Book Review

While I have a million other things to read, I came across this book before I started classes and finished it at the beginning of my classes, just getting the review out now... It was a pretty disappointing book from what I expected (and paid)... The following is my Amazon review:

Firstly, for $28 the 100 page book is short on content. Mr. Phillips did come off as very informal including lines such as "blowing sunshine up his skirt". I am a second year student in a three year doctorate of PT program and did not find it very helpful for the present or future. It is always good to hear others experiences, but one can get this same content from speaking with any professor or seasoned PT.
The single worst part of the book for me was the lack of proof reading. Perhaps everyone did not have this in their copy, but reading the book I noticed no misspellings but many misplaced words. Examples include "He graduated FORM the U. of Mississippi Medical Center... WERE he met his [wife]," obviously one should graduate FROM an institution and that is WHERE he meets his wife...
This was not just an isolated incident on one page or two, this was consistent throughout the book. Another example was: "If a therapist knows that HER or she has..." every time it should have been "he or she" it said "her or she". Assuming I did not get the one bad book that was like this, I think this is a big blow to the profession that we are trying to establish. This book is one of the few PT related non-text books available out there thus making it more likely a lay person would pick it up. In a time when the public image of our profession is very important, the lack of attention to detail presents as very unprofessional. If Mr. Phillips had handed this book in as a paper to my current professors or even my middle school teachers he would already lose a letter grade or two simply because of his lack of attention. I of course can assume Mr. Phillips is not to blame as more often that not there is an editor, but as he says "the rehabilitation therapists... are usually perfectionists... have a great deal of pride in their work. The thought of failure is not an option." While he has not failed, it certainly is far from perfect.