What residents and departments actually read in 2026 — with recommended journals, a year-wise reading plan, and the references you'll need for your thesis and practical.
These 17 titles are the standard references for Maternal & Child Health — the books Indian teaching departments work from and examiners expect answers to be traceable to. Each is shown with the edition in circulation now, so you can print or buy the right one first time.
The books most residents actually buy. These are the editions in circulation now, with a note on whether each is something you read cover to cover, keep as a reference, or open only for the viva.
Three years is less time than it sounds. The order below is what works for most DNB Maternal & Child Health residents — broad and readable first, reference-level later, revision and drilling last.
Build the clinical base - D.C. Dutta for obstetrics and Ghai for paediatrics - while doing labour room, SNCU and immunisation clinic postings; simultaneously read Park for MCH indicators and national programmes. Register the thesis protocol.
Add depth from Williams Obstetrics and Nelson, master the MoHFW and WHO guideline documents (RMNCAH+N, IMNCI, LaQshya, FBNC), and begin field/community postings with journal club from Indian Pediatrics and Lancet Global Health.
Revise Park and the national programme guidelines intensively since they dominate theory and viva, drill obstetric and paediatric cases and skill stations (partograph, NSSK, growth charts, IMNCI), and submit the thesis before practicals.
Protocol, methodology and reporting standards examiners expect you to have followed.
Books and material specifically useful for the clinical, spotter and viva stations.
These are the maternal & child health titles residents send us to print most often — the books that actually come through the shop, alongside the official list above.
We print files you send us. We do not host, sell or supply book PDFs — send us a file you are entitled to print and we print and bind it.
The titles on this page are the ones residents and departments actually use, each with the edition in circulation now. Start with the first one listed and add the references as your reading deepens.
Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine by K. Park is the usual anchor. The backbone text for MCH epidemiology, indicators, national programmes and demography.
Yes — we list the edition in circulation now for each title. Editions move quickly, so confirm the current one before you buy or print.
No. Most residents own three or four and use the department or library copy for the rest. That is exactly why printing selected chapters from a PDF works out cheaper than buying volumes you will open twice.
We print from the PDF you send us. Send the file on WhatsApp with your page count and whether you want colour, black and white or mixed, and we print, bind and deliver anywhere in India. We do not supply copyrighted book files.
Black and white is 50 paise per page, colour is Rs 1 per page, and binding is Rs 40 per copy. A 400-page mixed set with binding usually works out around Rs 300 plus delivery.
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