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SUGGESTED READING LIST FOR THE CONJOINT FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION

The bibliography of general practice is so extensive that it is difficult to give a recommended reading list. You should ensure that your knowledge of contemporary general practice is kept up-to-date by reading relevant books and textbooks, together with reputable mainstream medical journals. The following list is by no means exhaustive.

(A) JOURNALS

1 The Hong Kong Practitioner
2 Australian Family Physician
3 CHECK programmes of the HKCFP and RACGP.

In addition useful articles on family medicine may be found in the following Journals:
1 The British Journal of General Practice
2 Canadian Family Physician
3 American Family Physician
4 Update - The Journal of Postgraduate General Practice

PubMed on-line journal search site: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

(B) TEXTBOOKS

Recommended Reading:

1. Murtagh J: General Practice. 3rd ed. Roseville, McGraw Hill 2003.
2. McWhinney IR: A Textbook of Family Medicine. 3rd ed. New York, Oxford University Press 1997.
3. South-Paul JE, Matheny SC & Lewis EL: Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Family Medicine. Lange Medical Books, McGraw-Hill 2004.

Books on clinical methods and physical examination:

1. Fraser R: Clinical Methods: A General Practice Approach. 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
2. Swash M: Hutchison's Clinical Methods. 21st ed. London, Balliere Tindall, 2002,
3. McRae R: A Clinical Orthopaedic Examination. 4th ed. Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1997.

Reference books on family medicine:

1. Taylor RB: Family Medicine Principles and Practice. 6th ed. New York: Springer-verlag, 2002, OR
2. Jones R: Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford University Press 2004.

Reference books on special topics:

1. Fielding R: Clinical Communication Skills. HK University Press 1995.
2. Sackett D: Evidence Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 2nd ed. Churchill Livingstone, 2000, or
3. Geyman JP and Deyo RA: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: Concepts and Approaches. Butterworth Heinemann, 2000.
4. Schwartz L: Medical Ethics: A Case-based Approach. Saunders 2002.
5. Clinical atlases on dermatology, radiology and ECG, e.g.
   Fitzpatrick TB: Colour Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology: Common and Serious Diseases. 4th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill 2001.
6. Warren E: Tutorials for the General Practice Registrar. Butterworth Heinemann 2002.
7. Bowers D. House A. and Owens D.: Understanding Clinical Papers. John Wiley & Sons 2001.
8. MCQ practice books: the following are`examples of books providing MCQ practice papers:
   • Ellis: MRCGP: Multiple Choice Revision Book. PasTest, 2004.
   • Ellis & Daniels: MRCGP Practice Papers. 3rd ed. PasTest, 2003.
   • Sandars: MRCGP: Approaching the New Modular Examination. PasTest 2002.
   • Chuh A: Case Presentations and MCQs for the MRCGP. W.B. Saunders Churchill Livingstone 2000.
   • Chuh A: MCQs in Paediatrics for the DCH Examination. Churchill Livingstone 1998.

Even though the above mentioned textbooks are recommended as being worth reading and are useful references, candidates must bear in mind that they will be examined primarily on the concepts, principles and philosophy of family medicine in Hong Kong.