*Required Texts

1. Goroll A, May L, Mulley A, Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient Lippencott, 4th Edition
   - Outstanding, readable, symptom based text covering the most common outpatient chief complaints.
   
   
2. The U.S. Health Services Preventive Taskforce, Guide to Clinical Prevention Services
   -An excellent evidence-based review.
   
   
3. US Preventative Services website
   -http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/cpsix.htm
   
   

*Optional Texts

1. Bernstein, Shelov, Pediatrics Wilkins and Wilkins
   -Good discussions of ambulatory pediatric topics, including a nice developmental piece. Recommended pages for the seminar sessions come from this text. OR
   
   
2. Berkowitz, Carol D, Pediatrics, A Primary Care Approach
   - Excellent outpatient oriented paperback for those who are interested in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Adolescent Medicine as a career choice.
   
   

Notes: The Pediatrics Clerkship will require The Companion to Oski’s Pediatrics. This mini-text is largely in-patient subspecialty based.

Many students have found Swanson’s Family Practice Review to be useful for studying for the final exam.

Canadian Task Force has an excellent web-site for evidence-based reviews of well care/screening recommendations. The address is http://www.ctfphc.org