Table 1 The textbooks surveyed: They are not necessarily the most recent editions, but all were published in or after 2002

Clinical surgery

eds Henry MM Thompson JN

2

806

Oxford handbook for the Foundation Programme

Hurley N

2

695

Principles and practice of surgery

eds Garden OJ Bradbury AW Forsythe J

4

633

Oxford handbook of clinical medicine

eds Longmore M Wilkinson I Rajagopalan S

6

874

Oxford handbook of clinical specialties

Collier J Longmore M Turmezei T Mafi A

6

807

Acute clinical medicine

eds Kumar P and Clark M

2

742

Surgery at a glance

Grace PA Borley NR

3

189

Oxford handbook of acute medicine

Ramrakha PS

3

869

Care of the critically ill surgical patient

ed Anderson ID

2

159

Crash course: General medicine

Parker R Sharma A

3

531

Renal and urinary system and electrolyte balance

Stamoulos P Bakalis S

120

Crash course: Surgery

Sweetland H Conway K

2

322

ABC of resuscitation

eds Colquhoun MC, Handley AJ Evans TR

5

111

Lecture notes on general surgery

Ellis H Calne RY Watson CJE

10

392

Lecture notes on clinical medicine

Rubenstein D Wayne D Bradley J

360

Key topics in critical care

Craft T Nolan J Parr M

2

268

Lecture notes. Emergency medicine

Moulton C Yates D

3

441

Medicine at a glance

Davey P

3

490

Fluids and electrolytes demystified

Johnson JY

227

Davidson's principles and practice of medicine

eds Boon NA Colledge NR Walker BR

1381

Crash course: Renal and urinary systems

Thomas R Stanley B Datta S

3

210

Oxford handbook of critical care

Singer M Webb AR

2

605

Acute and critical care medicine at a glance

Leach R

2

143

The renal system at a glance

O'Callaghan CA

3

127

Crash course: Metabolism and nutrition

Lim MY Roach JO

3

278

The gastrointestinal system at a glance

Keshav S

117

Oxford textbook of medicine

Warrell DA Cox TM Firth JD Benz EJjr

4

>5000

Emergency medicine. The principles of practice

ed Fulde GWO

4

642

Fundamentals of anaesthesia

eds Smith T Pinnock C Lin T

963