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karizma6600
Aim MD
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FAQ: Which books to study from in MBBS 2nd year?
Hello everyone,
I have just entered MBBS 2nd year and i am not knowing which books to read and how to approach books of gold standards i order to achieve good sore in final exams.
Kindly guide me so that i can approach text books as well as gold standard books..
Thank you
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navneet07
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pharma KDT
patho big ROBBINS
micro PANIKER
fsm reddy
if these bks are done thorougly no other reference bk is reqd n it will give gud results in mbbs prof xams as well help u best for pg prep
gud luck 
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RaviJaiswal
Aim NEET PG
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pharmac... kdt
patho..... small robbins will do at this stage
micro...anantnarayan...no oder book pls...
fmt...reddy or parikh
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karizma6600
Aim MD
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thanks for the reply..
and helping me out
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mauve
Aim USMLE Step 1
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Hello
PHARMA - KATZ-Latest edition which is 11th
MICRO-LEVINSON
PATHO-BIG ROBBINS
Good Luck !
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RaviJaiswal
Aim NEET PG
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what [bleep]
all buks are u talkin mauve...do u think its possible to cover big robins and levenson..
why u guys try to be oversmart....
keep it easy...see that ppl get benefit from what u write...
and what is katz,,,make it clear...even i dunno..
be specific before u post...
cya
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mauve
Aim USMLE Step 1
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Well ravi i recommended those books to karizma as a best peice of "advice" coz i used the same books and was "abel" to cover them n was a high acheiver !
N if I can do it why not karizma?? Normal human beings have got the same brains lolzz
amazed you can recommend parik (does that seem a short coverable book to you ?? funny ! )
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mauve
Aim USMLE Step 1
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Dear karizma , i have just adviced you but u yourself see which books best suit your style and strategy of studying
Good Luck ! 
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mauve
Aim USMLE Step 1
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Ravi whats "Kdt" ??? even i don't understand that :p .
Btw,katz meant Basic and Clinical Pharmacology by Bertram G Katzung.I think you never have used this book in life so you don't know the correct name
Please next time advice others what you have studied Not what you just have heard of ! :p
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ashishnet007
Aim Australia
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Patho- big robbins
(dnt juz read evrything there... B thorough wit relevent topics nd dnt go for hi-fi things rite nw...)
pharma- KD TRIPATHI
Micro- ananthnarayan
forensic- narayan reddy
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disha0110
Aim AIPGE 2013
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navneet07 wrote: |
pharma KDT
patho big ROBBINS
micro PANIKER
fsm reddy
if these bks are done thorougly no other reference bk is reqd n it will give gud results in mbbs prof xams as well help u best for pg prep
gud luck  |
ritely said..these r d std buks.
gud luck..
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karizma6600
Aim MD
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hello mauve,
I would like to know that should i take katz as a reference book or as a textbook.
Meanss that at your time had you read katz completely..or just some important topics..
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karizma6600
Aim MD
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hello mauve,
I would like to know that should i take katz as a reference book or as a textbook.
Meanss that at your time had you read katz completely..or just some important topics..
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gauravmbbs
Aim USMLE Step 1
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hiiii ........i hv jst finish ma 1st year xamz nd soon enters the 2nd year...i read bdc,langman........in anat.,....guyton nd ganong in physio.......nd harper,lippincot nd devlin in biochm..........cn anyone pls suggest me standard books for mbbs 2nd year which will help me in USMLE tooo.........as i thought of giving USMLE in future..........
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menon_remo
Aim MCh
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re
good going man... having read such standard bukz wil be of lotta help 2 u in future... as far as 2nd yr s concerned,
For Path, ROBBINS is the bible... any exam u go for, dis buk s gonna save u.. n trust wen i say dat i haven seen such a beautiful text n ma lifetime..
for pharm, KD tripathi s ok.. but since u r tryin 4 USMLE, i think itz better if u go for Katzung n Lippincott
Micro.. For Indian exams, Panicker ll do.. but u need to study JAVETZ for USMLE prep...
FM.. donno a better book dan Narayanareddy...
Also try gettin USMLE notes for these subjects.. it ll help u a lot..
Al b best .. May u end up being de best!!!
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Ahmed-M
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I recommend Lippincott review-pharma
and Robbinns pocket companion(handbook)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Lippincott pharma is amazing; & very nice, and has its own approach for rapid and concise reading.
Also; what is related to pathology, as an MBBS student you have to know the pathophysiology of diseases, not to be a pathophysiologist!!!
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Audi
Aim NEET PG
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Hi... i have just entered 2nd proff nd after reading all thats given above, i wanna ask that Do those students who aim for AIPGE need to study Katzung nd Javetz in addition to KDT nd Ananthnarayana?????
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gauravmbbs
Aim USMLE Step 1
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hello mr. audi...........
for aipg u cn take help of katzung nd jawetz along with KDT nd anantnarayana............these r also good buks ....bt u cn jst take a look at good foreign authors buks for specific important topics these gonna help u in aipg........
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dr_snehabhavsar
Aim DNB Part 2
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i read
Satoskar for pharma in 2nd yr(it is a book frm which u will understand which drug to giv in wat condition exactly .... coz in 2nd yr students dnt have clinical orientation . KDT is very gd book but at the end of 2nd yr u will not be able to understand pharmacological treatment as a whole)
KDT is very good n standard book also . i read KDT in internship n for entrance .
for patho - actually thr r 3 robbins available in market .
the grandfather robbins is very big n is for pathologist. father robbins is for 2nd yr students. n one little handbook (not recommended for 2nd yr)
FMT = i read mostly Parikh-its a good book wid excellent toxicology.
plus wid parikh reading speed is almost 25pages/hr so u can cover parikh many times in 1.5yrs
few topics like firearms,burns,snakes must be read frm reddy or nandi
for toxicology Parrikh is the best(as such toxicology is very very volatile so better rmbr fe n imp thngs in each topic)
patho prac - book is available ...i think its harshmohan prac patho. dat is a must b4 practical..
micro prac also one book in available - very nice for agars n tests n staining . do read that.
parasito- arora is short easy lucid. wid lot of life cycles
dnt ever think of reading parasito chatterjee
general immunology frm anathanarayan
bacteriology (if found difficlut to retain frm anathnarayan - as it is all given in essay form widout ne highlights , then read bacteriology frm chakraborty)
chakrabory is very nice- nice presentation plus
it has at the end all approach to patients presenting wid diarrhoea,urti,uti,etc etc
my advise to all freshers is that on de one of any subject open question banks(bhalani) / old papers n see wat all Qs r asked previously n recently n then choose books etc
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dr_snehabhavsar
Aim DNB Part 2
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but KDT is must for entrance (but it is a book which u can master in ur internship also )
i personally didnt read robbins in 2nd yr ...i jst referred it for full questions. i read harshmohan but it had lot n lots of mistakes n contradictions ....
in our college we had weekly patho chapterwise discussions wid our profs so we cud correct sum points of harshmohan...
decide books on ur reading speed/ hw many times u need to revise for exam/ ur attn span/ ur daily hrs of reading
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RaviJaiswal
Aim NEET PG
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hellodear...cudn reply earler... KDT IS KD TRIPAHI...we all follow this book in hyderabad...and it is aa standard book... and what do u mean when u say i haven read that..... what u have to prove... make it clear...and pareek is such an intersting book..it is followed all over the world...u may be surprised but most of the mcqs come from it...it has good applicative knowledge,a book based on reasoning... thats what i can say...
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deepa_aky
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books to study in 2nd mbbs
hi karizma
nice to talk 2 u...
now dat u've got advice from ur seniors as to which books to study, let me add a bit of suggestion... pl go through mcq books of respective subjects.. u wil get some idea about which areas/ points to stress.. plus u'l get a better understanding of d subjects and u,l be able to correlate better..but u need not break ur head over them; just go through them..
hope u wil find this useful..
al d best
regards,
deepa
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shiksha
Aim USMLE Step 1
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hello dr_snehabhavsar
thanx 4 your guidance about all the books
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shiksha
Aim USMLE Step 1
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dear seniors
please also specify some std. books 4 mcq practice 2nd year subjects which will be of help 4 AIPGE
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nihaal786
Aim AIIMS
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plz suggest me books for second year..........
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navneet07
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shiksha wrote: |
dear seniors
please also specify some std. books 4 mcq practice 2nd year subjects which will be of help 4 <a href="http://www.rxpgonline.com/forum2.html">AIPGE</a>
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there is lotz of views regarding this most will agree
rachna chaurasia/arora pub for micro
saumya shukla vol 2 for fsm
arvind arora's patho n pharma has mixed reviews!!!!
look thorougly any book before u buy... it shud suit u n dont just go on advices!!!!!
gud luck 
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navneet07
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nihaal786 wrote: |
plz suggest me books for second year.......... |
go through this thread from beginning..... hope it will answer ur query 
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shiksha
Aim USMLE Step 1
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Audi
Aim NEET PG
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Thnx gauravmbbs for yr reply..
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navneet07
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shiksha wrote: |
thanx navneet07 |
always welcome

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navneet07
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Re: patho books
this tread might be useful
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asutoshsahu
Aim USMLE Step 1
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I am Interested in USMLE.
In my 1st year I have read
Physio - Guyton (thoroughly) + Ganong (selectively)
Biochem - Harper + Lipincott
Anatomy - Grays studnet edn (thoroughly) + BDC (for exam)
I have prepared a list of books for my 2nd year (for University exam as well as USMLE)
Pathology
Text book - Robbins & Cortan Pathological basis of disease (big one)
Review book -
1 - Pocket companion to Robbins (for univ. exam)
2 - Robbins review of pathology
3 - Rapid review Pathology (Goljan) along with Goljan audio
Pharmacology
Text book - Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 11th Edition Katzung
Review book
1. Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology Examination and Board Review
2. Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology
Microbiology
Text book -
Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology
Panikar & Anantanaryana microbiology
Review book
Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
FMT
FMT by Reddy
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srsiddu
Aim Tamilnadu PG
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will this books do
iam entering second year mbbs
i have planned to use the following books
pls suggest whether these books are fine
ROBBINS ...PATHOLOGY
PHARMACOLOGY ............ KATZUNG
FORENSIC MEDICINE .....REDDY
MICROBIOLOGY ..... PANIKER
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shiksha
Aim USMLE Step 1
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hey srsiddu
I suggest besides KATZUNG u should ALSO GO THROUGH K D TRIPATHI 4 during university XMS.
IT helps writing ans..
rest' s all right .
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nihaal786
Aim AIIMS
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plz suggest me the one perfect combination of books for both university exams and pg
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menon_remo
Aim MCh
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@ nihaaal
pharm... KDT
fm REDDY
path ROBBINS [dis is f course which u must not ignore]
micro PANICKER [heard dat new edition panicker s lot colourful n very interesting]
think these ll do 4 indian pg... may u need sum cross ref with KATZUNG iin pharm...
hav nice tymz..
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menon_remo
Aim MCh
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@srsiddhu
these buks r alright except dat i would suggest Tripathi for pharm rather dan katzung as a text since it ll help u study in an organised manner...I used Katzung just like a reference buk- to clear doubts..
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rahulsanjay
Aim NEET PG
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hey im using fmt by nageshkumar rao..is it ok?
but i find t very esy to read it
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grandmaster
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Hi
My combination for 2nd year was:
Big Robbins
Pharmac - Laurence n Bennett, KDT, Katzung,
Micro - Anantnarayan, Harrison
Forensic - Reddy
Trust me I scored distinction in Patho, Pharmac and Micro
Laurence is like a story book.. U will never forget the fundas from that..
but KDT is the complete book..
Katzung doesn't contain many points about pharmac from our point of view..
Anantnarayan is the best book for Micro.. better than any other.. The next best is Harrison..
Jawetz is only for MLE
There is no replacenent for big Robbins
All the best
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karizma6600
Aim MD
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thank u very much for your response..
i also wanted to know that how to read pharmac as it is gettin really tough for me to study it
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grandmaster
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karizma.. hi
I will tell u one way which I think u will find useful
Whenever u see a section of drugs,.. for example.. antiseizure drugs..
First go and look up in medicine text preferably CMDT or Harrison or Davidson which is the drug of choice among all of them.. in this case valproate which is like a universal drug..
Then just read and understant that drug from as many books as possible..
Then u have to just compare the other drugs in the group with the DOC & remember the differences..
This will be time consuming but.. U will be amazed by this technique.. by what it can do..
All the best
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doctor_osmania
Aim General
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did any one of u read satoskar for pharma??
i hve been doin so,i felt tripati vry vague nd difficult to remember
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Medicoaspirant
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K D TRIPATHI :: PHARMAC
BIG ROBBINS :: PATHO
ANANTHNARAYAN :; MICRO
REDDY :: FM
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kishanAtchutuni
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hey for pathology robbins(pathologic basis of disease ) is the best buk.some wil say its diff to read for exams.but if u have intrest first read it in dat buk.den def u wil love reading the book
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DrVijay575
Aim Andhra Pradesh PG
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PHARMA tripati
PATHO Harshamohan FOR SCORING IN THEORY or ROBBINS for PG
MICRO ananthanarayan
FORENSIC REDDY
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Aim AIIMS
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suman01
Aim MBBS Second Prof
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Microbiology
Many of my seniors suggested Baveja for micro over Panikar...so may I know the difference between the two?
pls help!!
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dyingformd
Aim AIPGE 2016
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Plz seniors guide to how to attempt exams in 1 st year i managed to pass with just 60 percent marks bcz in the i was not able to recall that much of syallabusi was really confused during viva plzzzzz plzzzxx help me im vry dpre
essed:cry: 
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perlateja
Aim DM Cardiology
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patho : robbins basis
micro : ananthnarayn
Forensic : reddy
Pharm ; Tripathi
Parasitology : pannicker
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saavi
Aim UK Exams
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Since all the books have already been mentioned:-
Tips to scoring well in your 2nd MBBS:
1. Take out the last 10 year board papers for 2nd year
2. Mark out all the repetitive questions
3. Learn the topics which are repeated most often - first
4. So on, so on..
P.S: If you can bribe a family member/ non-medico friend to complete your journal work/ records for practical for you, nothing like it. Will save you a ton of time!
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