List of suitable texts

 

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Don't Panic!

You obviously do not need to read all of these books, nor should you try.

 

Read the section advising about reading before thinking about buying any books.

 

I have given a wide list so that you can choose the ones that suit you.

Most of them will probably be available in your library.

If not, the ones I have listed are relatively inexpensive (apart from the mega textbooks, which are horribly expensive).

You can also obtain them from the College Bookshop.

Write to the RCOG Bookshop at the College or order online. Phone: 020 777 26275.

You can also get them via the Internet e.g. from Amazon or Waterstones.  

Text.

Author.

Publisher.

Preparing for the DRCOG

Rymer & Higham

Petroc Press.

Preparation & Revision for the DRCOG

Rymer et al.

Churchill.

DRCOG. MCQs & OSCEs.

Coales.

Royal Society of Medicine.

The Complete DRCOG.

McCormack et al

Saunders.

Gynaecology by Ten Teachers

Chamberlain

Arnold .

Obstetrics by Ten Teachers

Chamberlain

Arnold .

Essential Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Symonds & Symonds

Churchill.

Obstetrics Illustrated

Garrey et al

Churchill.

Gynaecology Illustrated

Govan et al

Churchill.

Oxford Handbook of Obstetrics &Gynaecology Arulkumaran Oxford

The Diplomate.

Review Journal.

Royal College of O&G.

Handbook of Obstetric Medicine.

Nelson-Piercy

Martin Dunitz.

Key Topics in O&G

Slade et al

Bios.

Obstetrics and Gynaecology - an evidence-based text for MRCOG Luesley and Baker Arnold.

Dewhurst's Textbook of O&G for Postgraduates

Whitfield

Blackwell.

High Risk Pregnancy

James et al.

Saunders.

A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy

Enkin et al

Oxford .

Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths

 

HMSO

Essential Paediatrics

Hull & Johnston

Churchill.

A Neonatal Vade-Mecum

Fleming et al.

Arnold .

Essentials of Neonatal Medicine

Levene et al.

Blackwell.

Resuscitation of Babies at Birth.

Royal Colleges of Paediatrics & Obstetrics.

BMJ Publishing Group.

Essential Medical Genetics

Connor & Ferguson-Smith

Blackwell.

Practical Genetic Counselling Peter Harper Arnold.

Handbook of Family Planning & Reproductive Care

Glasier & Gebbie

Churchill Livingstone.

Contraception Today

Guillebaud

Martin Dunitz.

Handbook of Contraception and Family Planning

Everett

Baillière Tindall.

Contraception your questions answered

Guillebaud

Churchill Livingstone.

The Pill

Guillebaud

Oxford Univ. Press.

ABC of Sexually Transmitted Infection.

Adler

BMJ Books.

The Menopause & HRT

Smith & Studd

Martin Dunitz.

OSCEs & MCQs in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Pitkin, O’Connor & Jenner

Saunders.

MCQs. in Gynaecology & Obstetrics

Setchell & Lilford

Arnold .

 

 

To make matters even worse, the College publishes its own list . Click here for details.

 

The books designed for the DRCOG are particularly useful, e.g. those by Rymer, Coales and McCormack et. al.

If you use them, which you should, you must remember that they can be a year or more out of date.

They may have been published before the changes in the format of the exam in 2007.

They may have errors relating to subjects that update frequently such as contraception and HRT.

The books are only published every few years and even then the lead-in time to publication will be many months.

Despite this, they are very useful as the bulk of the contents will be accurate

 

 

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