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Which one do you recommend is better for medicine: Ferri's Care of the Medical Patient or Washington Manual?
When I was a med student I prefered Ferri due to its readability, both from a linguistic and layout perspective. I don't think there is any fundamental difference in quality between the two, but Wash was visually dense and visually hard to read.
I saw a 3rd year with Ferri's today and I really liked the layout of it better. Seemed like it explained more. My attending wanted us to use the Washington Manual which is really verbose and unattractive. I'll borrow one of the 3rd year's books tomorrow and thumb through it tomorrow.
Good to hear from you Ricardo, how is 4th year treating ya?
Which one do you recommend is better for medicine: Ferri's Care of the Medical Patient or Washington Manual?
Pocket medicine by Sabatine does not even get a mention?
That is another book I am considering. It seems so brief though when you compare it to Ferri or Washington Manual. But people say it has everything you need and it's condensed to about 1 page per condition. Does it really cover what you need to know for major things like diabetes or CHF in a single page not much bigger than an index card? The other pocket books sometimes have 10 or more pages dedicated to such topics.