Anyone use this and have any opinions? Dr. Sattar has been frequenting many schools recently and talking up his book. Does this add anything that can't be found in Goljan or FA?
I bought pathoma a week and a half ago to brush up on path because I was getting hammered with path pimp questions on rotations. I've finished the first four chapters and I like it, mainly for putting a lot of random facts I memorized the first two years into concepts and then explaining them in a simple fashion. His videos teach in a very similar fashion to Raymon and the Kaplan Pharm lectures I watched for Step I. Sattar integrates biochem and pharm into his explanations like Raymon integrated biochem and micro into his pharm lectures.
Does anybody have an idea of suggested schedules for watching all his lectures in less than one month? What's the total lecturing hours?
I am weak in path and would like to go through pathoma in maybe three weeks or so. please share with me some workable schedules/plans.
On their facebook page it indicates that they do, and that it does cost more.Do they ship the Pathoma book internationally?
Does it cost more?
Do they ship the Pathoma book internationally?
Does it cost more?
Not at all. Stop downloading so much porn.how laggy are these videos jeez
windows or mac? I have a 13 inch macbook pro and it's really laggy idk whats up. I just did a system update and downloaded the new flash as they suggested on their website
I thought I was the only one with the lag issue, it would mid video, lag the slides while the audio kept going no matter if it was full screen or not. Guess I'll email support ><
Does Pathoma charge shipping in addition to the fee if I live in the states (California to be exact)? Thanks in advance
is there any way you can change the speed of the videos while you are watching them.
For example if i pick a lecture from the menu and select "normal speed" to start off with, but as the video is going on there might be parts of the lecture that I am comfortable with and want to move on faster from that topic while other parts in the same lecture I may want to go back to "normal speed"
why is it a all or nothing thing, either I start the lecture in normal speed or speed it up.
I wish it was more flexible that way. Or if they could just let us use VLC, i love the "faster/slower" option.
I'd love to hear from some test takers about this. I feel bad not doing Goljan RR, but I'm currently doing FA, GT, Pathoma, and my class stuff and just can't fit anything else in. Unfortunately, my class stuff takes up a good amount of time for being so worthless. I hate required labs.Pathoma notes:
Got my first real chance to match up pathoma with Goljan this week. We alternate NBME's with in-house exams. So the NBME phases gives me more chance to focus on various board review materials.
I have to say that I do understand the appeal and utility of Goljan material. He's dynamic. Constantly relating different materials together. And clearly. Has dedicated his time to helping students get down the Pearls to do better on exams.
I think as a follow up discussion to Pathoma materials it's a perfect 1-2 punch.
However, I think that Dr. Sattar really nailed something. How to be a useful cliff notes to pathology lectures. Because his material is so stripped down, clean, quick, and easy to use. I'm able to use his material as my first and last pass at everything going on in lectures.
Yes it's not enough for some exhaustive phd-style approaches on in-house lecture exams. But luckily for me, my curriculum allows me the option of letting some of those points go. To keep it easier on me.
I keep hearing about the necessity of of widening the scope of our information intake. And honestly. I just don't understand that notion. I need 4 passes on the pathoma material alone just to make sure I've got it down. And i just can't find time for that other stuff.
So, I'm thinking if your goals are modest enough. This is almost everything you need to know about pathology.
But I'm curious what people that are using it think.?
I emailed them previously and my understanding is 8 views averaged per subsection - ie a chapter with 5 sections you get 40 section views. However, if you watch it all the way through once it would count as 5 of the 40. They sound open to giving you more views but are attempting to prevent multiple people sharing an account, which I can respect - the product is a great deal compared to Kaplan and the like.Can someone explain the limit on number of views?
The terms say "Each piece of Digital Content (i.e. each video) is further restricted to no more than eight (8) views, each view beginning as soon as you commence streaming of the Digital Content, irrespective of the length or time of streaming."
Does that mean each chapter is limited to 8 views or each subset within the chapter? Also, has anyone found the limit to be a problem?
Thanks!
I emailed them previously and my understanding is 8 views averaged per subsection - ie a chapter with 5 sections you get 40 section views. However, if you watch it all the way through once it would count as 5 of the 40. They sound open to giving you more views but are attempting to prevent multiple people sharing an account, which I can respect - the product is a great deal compared to Kaplan and the like.
I thought I was the only one with the lag issue, it would mid video, lag the slides while the audio kept going no matter if it was full screen or not. Guess I'll email support ><
I'd love to hear from some test takers about this. I feel bad not doing Goljan RR, but I'm currently doing FA, GT, Pathoma, and my class stuff and just can't fit anything else in. Unfortunately, my class stuff takes up a good amount of time for being so worthless. I hate required labs.
I already did DIT. do you recommend that I'll do this 2 weeks from my exam? it's cheap so no problem..
I did what a previous poster did and email their support and told them. They put me on another serve and all is well!
if you're having buffer issues, it could actually be them. I couldn't even play the videos with them stuttering and they moved me to a new server. Everything works great now.
Any updates on from those who used Pathoma and received their Step 1 results recently?
I have been using it for a few months now, and like it a lot. Especially when he draws out the stuff. But I am worried if I am missing out on stuff compared to those using RR.
RR is just so thick and intimidating, so I have been sticking with pathoma for now.
I feel like he adds a ton with the videos. He draws a lot of diagrams, uses some pneumonics, and adds to the slides. Watching at 1.7x speed, he's understandable and they're quick.how important are the lectures? could you just use the book without listening or does he add more info during the audio?
We're doing anemia/hemostatis/leukemia&lymphoma right now in school and Pathoma is the only thing saving my ass. It's so simple when you break it down. God my school sucks at teaching.
We're doing anemia/hemostatis/leukemia&lymphoma right now in school and Pathoma is the only thing saving my ass. It's so simple when you break it down. God my school sucks at teaching.
My heart goes out to you. I'm very proud of the fact that I've never even seen what the Robbins book looks like, let alone read it.You would be doing yourself a great disserve if you opted out of watching his videos and just reading the book alone. His lectures are quick and to the point and with the variable play back speeds, most big topics only take 1-1.5hrs to get through.
As for going to lectures, I do agree to an extent but I would gladly go to every lecture if the professors were actually good at teaching and presenting the material. Often it's just reading the slides without any additional input so no point in really going.
My path class makes us just read Robbins with a few overview lectures sprinkled in.