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?
Is it worth it to buy pathoma during ms1?
If neuro (with path) or microID or endocrine organ systems are being taught
get it.. its one of the cheapest and most effective resources that you can get. I think I spent $130 and it will cover me all the way to the end of 2nd year July 2014 which will be post Step 1 exam for me.
Is it worth it to buy pathoma during ms1?
If neuro (with path) or microID or endocrine organ systems are being taught
I just have to compliment pathoma more...
I'm on my third pass through the videos (first pass after having completed all organ systems), and the information just keeps tying together in new ways with great little pieces of information popping up that went unnoticed/unremembered (even after annotating everything on my 2nd pass through).
<3<3<3 Sattar
Wow, full pass through FA and 3x through pathoma?
Did you use Goljan or only pathoma? How are the qbanks coming ?
Annotating what Sattar says into the pathoma book I mean, not FA. And I'm just starting my 3rd pass, only about 6 chapters into it. I've probably only read 1/3ish of FA, pretty much have only done it A) prior to starting a subject based block of qbank or B) if I feel I start to lose the big picture of what's going on in class or need a quick summary.
Just doing pathoma. I'm sure Goljan is great, but there's just too much in the way of resources to hit everything, and the consensus seems to be that pathoma is enough for path. I own it and have looked at it, and the bullet point format also isn't super appealing to me.
For qbanks, I've done about 500 q's from kaplan, and I'm averaging a little better than 80%. I do all the blocks subject based though, after reviewing the material, so that surely ups the percentage some from what it would be on random. Going to try to get through as much as I can over break then start up Rx on random during spring semester
Is it worth it to buy pathoma during ms1?
If neuro (with path) or microID or endocrine organ systems are being taught
anyone know where i can BUY pathoma? because on amazon it's all sold out and that's the only place i know to buy my books because they ship them internationally(i don't live in the US). So...anyone knw of a good bookstore that ships internationally?
Why don't you order directly from the pathoma website? It says they ship internationally.
What do you guys think of just watching the videos without taking notes? I kind of just like to chill and write down stuff on a paper to make sure I'm paying attention. Whatever is not in the book isn't that important IMO. What you think
Yea I know I guess what I meant was: Is the extra stuff you're taking notes on that essential?
What do you guys feel are the weaknesses in Pathoma?
I feel like the Neuro section was pretty lackadaisical and genetics is pretty much omitted.
I may just go with RR for neuro, what are your thoughts?
Classmates took the exam recently. Some say Pathoma is enough and some say it's isn't enough. How have people that took the exam in the past 2 months feel using Pathoma solely as the source for learning Path.
I took it back in June, and I felt that Pathoma was enough for path. I used it as my sole resource because I didn't like Goljan's videos and Rapid Review was way too much. I used the path in FA as supplement to Pathoma, but there was very little in FA that was not covered by Pathoma. It's a great resource. I have a lot of friends who also used it as their sole resource for path, and they all performed very well.
Same here, if anybody has a coupon code I would really appreciate it! Thanks!!!Can anyone PM me a coupon code please?
Thanks, this is what I'm afraid of. When people answer my question, I try to see what they write. Most have been saying just that - "enough". I was hoping somebody would say - "more than enough", lol just for reassurance. I remember when I took my CBSSA I could confidently tell the underclass that Kaplan Pharm was "more than enough" of a resource to use for prep.
I was thinking of reading the first 9 chapters from Goljan, his audio, Pathoma, and FA path to cover up the loose ends. I feel that Pathoma doesn't completely dive into the mcc of majority of the things, whereas RR does.
What do you guys feel are the weaknesses in Pathoma?
I feel like the Neuro section was pretty lackadaisical and genetics is pretty much omitted.
I may just go with RR for neuro, what are your thoughts?
cardio is lacking as well, IMO. have to use Lilly as an adjunct
Really? It doesn't explain the murmurs as well as Goljan or FA but I can't remember doing a Kaplan CV pathology question yet where the answer wasn't in Pathoma somewhere.
yeah, that's what I meant--what is contained within the cardio is good, but what is not mentioned is frustrating. also he doesn't seem to integrate the physio much, which is heavy in cardio.
Edit: Forgot to mention that while there are mentions of pericardial diseases, tamponade/pulsus paradoxus should have at least a few sentences dedicated to it.
Yea, I thought cardio in Pathoma was pretty good too. Except for missing pericardial diseases. I don't know why that was left out. I was also kinda surprised that he spent all of 5 minutes on heart failure -- definitely went to Lilly's for that. I read most of Lilly's during our cardio block -- while it was definitely a good read, I think Pathoma did a good job picking out the important/high-yield stuff from Lilly's. Lilly does give you a better understanding of "why" something happens though, since it covers a lot of normal physio also.