For PG Medical Entrance Exams Preparation Subject-Wise Books

It is always confusing for students preparing for their Post Graduate (PG) medical entrance exams like AIIMS PG, AIPGMEE, NEET, JIPMER, PGI, CMC, MAHE etc about which books to use. As these PG entrance exams are based on Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) classic medical textbooks are not too much of use to students as MCQ books are needed for orientation to exam pattern and also for quick revisions which are not possible to do from classic textbooks due to limited time available to students. Here I am mentioning most commonly used MCQ books by medical students to crack these entrance exams along with my personal opinion on which one is the best.

Contents 

• 1Anatomy, Bio-Chemistry & Physiology
• 2Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
• 3Pathology
• 4Pharmacology
• 5Microbiology
• 6Short Subjects
• 7Preventive & Social Medicine (PSM)
• 8Paediatrics
• 9Obstetrics & Gynecology
• 10General Surgery
• 11Internal Medicine

Anatomy, Bio-Chemistry & Physiology

ACROSS: A Complete Review of Short Subjects (Vol-2) has always been counted as best book for pre-clinical subjects like Anatomy, Bio-Chemistry & Physiology and is used by most students since many years. (updated with link to 2014 edition)

Review of PGMEE (vol 1) by Amit Ashish is an alternative for students who do not like ACROSS.

Self Assessment & Review of Basic Subjects (Anatomy & Forensic Medicine) by Arvind Arora (Recommended). I have compared recent editions (2012-2013) of Arvind Arora books with Across and Amit Ashish. I think Arvind Arora new editions are best books to prepare for any subjects. Feature i liked most about them is that it now gives notes (description-explanation) on every topic before starting of MCQs. This makes it a very good option for students who do not have time to go through textbooks. Also notes given in these books are much better and effective to read when compared to Across. So i would recommend all students to read this book instead of classic Across. Also these books are easier to revise comapred to ACROSS.

Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Forensic Medicine & Toxicology (FMT) is one of easiest subjects in medical entrance exams with a lot of marks weightage.

ACROSS: A Complete Review of Short Subjects (Vol-2) also has FMT section.

Review of PGMEE (vol 1) by Amit Ashish also has FMT section which format as mentioned above.

Self Assessment & Review of Basic Subjects (Anatomy & Forensic Medicine) by Arvind Arora (Recommended). This book is described in above section.

Pathology

Pathology is subject with one of the most marks weightage in PG exams.

Self Assessment & Review of Pathology by Arvind Arora  (Recommended)

Pharmacology

Self Assessment and Review of Pharmacology by Arvind Arora (Recommended). This book is out of stock at time of writing this article on all online book stores.

Review of PGMEE (vol 1) by Amit Ashish.

Microbiology

Self Assessment and Review of Microbiology by Arvind Arora.

Self Assessment & Review Microbiology & Immunology by Rachana Chaurasia & Anshul Jain (Recommended). I have read this book for my PG preparation and I liked it a lot.

Review of PGMEE vol 2 by Amit Ashish.

Short Subjects

This includes subjects like Dermatology, Psychiatry, ENT, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine Orthopaedics & Anaesthesia. These subjects do not have any separate book and come in combined book with different subjects according to the publication house. So I am giving few books names, some of which have already been mentioned in above list.

Review of Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examinations (Pathology, Microbiology, Surgery, ENT, Orthopaedics, Skin, Anaesthesia) Vol 2 by Amit Tripathi/ Ashish Gupta/ Arvind Arora.

Review of Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examinations (Medicine, Gynae & Obs. Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Radiology) Vol 3 by Amit Tripathi/ Ashish Gupta/ Arvind Arora.

Across: A Complete Review of Short Subjects Volume – 1, Dermatology (Skin and Venereal Diseases), Anaesthesia, Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Radiodiagnosis, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics by Saumya Shukla, Anurag Shukla.

Self Assessment & Review Of Short Subject Vol 1,  (Skin, Anesthesia, Radiology, Psychiatry) by Arvind Arora  (Recommended). Radiology/Radiotherapy sections are in much more detail compared to Across.

Self Assessment and Review of Short Subjects Vol 2 (Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics & ENT) by Arvind Arora. (Recommended)

Self Assessment & Review ENT by Sakshi Arora (Recommended). Alternative to Arvind Arora book. But very good. Prefer it Self Assessment and Review of Short Subjects Vol 2 (Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics & ENT) by Arvind Arora is not bought by you.

Review of Ophthalmology by Ruchi Rai

Only recently I noticed this book on Flipkart and noticed very good reviews given by students. I have not had a look at this book but looking at so many good recommendations I would advise students to check it out once to see if they find it better than other books of Ophthalmology.

Preventive & Social Medicine (PSM)

Counted as most boring subject by students but is very very important as just by reading this subject many questions from Microbiology & Medicine can be answered.

Self Assessment and Review of Preventive & Social Medicine by Arvind Arora.

Review of Preventive & Social Medicine (Including Bio-Statistics) by Vivek Jain. (Excellent book. Highly recommended)

Paediatrics

Has many common topics with medicine.

Review of Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examinations 8/ed (Medicine, Gynae & Obs. Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Radiology) Vol 3 by Amit Tripathi/ Ashish Gupta/ Arvind Arora.

As mentioned above this book also has Paediatrics section.

Self Assessment and Review of Paediatrics by Arvind Arora (Recommended). It is better than above mentioned book for Paediatrics.

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Special emphasis should be given on Gynecology as it has less portion to cover compared to Obstetrics and has almost equal weightage.

Review of Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examinations 8/ed (Medicine, Gynae & Obs. Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Radiology) Vol 3 by Amit Tripathi/ Ashish Gupta/ Arvind Arora.

As mentioned above this book also has Obstetrics & Gynecology section.

Self Assessment & Review Gynaecology by Sakshi Arora (Recommended)

Self Assessment & Review Obstetrics by Sakshi Arora (Recommended)

General Surgery

This is one subject for which the answer varies on different textbooks and so in different MCQ books as treatment mode depends on surgeon’s knowledge and experience. So it is necessary to get latest edition of the book to keep our knowledge up to date.

Surgery for PGMEE by Ashish Gupta & Amit Tripathi.

Review of Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examinations (Pathology, Microbiology, Surgery, ENT, Orthopaedics, Skin, Anaesthesia) Vol 2 by Amit Tripathi/ Ashish Gupta/ Arvind Arora.

As mentioned above this book also has surgery section.

Internal Medicine

Most important subject in all PG medical entrance exams. Preparing for this subject properly would enhance knowledge of student to answer questions from other subjects as well.

Medicine for PGMEE Vol 1 by Ashish Gupta & Amit Tripathi.

Medicine for PGMEE Vol 2 by Ashish Gupta & Amit Tripathi.

Self Assessment and Review Medicine by Mudit Khanna (Recommended).

I am going to publish reviews of as many of these books as I could in near future.

If I have missed any important book please comment below or go to books section of our forum for discussion here.