Family Medicine

These are the most recommended best Family Medicine books for medical students, residents and attendings by surveying most of the US residency programs. This list is intended to be a first aid and to guide the medical students, family medicine residents and attendings to the books which they need to get to ace in there rotations and practice.

The list is divided into four categories. The first one is for the pocket books that you can carry at any level of education or practice. The second group is for medical students doing their family medicine rotations, for shelf exams and for those going for interviews, you will be asked which books you have on the shelf so be prepared. The third list is for the family medicine residents and attendings for their daily reading and reference. The fourth group is for the people preparing for the family medicine board exam.

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Pocket Books

Resident's Guide to Ambulatory Care

The Family Medicine Handbook

Tarascon Primary Care Pocketbook

Outpatient and Primary Care Medicine

Family Medicine, 2011

The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy

Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2013 Classic Shirt Pocket Edition

Tarascon Medical Procedures Pocketbook

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility: Handbook for Clinicians


Books for Medical Students

Sloane, Essentials of Family Medicine

Case Files Family Medicine

Blueprints Family Medicine

Deja Review Family Medicine

Family Medicine PreTest Self-Assessment And Review

Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History-Taking


SOAP for Family Medicine

Family Medicine Residency Interview Questions and Answers 

Books for Family Medicine Residents and Attendings

Family Medicine: Ambulatory Care and Prevention

Textbook of Family Medicine

Pfenninger and Fowler's Procedures for Primary Care

The Color Atlas of Family Medicine

Resident's Guide to Ambulatory Care

Books for Family Medicine Board Exam Review


Family Practice Examination and Board Review

Book 2 Family Medicine Review