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.
- Bernard C An introduction to the study of experimental medicine
Collier-Macmillan, 1961
- Diamond J M The rise and fall of the third chimpanzee Hutchinson
Radius, 1991
- Dirks R (comp.) Disease and society: A resource book Australian
Academy of Science, 1989
- Gibson W C Young endeavour: Contributions to science by medical students
of the past four centuries Thomas, 1958
- Miller J The body in question Macmillan, 1982
- Nossal G J V Medical science and human goals Arnold, 1975
- Verney A E The student life. The philosophy of William Osler
Livingstone, 1957
- Young J Z An introduction to the study of man OUP, 1971
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