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I use it. I like it a lot, especially for diagnoses that I've seen infrequently and can say "it's either this or that (or the other)". This book allows you to check this quickly. It also puts the criteria in a bullet-point list which allows you to easily check off things mentally. The new version has color photos, too, which was a big complaint with the 1st edition.
It's useful to me, but I am still a lowly PGY1.
It's useful to me, but I am still a lowly PGY1.
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I bought it during residency. Huge mistake. I have looked at it maybe twice, I find that a lot of it is just restating the obvious, and is a summary of things you can read elsewhere that are more informative and helpful elsewhere. But it works for some people. I would find a copy and look through it before you buy it to see if it is your style.
I am a PGY1, but I LOVE this book!! When I was first introduced to it, I didn't quite understand it's usefulness, but over the past few months of surgical, I have come to rely on it when I am previewing slides. It allows you to quickly differentiate conditions without have to sift through a lot of material. In my program, I know PGY2 and PGY3 residents who also continue to use this book.
I thought this was a really good book to get and pass down to junior residents, when it was the 1st edition. It made learning certain tumors much easier. It served as a great jumping off point for doing unknowns. there are two dangers with it, 1. You use it as the beginning and end for a case, 2. you are a PGY3 or 4 who still needs it too often. By that time the differentials should be in your head and a better (though still not comprehensive) book as a bullet point type springboard to researching a case would be the ASCP's surgical path compendium.
