Research Guides: Medical Student Course Guide: MS1 Basic Sciences

Anatomy & Embryology: 500ABC

* = UC Irvine access only

Required Textbook:

Atlas of Anatomy / Anne M. Gilroy, Brian R. MacPherson, Lawrence M. MacPherson, Lawrence M. Ross ; contributing authors, Michael Schuenke, Erik Schulte, Udo Schumacher ; illustrations by Markus Voll, Karl Wesker, Stuttgart; New York: Thieme, c2016.
- 2016, 3rd edition is available in Print at Science Library Bar. Library CALL No.:QS 17 G489a 2.

Other Suggested Textbooks, Atlas, and Dissector

Essential clinical anatomy / Keith L. Moore, Anne M.R. Agur, Arthur F. Dalley II Baltimore, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2015. 5th edition.
- Available in Print at Science Library Bar. CALL #:QS 39 M822e 2015.
- Note: This is the abridged edition of the text.
Clinically oriented anatomy [electronic resource] / Keith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley, Anne M.R. AgurMoore, Keith L. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, c2014. 7th edition.
- Available online via the LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
- Note: This is a larger edition with more images and description.
*Langman's medical embryology Sadler, T. W. (Thomas W.) Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2015. 13th ed. / T.W. Sadler.
- Available online via LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI.
Atlas of human anatomy / Frank H. Netter Netter, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1906-1991Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, c2014. 6th ed.
- Available online via EBSCO. Restricted to UCI. Access limited to 1 simultaneous user. Try again later if refused.
- Available in Print at Grunigen Medical Library. Library CALL No.: QS 17 N474a 2014
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy / Anne M.R. Agur. Arthur F. Dalley !! Auur, A. M. R., Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer [2017]. 13th edition.
- Available online via LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI

Supplemental Atlases:

*Anatomy.TV [electronic resource]/ Primal Pictures [London, UK] : Primal Pictures.
- Available online via Stat!Ref [Note: Restricted to UCI. Access limited to 5 simultaneous users. Try again later if refused http://online.statref.com/Entry.aspx?lt=Anatomy&grpalias=UCILA

Online Practice Exam

*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
- Available online, access Restricted to UCI. Register individually on site.
  - Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. For instruction, watch a short video here.
- Anatomy exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
  - Select Biomedical Sciences, then Anatomy (486 questions)
  - Select USMLE
    1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
    2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
    3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Anatomy (103 questions)

Behavioral Science and Medical Ethics I: 505A

Course Textbook:

*Behavioral science in medicine [electronic resource] / [edited by] Barbara Fadem. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012. 2nd ed.
- Available online via the LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
- Online Self-Assessment
Behavioral medicine : a guide for clinical practice / editors, Mitchell D. Feldman, John F. Christensen ; associate editor, Jason Satterfield. New York : McGraw-Hill Education Medical, [2014]. 4h edition
- Available online via Access Medicine. Restricted to UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, and UCSF
The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care / edited by Olle Jane Z. Sahler and John E. Carr . Cambridge, MA : Hogrefe, c2012. 3rd rev. and updated ed.
- Available in print at the Science Library Bar. Call number: WM 103 B419 2007

Online Practice Exam

*BoardVitals - USMLE and Shelf Exam Prep: an online exam review tool that students have access to test banks to help prepare for the USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3 and Shelf Exams for eight medical specialties.
- Under USMLE Step 1, students have access to the Customized Exam for the subject, Behavioral, Cultural, Ethics, Environmental and Psychosocial with 133 questions.
- Under USMLE Step 2, students have access to the Customized Exam for the subject, Ethics/Biostatistics/General Principals with 153 questions.
- To access, go to BoardVitals and select Register to create a free user access account. For authorized access, you must use your UCI email when registering for a user account. If done remotely, be sure to go through the VPN with your UCInetID and password. After initial registration, click here to login.
*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
- Available online, access Restricted to UCI. Register individually on site.
  - Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. For instruction, watch a short video here.
- Behavioral Sciences exam questions are available under USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
  - Select USMLE
    1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
    2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
    3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Behavioral Sciences (103 questions)

Study Guides

*Case Files: Medical Ethics and Professionalism by Eugene C. Toy; Susan P. Raine; Thomas I. Cochrane.
- Note: In order to access the comprehensive questions in each case scenario, MyAccess login is required. Watch a short tutorial video on "Create MyAccess Login."

High-yield behavioral science / Barbara Fadem. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, c2013. 4th ed.
- Available in print at the Science Library Bar. Call number: WM 18.2 F144h 2013
medEssentials for the USMLE step 1 : high-yield review for first-and second-year medical students / Manley, Michael. New York : Kaplan Medical ; Edinburgh : Compass Academic [distributor], c2010. 3rd ed
- Available in Print at Science Library Bar. Library Call No.: W 18.2 M279m 2010

Histology: 503AB

Core Textbook:

*Junqueira’s Basic Histology: Text and Atlas. 15e Los Altos, Calif. : Lange Medical Publications. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 25 Van Zant St., Norwalk, CT 06855
- Available online via AccessMedicine. Restricted to UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, and UCSF

Histology Guide: Virtual History Laboratory
*Color atlas and text of histology [electronic resource] / Leslie P. Gartner, James Hiatt. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2014. 6th ed.
- Available online via LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
Atlas of Human Histology by Robert L. Sorenson
- Histology Guide - Virtual Histology Laboratory

Core Note:

BRS Cell biology and histology / Leslie P. Gartner, James L. Hiatt, Judy M. Strum / Gartner, Leslie P., 1943- Baltimore, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2015. 7th edition.
- Available in Print at the Science Library Bar and the Grunigen Medical Library Call No.: QS 18.2 G244c 2015

Online Practice Exam

*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
- Available online, access Restricted to UCI. Register individually on site.
  - Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. For instruction, watch a short video here.
- Histology exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
  - Select Biomedical Sciences, then Cytology and Histology (1185 questions)
  - Select USMLE
    1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
    2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
    3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Cytology and Histology (126 questions

Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: 523

Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Course Textbooks:

Lippincott's illustrated reviews: biochemistry / Denise R. Ferrier . Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2017] 7e.
- Available online through LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
Medical physiology : a cellular and molecular approach / [edited by] Walter F. Boron, Emile L. Boulpaep. Philadelphia, PA : W.B. Saunders, 2012. 2nd edition, updated.
- Available in Print at Science Library Bar. Call Number: QT 104 B7356M 2012

Online Practice Exam

*BoardVitals USMLE and Shelf Exam Prep [electronic resource]: This resource provides medical students with advanced board preparation and review resources, which includes high yield questions banks and practice exams for USMLE and Shelf Exam. The NBME Shelf Exams question banks have been specifically adapted for the Medical School Student Level. They include thousands of multiple choice questions (MCQ), vignettes, and long-form questions for use during clerkship rotations.
- To access, go to BoardVitals and select Register to create a free user access account. For authorized access, you must use your UCI email when registering for a user account. If done remotely, be sure to go through the VPN with your UCInetID and password.
- After initial registration, click here to login.
  - After login, select the green Go button for USMLE Step 1.
  - Select the box for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (49)
*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
- Available online, access Restricted to UCI. Register individually on site.
  - Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. For instruction, watch a short video here.
- Biochemistry exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
  - Select Biomedical Sciences, then Biochemistry (1310 questions)
  - Select USMLE
    1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
    2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
    3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Biochemistry (68 questions)

Medical Genetics: 511

* = UC Irvine access only

Medical Genetics Course Textbooks:

*Thompson & Thompson genetics in medicine Nussbaum, Robert L. Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, c2007. 7th edition.
- Available online via EBL. Restricted to UCI. Access limited to 3 simultaneous users. Try again later if refused. [Note: UCInetID login is required.]
- Available in Print at Science Library Bar. Library Call No.: QZ 50 N975t 2007.

Finding Full-text Articles in PubMed

PubMed@UCI

PHYSIO 544: Medical Immunology

* = UC Irvine access only

Course Required Text:

*How the immune system works / Lauren Sompayrac. Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2019. 6th edition.
- EBSCO. Restricted to UCI. .

Recommended Course Text:

Janeway's immunobiology / Kenneth Murphy, Casey Weaver ; with contributions by Allan Mowat, Leslie B Murphy, Kenneth (Kenneth M.), author. New York, NY : Garland Science/Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, [2017]. 9th edition.
- A print copy is available at the Science Library. Call #: QW 504 M978j 2017

Study Guides

Rosenthal, Ken S. Rapid review microbiology and immunology / Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael J. Tan. Philadelphia, PA : Mosby/Elsevier, c2011. Edition, 3rd ed.
- A print copy is available at the Science Library. Call #: QW 18.2 R815r 2011

The day before the exam

Deja review. Microbiology and immunology / Eric M. Chen, Sanjay S. Kasturi. Chen, Eric M. New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2010
- A print copy is available at the Science Library. Call #: QW 18.2 C518d 2010

Online Practice Exam

*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
- Available online, access Restricted to UCI. Register individually on site.
  - Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. After the registration, please check your email to activate your access. For instruction, watch a short video here.
- Immunology exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences, USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review, and the USMLE Step 1 Board Preparation.
  - [Note: Recently updated, this module is designed to emulate the look and feel of the actual Step 1 exam in accordance with the USMLE blueprint. As with the actual exam, the majority of questions will be case-based, while a small percentage of General Principle, factual recall questions will be available.]
Select Biomedical Sciences, then Immunology (218 questions)
Select USMLE
1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Immunology (21 questions)

Medical Physiology and Pathophysiology: 543AB

* = UC Irvine access only

Course Required Text:

Physiology (Saunders) / Costanzo, Linda S., Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, [2018], Sixth edition
- The UCI Libraries can not obtain site a site license for the 6th online edition. Two hard copies will be available soon in the Reserve Collection for check out at the Science Library Info Desk.
- The 5th edition is available online through .EBL. Restricted to UCI. Access limited to 3 simultaneous users. Try again later if refused.

Case Files Collection:

*Case Files: Physiology 2e / Eugene C. Toy; Norman Weisbrodt; William P. Dubinsky; Roger G. O'Neil; Edgar T. Walters; Konrad P. Harms.
URL: http://casefiles.mhmedical.com/CaseTOC.aspx?gbosContainerID=68
- Note: In order to access the comprehensive questions in each case scenario, MyAccess login is required. Watch a short tutorial video on "Create MyAccess Login."

*AccessMedicine's Case Files Collection from McGraw-Hill Education. All Case Files are available at: (http://casefiles.mhmedical.com/CaseBrowse.aspx#40971).

Study Guides

The week before the exam

Physiology (Board Review Series) Seventh, North American Edition / Linda S. Costanzo. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 7th edition.
- Two hard copies are available at the Science Library Check Out Desk (Reserves). Call no: QT 18.2 .C67 2019
- Available to purchase at Amazon.

The day before the exam

Deja review. Physiology / Edward R. Gould Gould, Edward R New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2010. 2nd ed
- Available in print at the Science Library Bar. Call No.: QT 18.2 G694d 2010

Online Practice Exam

*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
- Available online, access Restricted to UCI. Register individually on site.
  - Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. After the registration, please check your email to activate your access. For instruction, watch a short video here.
- Physiology exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences, the USMLE Step 1 Board Preparation. and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
  - Select Biomedical Sciences, then Physiology (1482 questions)
  - Select USMLE
    1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
    2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
    3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Physiology (172 questions)

Online Supplemental Texts

Physiology: cases and problems / Linda S. Costanzo. Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, [2012]. 4th edition.
- Available online through the LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
Fundamentals of medical physiology / edited by Joel Michael ; based on the work of Sabyasachi Sircar. New York : Thieme, c2011.
- Available online through Thieme. Restricted to UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, and UCSF

Print Supplemental Texts

Human physiology : an integrated approach / Dee Unglaub Silverthorn, Ph.D., University of Texas, Aus Silverthorn, Dee Unglaub, 1948- San Francisco] : Pearson, [2016] Seventh edition. [2013] Sixth edition
- Available in Print only at the Science Library. Call Number: QT 104 S587h 2016

Neuroscience: 502A

* = UC Irvine access only

Recommended Primary Textbooks

*Neuroanatomy in clinical context : an atlas of structures, sections, systems, and syndromes / Duane E. Haines ; illustrators, M.P. Schenk, W.K. Cunningham ; computer graphics, C.P. Runyan ; photographers, G.W. Armstrong, R.W. Gray ; typist, L.K. Boyd. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2015] 9th edition.
- Available online through LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
- Self-Assessment: Question Bank
Neuroanatomy through clinical cases / Hal Blumenfeld / Blumenfeld, Hal. Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2010
- Available in Print at Science Library Bar. Library Call No.: WL 141 B658n 2010
Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience / Felten DL, Shetty A. Teterboro, NJ: Saunders Elsevier, 2016. 3rd edition.
- Available online through ProQuest EBook Central
Neuroscience [electronic resource] / edited by Dale Purves ... [et al.] Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates ; [Bethesda Md.], 5th ed., 2012.
- Available in print both at the Science Library Check Out Desk and the Grunigen Medical Library. Call Number: WL 102 N50588 2012
Neurobiology of brain disorders [electronic resource] : biological basis of neurological and psychia London : Academic Press, c2015
- Available online through ScienceDirect. Restricted to UC campuses
*Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology / Allan H. Ropper, Martin A. Samuels, Joshua P. Klein. New York, McGraw Hill, 2014. 10th edition.
- Available online via Access Medicine. Restricted to UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, and UCSF
Merritt's neurology / editors, Lewis P. Rowland, Timothy A. Pedley . Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010. 12th edition.
- Avaiable in print both at the Science Library Bar and the Grunigen Medical Library. Call number: WL 140 M572 2010

Study Guides

Case Files: Neuroscience 2e / Eugene C. Toy; Evan Yale Snyder, Josh Neman, Rahul Jandial. McGraw-Hill Education. McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings
- Available online: http://casefiles.mhmedical.com/CaseTOC.aspx?gbosContainerID=65&categoryID=40971. Restrict to UCI
  - Note: In order to access the comprehensive questions in each case scenario, MyAccess login is required. Watch a short tutorial video on "Create MyAccess Login."
*Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Neuroscience / Claudia Krebs, Joanne Weinberg, Elizabeth Akesson
- Available online via the LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI.

Online Practice Exam

*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
- Available online, access Restricted to UCI. Register individually on site.
  - Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. For instruction, watch a short video here.
- Neuroanatomy exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical
  Sciences and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
  - Select Biomedical Sciences, then Neuroanatomy (222 questions)
  - Select USMLE
    1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
    2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
    3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Neuroanatomy (34 questions)

Remote Access to the UCI Libraries Online Resources

Connect from Off-Campus

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Download the VPN Software (UCInetID login is required) (DO NOT USE WebVPN. It does not work for AccessMedicine, Bates' Videos, and several other medical databases)
- Install and Configure the Cisco AnyConnect Software VPN on a Mac
  - Note: enter: vpn.uci.edu to Ready to Connect box. Be sure to select UCIFULL from the Group Setting drop-down menu
- Install and Configure the Cisco AnyConnect Software VPN for Windows
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Using the VPN to access the UCI Libraries Online Resources (video)