To the OP, the PI manual is worth its weight in gold. I read it cover to cover during 3rd year pod surgery class... and reviewed it before/during clerkships. I browsed it for residency interviews, then pt2 and pt2 boards. I still study it before ABPS in training exams, etc.
For the texts, McGlamrys text and Presby Manual booklet (get from upperclassmen at your school) are still good but both 10+ years old. In my estimation (I read a bit), the
main things that have changed are:
-the pharm in presby is badly outdated
-the layered dissections, long incisions, and fairly extensive periosteal strippings in McGlamry are failry outdated (before anybody flames me, read this
ortho mainstay text - esp the foreward section), go to pod conf (ACFAS>>>APMA for surg education IMHO) or ortho conf, or just talk to most younger attendings
Definitely read some of McGlamrys. Honestly, if I had to sum it (or the Coughlin 2vol text) up in one word, that would probably be "exhaustive," but it has good info, anatomy doesn't change, and it's still probably the text for your pod school surgery class (which almost all attendings therefore read). When a new edition arrives, it surely will remain that way.
***However, if you read a lot, as you should for the sake of your career and your patients' fate someday, you should sorta start to "
question everything" (but definitely not always verbally
😉 ). Listen to everybody, but in the end, ask yourself what makes intuitive sense to you - and for the patient. That isn't always what's "proven" in the literature or described in every text... but usually it will be close. There's
always multiple ways to skin the cat (err, foot in our case)... bear that in mind. FYI, your pod school library - and the library of any clerkships you visit - will have McGlamrys and a photo copier for select chapters you need. I would think the $300+ it costs could be better spent - until a new edition comes out (fwiw, crossing my fingers for videos with ed4 of McG's).
Pocket Podiatrics is "aight" if you ask me. I sometimes tell students that it's your 2nd/3rd year intro book with some ok info for NBPME board, but PI manual is for 3rd year, clerkships, and beyond. There are definitely some typos in Pocket Podiatrics, and I would urge you to never cite it if an attending or resident asks, "where did you read/learn that."
Good job on asking for advice on reading materials. There are tons of texts and millions of journal articles... you want to pick quality
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McGlamry-January 2011
Chang-Fall 2010
Do you have any proof of this? Your Chang date has passed, and I know of no Chang 2nd edition?
