Recognition for Exercise Physiology

[Will Hopkins]

I've just learned that Exercise Physiology 5th ed by McArdle, Katch and Katch has won one of the British Medical Association's prestigious prizes for the best text books. Prizes were awarded in many categories, but what's astonishing is that MKK got it in the category of Medicine rather than Basic and Clinical Science. A lot of time, expertise, and money goes into creating medical text books, because the competition is so fierce.

The prize is a nice bouquet for Frank Katch, who retired this year. It's also timely recognition for our field, which is now coming into its own in the mainstream of health care.

MKK is not the only good text on exphys, of course. I wonder to what extent the high quality of the other texts influenced the awards committee to choose what they considered to be the best of the bunch, partly to recognize the discipline.

More at http://ovid.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/LIB2002WinnersBookCompetition.

Will

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