Books for FP?

Congrats on finishing that tough first year. Light at the end of the tunnel!

Here's what was on my bookshelf at that time:
- Swanson's Family Practice :good overview of every branch of medicine, with a front-line office/generalist lens

- Primary Care Secrets : easy question and answer format, very crammable if you want to cover all necessary internal medicine in 1 weekend

- Merck Manual : The bible of medicine, literally, those pages are tissue-paper- thin. A good reference for basics when all else fails and you're frustrated by internet searches for an obscure problem or clinical approach.

- Throw in some journal subscriptions for good measure, check out:
American Family Physician
Australian Family Physician
Evidence Based Medicine (by BMJ)

joedo said:

Thanks.
Is there a big textbook analogous to Sabiston for surgery; Harrisons for medicine that I should pick up?

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I believe that Swanson's would likely qualify, as stated above.