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Katzenstein and Askin's surgical pathology of non-neoplastic lung disease, 3rd edition
BOOK REVIEW
invariably given the highest marks. Moreover, all student groups received the same lecture schedule and the same set of examinations each year. Variations in the curriculum from year-to-year did not contribute to the range of satisfaction scores. Thus, our evaluation process accurately measured students' perceptions of the faculty. We suspect that Dr. Klatt agrees with our conclusion that "popular instructors are not necessarily better educators."
1. Fenderson BA, Damjanov I, Robeson MR, etal: Relationship of students' perceptions of faculty to scholastic achievement: are popular instructors better educators? HUM PATHOL 28:522-525, 1997
The above letter was referred to the authors of the article, who offer the foUowing reply: To the Editor:--Dr. Klatt questions the validity of student evaluations and suggests that additional factors may have contributed to our results. We agree that further studies of the evaluation process are warranted. However, whatever the meaning of student evaluations, the ratings for faculty involved in small group teaching were remarkably consistent from year-to-year, and the most demanding instructors were
BRUCE A. FENDERSON, PhD EMANUEL RUBIN, MD Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology Jefferson Medical College Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA
BOOK REVIEW Katzenstein and Askin's Surgical Pathology of Non-Neoplastic Lung Disease, 3rd Edition, Anna-Luise A. Katzenstein (ed). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1997, 477 pages
$8o.oo. This is the third edition of one of the most widely read texts on nonneoplastic lung pathology. This edition, like the previous two, offers the reader a combination of short but clear descriptions along with numerous illustrations (some 500) and tabular listings of differential diagnoses with detailed comparisons of morphologically similar entities. This approach is meant to, and quite successfully does, emphasize diagnosis; the book is not intended as a textbook of mechanisms of pulmonary disease. The publisher's reproduction of figures has been considerably improved in the third edition, and extensive new illustrations have been a d d e d to the chapter on acute lung injury (diffuse alveolar damage and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia) and the chapter on idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. This chapter has also been extensively reworked to provide a more m o d e r n concept of the diversity and problems inherent in classifying these diseases. Many shorter sec-
tions, for example, effects of cocaine and effect of L-tryptophan, changes in transplant rejection, importance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, and a whole host of others, have been added and revised. In addition to updating new areas and areas of contention, a particular strength of the book is the extensive discussion on the limits of interpretation of different types of lung biopsy, along with excellent illustrations of the artifacts to be found in lung biopsies; an important correlate is the author's emphasis on the requirement to obtain clinical information to properly interpret lung biopsy. Another useful feature in this volume is the considerable coverage of infectious processes, processes commonly found in lung biopsies, but often given short shrift in books on lung biopsy interpretation. Lastly, the inclusion of descriptions and illustrations of common, and commonly ignored, conditions such as emholi, infarcts, aspiration pneumonias, blebs, bullae, and pneumothorax makes this an extremely comprehensive treatise for its size. I highly recommend this book as a short but authoritative reference for everyday practice.--A~NDREW CHURG, MD, Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
NOTICES Great Issues for Medicine in the Twenty-first Century: A Consideration of the Ethical and Social Issues Arising Out of Advances in the Biomedical Sciences September 5-7, 1997 Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Medical School For further information, contact: Bicentennial Office, Dartmouth Medical School, 7070 Kellogg, Hanover, NH 037553280; TEL: (603) 650-4037; FAX: (603) 650-4041; E-mail; ([email protected]). 18th Colloquium of the International Society of Dermatopathology September 5-7, 1997 Salzburg, Austria For further information, contact: C. Kaserer, MD, Department of Dermatology, General Hospital Salzburg, Muellner Haup-
997
straBe 48, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria; TEL: 43 662 4482 3072; FAX: 43 662 4482 3034; E-mail: [email protected].
Society for Hematopathology Slide Workshop September 11-13, 1997 Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center For further information, contact: Carol Wisotzki, Conference Planner, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 511 NeseBarkan Bldg, 3811 O ' H a r a St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; TEL: (412) 647-9542; FAX: (412) 64%8222; e-mail: cecwisot@dvs. nb.upme.edu. Renal Biopsy in Medical Diseases of the Kidney September 24-27, 1997 New York, NY: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center For further information, contact: Patrick Dwyer, Center for Con-
invariably given the highest marks. Moreover, all student groups received the same lecture schedule and the same set of examinations each year. Variations in the curriculum from year-to-year did not contribute to the range of satisfaction scores. Thus, our evaluation process accurately measured students' perceptions of the faculty. We suspect that Dr. Klatt agrees with our conclusion that "popular instructors are not necessarily better educators."
1. Fenderson BA, Damjanov I, Robeson MR, etal: Relationship of students' perceptions of faculty to scholastic achievement: are popular instructors better educators? HUM PATHOL 28:522-525, 1997
The above letter was referred to the authors of the article, who offer the foUowing reply: To the Editor:--Dr. Klatt questions the validity of student evaluations and suggests that additional factors may have contributed to our results. We agree that further studies of the evaluation process are warranted. However, whatever the meaning of student evaluations, the ratings for faculty involved in small group teaching were remarkably consistent from year-to-year, and the most demanding instructors were
BRUCE A. FENDERSON, PhD EMANUEL RUBIN, MD Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology Jefferson Medical College Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA
BOOK REVIEW Katzenstein and Askin's Surgical Pathology of Non-Neoplastic Lung Disease, 3rd Edition, Anna-Luise A. Katzenstein (ed). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1997, 477 pages
$8o.oo. This is the third edition of one of the most widely read texts on nonneoplastic lung pathology. This edition, like the previous two, offers the reader a combination of short but clear descriptions along with numerous illustrations (some 500) and tabular listings of differential diagnoses with detailed comparisons of morphologically similar entities. This approach is meant to, and quite successfully does, emphasize diagnosis; the book is not intended as a textbook of mechanisms of pulmonary disease. The publisher's reproduction of figures has been considerably improved in the third edition, and extensive new illustrations have been a d d e d to the chapter on acute lung injury (diffuse alveolar damage and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia) and the chapter on idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. This chapter has also been extensively reworked to provide a more m o d e r n concept of the diversity and problems inherent in classifying these diseases. Many shorter sec-
tions, for example, effects of cocaine and effect of L-tryptophan, changes in transplant rejection, importance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, and a whole host of others, have been added and revised. In addition to updating new areas and areas of contention, a particular strength of the book is the extensive discussion on the limits of interpretation of different types of lung biopsy, along with excellent illustrations of the artifacts to be found in lung biopsies; an important correlate is the author's emphasis on the requirement to obtain clinical information to properly interpret lung biopsy. Another useful feature in this volume is the considerable coverage of infectious processes, processes commonly found in lung biopsies, but often given short shrift in books on lung biopsy interpretation. Lastly, the inclusion of descriptions and illustrations of common, and commonly ignored, conditions such as emholi, infarcts, aspiration pneumonias, blebs, bullae, and pneumothorax makes this an extremely comprehensive treatise for its size. I highly recommend this book as a short but authoritative reference for everyday practice.--A~NDREW CHURG, MD, Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
NOTICES Great Issues for Medicine in the Twenty-first Century: A Consideration of the Ethical and Social Issues Arising Out of Advances in the Biomedical Sciences September 5-7, 1997 Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Medical School For further information, contact: Bicentennial Office, Dartmouth Medical School, 7070 Kellogg, Hanover, NH 037553280; TEL: (603) 650-4037; FAX: (603) 650-4041; E-mail; ([email protected]). 18th Colloquium of the International Society of Dermatopathology September 5-7, 1997 Salzburg, Austria For further information, contact: C. Kaserer, MD, Department of Dermatology, General Hospital Salzburg, Muellner Haup-
997
straBe 48, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria; TEL: 43 662 4482 3072; FAX: 43 662 4482 3034; E-mail: [email protected].
Society for Hematopathology Slide Workshop September 11-13, 1997 Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center For further information, contact: Carol Wisotzki, Conference Planner, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 511 NeseBarkan Bldg, 3811 O ' H a r a St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; TEL: (412) 647-9542; FAX: (412) 64%8222; e-mail: cecwisot@dvs. nb.upme.edu. Renal Biopsy in Medical Diseases of the Kidney September 24-27, 1997 New York, NY: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center For further information, contact: Patrick Dwyer, Center for Con-