LIST OF SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS Subject matter for examination questions is guided by the Objectives for the Qualifying

Examination, published by the Medical Council of Canada (MCC). The MCC does not require candidates to purchase or use any particular reference. The following textbooks may be used by MCC test committees to validate examination questions. MEDICINE 1. Andreoli, T.E., et al. (eds.), Cecil Essentials of Medicine, 7th ed., W.B. Saunders, 2007. 2. Facui, A., Braunwald, E. et al. (eds), Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2008. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 1. Decherney AH, Nathan L, Goodwin TM, Laufer N: Current diagnosis & treatment, Obstetrics & gynecology, 10th ed., McGraw Hill, 2007. 2. Hacker, N.F., Moore, J.G., Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5th ed., W.B. Saunders, 2010. PEDIATRICS 1. Behrman, Kleigman, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., W.B. Saunders, 2007. 2. Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Immunization Guide, 7th edition, http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphbdgspsp/publicat/cig-gci/pdf/cdn_immuniz_guide-2002-6.pdf (Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada, 2006) 3. Rudolph, A.M., et al. (eds.), Rudolph's Fundamentals of Pediatrics, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill/Appleton and Lange, 2002. POPULATION HEALTH, ETHICAL, LEGAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL 1. Infectious Diseases: a) Heymann, D.L., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th ed., Washington, D.C., The American Public Health Association, 2008. 2. 3. 4. Occupational Medicine: a) LaDou, J. (ed.), Current Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2007. Population Health/Public Health: a) Shah, C.P., Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Canada, 5th ed., W.B. Saunders Canada, 2003. Legal Aspects: a) Evans, Kenneth G., A Medico-Legal Handbook for Physicians in Canada, 6th edition, 2011. b) Evans, Kenneth G., Consent, A Guide for Canadian Physician, 4th edition, 2008. Organizational Aspects of Medicine: a) Shah, C.P., Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Canada, 5th ed., University of Toronto Press, 2003. Ethics: a) Hbert, P.C., Doing Right: A Practical Guide to Ethics for Medical Trainees and Physicians, 2nd ed., Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press, 2009. Epidemiology/Statistics: a) Greenberg, R. S., et al. (eds.), Medical Epidemiology, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Medical, 2005.

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PSYCHIATRY 1. American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV-TR), 4th ed., 2000. 2. Andreasen, Nancy C., Black, Donald, W., Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, 4th ed., American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2006. SURGERY 1. Doherty, Gerald M., Current Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment, 12th ed., Appleton and Lange, 2006. 2. Lawrence, P.F., Essentials of General Surgery, 4th ed., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005.