MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Medicine Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Caution Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1037-0919

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


General information

All students in the medical course complete a common program outlined below and described in more detail in individual subject manuals. These manuals contain detailed information on lecture staff, contact persons, timetables, textbooks, reading guides, supplementary lecture material, details and weighting of assessment methods and procedures including some specific assessment dates. Manuals are available at the commencement of each semester.

Timetable

At the beginning of each semester, a detailed week-by-week timetable is distributed to each student.

Textbooks

Textbooks are listed under three categories:

Preliminary reading

Students are advised to read these books or articles before attending their first lecture.

Prescribed texts

Students are advised that one or more of these books will need to be purchased but students should not purchase them until confirmed by course coordinators in the first week of semester. Library copies are provided in minimal numbers.

Recommended texts

In the absence of prescribed texts for a particular subject, certain titles in this category are often of particular importance. Other reading material will be indicated at the time of teaching, announced in subject manuals or handouts provided at the first class session, or included in workbooks.

Reference books

Detailed reading guides will be provided in subject manuals or at the first lecture. The majority of these books and journals are available in the university libraries and are a recommended source of material for assignments and further reading and research into subject areas being studied by students. It is not required that reference books be purchased, however in the absence of prescribed or recommended texts for a subject students may wish to acquire one of these texts.

Students in doubt should consult their lecturer or tutor before making a purchase. The Monash bookshop is usually able to provide up-to-date information on any book listed in these categories.

Advice on textbooks

The high expense associated with the purchase of textbooks and the variety of texts available necessitate that students undertaking a course buy only those texts suited to their individual work method and that satisfy the academic requirements of the faculty and the course. This may only be achieved through individual examination of the relevant texts and consultation with staff and fellow students.

It is recommended that, in general, students defer the purchase of books until after the introductory teaching in each subject. This should familiarise the student with an outline of the course and provide opportunity for discussion with teaching staff.

Introductory and general reading in medicine

The following books are suggested as general background reading in medicine. The list, to which students may well add many other titles of their own choosing, is supplied at the request of students who have previously embarked on the medical course and who expressed a wish for such advice. Reading in this field is not a requirement of the curriculum. Most of the titles listed are available in the Biomedical Library.


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