

Yearly 15,00,000+ students aims to get admission in medical collages across india. All the aspirants work hard inorder to get a medical in the medical collage .After the hardwork and dedication of 2 years or 3 years or even more ,finally gets admission into the medical collage.   

In the world of medical science one should be clear that there will be no spoon-feeding. Everything should be learned by ourself . Thus, it is understandable that they will find difficult to choose books  

To help such students, here is a list of the best books to study in the 1st year of MBBS. Being well versed with the topics in these books will set one on the journey of medical excellence and pave the way for a lot of further studies in this field. It is understandable that the course and syllabus for different colleges and universities is bound to vary. The books listed below cover the syllabus for MBBS in most of the universities. 

 

 

                         ANATOMY

 

1. B.D Chaurasia's Human Anatomy  (7th or 8th Edition)

•     Vol. 1 - Upper limb, Thorax 
•     Vol. 2 - Lower limb, Abdomen  
•     Vol. 3 - Head and Neck  
•     Vol. 4 - Neuroanatomy 
•     B.D Chaurasia's Hand book of General Anatomy   

 

 It is the standard book of anatomy. It is your Bible for 1st year. The content is displayed in easy language and in headings  and is nicely organised that you can easily write in exams. This is the main advantage of this book. Even fully labelled colourful diagrams are also given that you can easily draw in diagrams. Flow charts and tables are given wherever necessary. This book also contains content for practical purposes. Like bones and it's anatomy, muscles etc are given in a good way. Surface anatomy and radio anatomy is also given. So you need not to buy separate book for it. 

Best buy link : (8th Edition) Click Here

 

2. Inderbir Singh's Human Embryology 

  

It is the best book for embryology. Contains colourful diagrams and nicely presented  and simple language that you can easily write in exams

  

Best buy link : (10th Edition) Click Here

 

 

3. Inderbir Singh's Human Histology

It is the best book for histology for both theory and practicals. Good diagrams are given and the content is also relevant. You can prepare your file from it easily. It helps for identification of slides during practicals

 

 Best buy link : (9th Edition) Click Here

 

4. Cunningham Dissector

Proffesors will recommend you to buy this book. But I would suggest you not to waste your money into this useless book. This is because you will never study it throughout the year. It has very complicated theory and complicated diagrams that are far away from theory purposes. These are only for dissection purposes and hence is used by teachers. So if you need, then you can issue from library or from your seniors.

 

5. Human Genetics by DR. S D Gangane

 

Simple, Easy to understand and More than enough

 Best buy link : (5th Edition) Click Here

 

                                       Reference Books

 As these are the reference books, It is not mandatory to buy them. Those are just for the reference purpose and to gain some extra knowledge.

1. Grey's Anatomy 

 

It's student version is good for Indian students. So I recommend you have its PDF file in your mobile. This book has beautiful 3d diagrams by which you can visualise anatomy in a better way . So you can make your base more strong and build good concept. You can also read its theory but don't use this book for exams because there are big paragraphs in it. No pointers and headings are there like that in bd chaurasia

 

2. Snell's Clinical Anatomy 

 

 It is good for detailed clinical aspects but is not ideal for exams. So leave it.

 

3. Nettlar's Atlas

 

It is a supplementary book. I would suggest you to keep its PDF file. it has beautiful illustrated diagrams that are natural looking and precise to such a detail that you won't confuse regarding positions of various structures.

4. Di Fiore's Atlas

 

If you have good interest in histology and you want to know that how the histological diagrams really look in microscope, then this book is for you. Its diagrams are really awesome and you can relate them to your practice slides.

 

                          PHYSIOLOGY 

 

1. G.K Pal's Medical Physiology (2nd Edition) 

•     Vol. 1
•     Vol. 2

It is one of the most favoured book by the students for physiology. Its advantage is that it contains topics in point wise manner. So, it becomes very easy to grasp a topic and write in exam. Appropriate flow charts and tables are given wherever necessaryIt is the most favoured book by the students for physiology. Its advantage is that it contains topics in point wise manner. So, it becomes very easy to grasp a topic and write in exam. Appropriate flow charts and tables are given wherever necessary.

Best buy link : (2nd Edition) Click Here

 

 

2. Guyton and Hall 

  

 
This book is known as Bible of physiology. This book is that it is too vast and very much detailed. So, it requires time to study it. So, it is good for concept building, but you will feel difficulty to write in exam. So, it can't help you to score in your exams. So, its your choice as we don't get much time in 1st year to study it. 

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3.  Sembulingam  

 This is your exam saviour book. Most students ( including me) start studying it during final exams to pass in exams. If you haven't studied good during your whole year, then during exams, you can stick to this book. This is because it is really the simplest book. Its language is very simple and content is very less. So it takes less time to read the topics. Its flow charts are really awasome. Like the topic shock is explained in many flow charts which give good understanding. It is a good reference book 

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4. G.K Pal's Practical Physiology

 

It contains in depth information and also, many question answers after every experiment that are asked in vivas. So, while going to your viva, you will not be feared that what will the examiner ask? As this book contains all the possible questions asked.

Best buy link : (4th Edition)  Click Here

 

 

                         BIOCHEMISTRY 

 

1. Satyanarayan 

 

It is the standard book of biochemistry for indian medical students. It is the simplest book and contains content displayed in headings and points and in a way that you can easily remember and recaptulate in exams. Tables and flow charts are given wherever necessary. Cycles are displayed in good way. So it is an exam oriented book

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2. Lippincott's Biochemistry 

 It is a foreign author book. Its advantage is that it's language is very easy. It also have good diagrams and excellent charts and tables. The concepts are displayed in simple language. Moreover, it has tables at the end of every chapter that summaries the whole chapter. So, it can be very helpful to understand the concepts.

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3. D.M Vasudevan's Practical Biochemistry 

This fully updated third edition book is in resonance with the Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students, Ninth Edition by the same authors. The contents are divided into qualitative and quantitative experiments, which the students are supposed to do by themselves in their practical classes. A few case reports are also included at the end of the book, which will be useful for the students to prepare for their practical examinations. Comprises concise contents aimed at undergraduate students. Relevant clinical correlations are given in respective chapters. Diagrams are presented with precise and lucid manner. A total of 45 clinical case studies are offered. Normal laboratory values are accessible in the appendix. Relevant advanced content included to stimulate active learning for students.

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                                       Reference Books

 As these are the reference books, It is not mandatory to buy them. Those are just for the reference purpose and to gain some extra knowledge.

 

1. D.M Vasudevan's Biochemistry

  Vasudevan has good content in most aspects, but is weak in its continuity, and you will often find content related to one topic scattered over multiple chapters. It has inadequate information about Molecular Biology so you will need to refer another book. It is also an Indian author book. So, it is also helpful for Indian students. Just use it as reference in PDF form

 

                                       ESSENTIALS

1. Dissection Set

2. Blood Lancets

3. B.P Blades (extra)

4. Rubber Gloves

5. Stethoscope

6. Spygmomanmometer (manual mercury)

7. Tuning forks set 

8. Eosin and Heamotoxylin pencils

 All the above mentioned items are must for MBBS 1st year

 

Kindly purchase the latest editions of the books ,As per revised MCI curriculum there are some changes in the books.

 

At last, I would like to say thanks for viewing my article and all the best for your studies.
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