A Guide to Psychiatric Textbooks for Medical Students

Statistics for Medical Students: a Practical Guide

(Pp. 52. 9s.) Hong Kong UnivCrsity Press. London: Oxford University Press, 19%2. THIS book is an introduction to the use of statistical methods in the analysis of snmall samples of data. The author describes, with simple numerical examples, the arithmetic steps in computing averages, measures of dispersion, corielation coefficients, including partial coefficients vith one variable held constant...

Human Histology: A Guide for Medical Students

Succinct guide to liver transplantation for medical students

Literature on liver transplantation for use in medical education is limited and as yet unsatisfactory. The aim of this article is to help medical students gain enough insight into the reality of being a liver transplant recipient. This is crucial so in the future they can feel confident in approaching these patients with adequate knowledge and confidence. The knowledge-tree based learning core ...

Medical Ethics. A Guide to Students and Practitioners

The editor, believing that, "the trend of present-day medical teaching is in the direction of developing the theoretical at the expense of the practical," has compiled a book containing chapters by himself and eleven other eminent contributors which deal "with the doctor's general outlook on his professional life, and with all sorts of considerations, which, though little or nothing is said abo...

E-books or textbooks: Students prefer textbooks

Previous research has demonstrated that the experience of reading e-books is not equivalent to reading textbooks. This study examines factors influencing preference for e-books as well as reported use of e-book content. Although the present student cohort is the most technologically savvy to ever enter universities, students do not prefer e-books over textbooks regardless of their gender, compu...