Welcome Back CDU College of Medicine Class of 2027! This LibGuide provides you with the required and recommended texts for your second year. Here, you will find links to books, COM-specific study tools, and other educational resources available through the Charles R. Drew Health Science Library.
NOTE: Textbooks are available as either e-books (blue hyperlinked title) or print books (call number starting with RES) in the Library Reserve Collection. If both notations are shown, the textbook is available in both formats.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS (3)
The ASPEN Adult Nutrition Support Core Curriculum, Third Edition by 
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Endoscopy, Fourth Edition by 
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine by 
Renal Pathophysiology by 
Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease- 2 Volume Set by "Course textbook lists are not yet available from the Course Director. The course will be updated when the list has been received."
CLASS STARTS 9/16/24
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2024 by RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS
"Course textbook lists are not yet available from the Course Director. The course will be updated when the list has been received."
CLASS STARTS 12/2/24
"Course textbook lists are not yet available from the Course Director. The course will be updated when the list has been received."
CLASS STARTS 1/6/25
MED 730.X Medicine and Society II
Instructor will provide materials.
MED 730.X Foundations of Research II
MED 730 Clinical Skills II
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by 
