The official NBE curriculum list, reproduced exactly, plus the editions residents actually read in 2026 — with recommended journals, a year-wise reading plan, and the references you'll need for your thesis and practical.
These 22 titles are reproduced as they appear in the National Board of Examinations curriculum document for Physiology — spelling and abbreviations included. Treat this as the syllabus anchor.
Source: NBE DNB Physiology curriculum
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.
These are the physiology 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.
Journal club and the “recent advances” parts of the theory paper come from here. You do not need to read all of them — pick the two Indian journals and one international one and follow them properly.
Three years is less time than it sounds. The order below is what works for most DNB Physiology residents — broad and readable first, reference-level later, revision and drilling last.
Complete one full pass of Guyton with Ganong as the concise cross-check, system by system, while learning the practical manual experiments hands-on and finalising the thesis protocol.
Move to depth: Boron & Boulpaep, Kandel for neurophysiology and Williams for endocrine, read assigned journal articles weekly for journal club, and run thesis data collection.
Consolidate with rapid Guyton/Ganong revision plus focused reading around recent reviews, finish thesis writing, and drill practical stations, instrumentation and teaching/OSCE viva.
Protocol, methodology and reporting standards examiners expect you to have followed.
Books and material specifically useful for the clinical, spotter and viva stations.
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.
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology by John E. Hall, Michael E. Hall is the usual anchor. Default first-read text for systems physiology and the backbone of most residents' theory notes.
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.
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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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