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Hi, my sister is going to graduate from podiatry school in about one week, and I wanted to purchase a stethoscope for her as a gift. Which stethoscope do you all recommend? Are the cardiology master and cardiology III the more popular ones? Thanks for the help!

Since she probably won't use it too much after residency training, generally the Littman products will suit her purposes the best. Interestingly, when I graduated, one of the nicest gifts I received was a pair of gold plated needle drivers with my name engraved on them. A gift I still treasure to this day from my former residency director

lol (= forum speak for 'laughing out loud)

...remember that thread we had about podiatry negativity on the net? ...

calh22a posted the same message Podiatry Forum (here) --- notice the negativity and annonmity of the responses :(. At least we have some inteligient and smart contributors here like summer, above, who actually say something useful :) .

You know, the one post about the toenail clippers is likely from a disgruntled podiatrist, who has been relegated either by themself and their ineptitude, or by some other circumstances to feel as if toenail care is the only thing they are capable of performing. Do they think that is beneath them???? I treat many patients with simple "routine type" care and they are eternaly grateful for what little I have done for them. Isn't that enough?

Last but not least is the comment regarding the 3 year residency program requirement for hospital priveleges. This assinine comment was made by one of two types of people, either a residency director, and I think that unlikely, or a relatively new practitioner since 3 year programs haven't been around for that long.

People like that should get a life, and stop trying to create a heriarchy in this profession. I have been in practice for nearly 20 years, and am one year trained like most of us were back then. What is this person saying? Those of us who were one year trained aren't good enough? What about the lecturers on the circut today??? The Lowel Weills, E D McGlamery's, and others to mention a few. Is there an exception to the rule? I have seen 2 and 3 year trained Podiatrists, who I wouldn't let touch my dog. What about a 5 year fellowship trained foot and ankle orthopedist who has at least a dozen malpractice cases in 5 years?

When I was a residency director, I chose my resident's very simply. Here is a needle driver, some suture, a scalpel, and a pigs foot. Show me what you can do. Do it well, and you are in. Tell me the Krebs cycle front to back, every classification of ankle fractures, etc....and all I say is B.F.D! I can teach you surgical judgement, how to write notes, how to perform procedures, but I could care less about what you can memorize! Having a 3 year program these days only tells me one thing, you can memorize well enough to score highly on multiple choice tests. Nothing more. One thing I do know is that good hands are a gift, and can NEVER be learned. One of the finest surgeons in the world is a gentleman named Ben Carson, MD. I suggest someone reads his story. His information is all over the net. Basically a former gangbanger (of sorts) who finally wized up. Trust me, if you ever need your head opened up, this is the guy you want.

Just my soapbox, and hope a few eyes open up if anyone reads this

By the way Brian Deyoye who wrote that assinine comment is located in Texas. Do a little boolean search and you will find him. I am contemplating what type of letter to send him via email personally......anyone got any ideas?