How quickly can you go over RR Goljan?

[coralfangs]

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Just wondering
I'm making a schedule for myself.

How quickly can you go over RR Goljan?
Let's say you have gone through FA and some high yield anatomy/biochem/ you understand everything mentioned?
Like, how much more material is there? (I've read Basic Robbins once last year but I've forgotten half the stuff already)

Is it possible to do 4 chapters a day?

 

[badasshairday]

Assuming this is your first time reading RR, you can get through it in a week a have good comprehension if you are the average student. I don't think any quicker is feasable unless you are a fast reader or have read through it one time before. At least that is my take on it. Keep in mind, everyone is different.

 

[mordounhas]

I did a first pass in about 5 days with 7-8 hours a day, but I tend to read fairly quickly. I tried to memorize some things in it but by no means did I try to memorize the book in that pass.

 

[lildave2586]

I recommend reading the margin notes, tables, and looking at the pictures/captions. You'll get most of the stuff you need that way.

 

[MilkmanAl]

I'd say to budget 6 minutes per page which would put you at 60 hours of work or so. That's very doable in a week. I don't think I'd count on reading 4 chapters a day unless you're an extremely fast reader or reading short chapters. The margin notes would be a much better bet if you're pressed for time. What sort of time frame are you working with, exactly?

 

[coralfangs]

July 1st test day

Ya, I will try to do it in a week, hopefully along side with robbin review questions

 

[username456789]

July 1st test day

Ya, I will try to do it in a week, hopefully along side with robbin review questions

Have you exhausted other question banks? Robbins Review questions are good for class, but the consensus is they're not particularly "high yield" for boards studying. Perhaps look into the online questions that come with RR? They're obviously chapter-specific (or can be made that way), and represent at least slightly more "USMLE-like" questions.

 

[badasshairday]

Oh yeah, definitely do the UsmleConsult questions that come with the book. Robbin's qbook is really good too, but it takes super long to get through because all the question stems are like a good paragraph long, so are the explanations.

The Consult questions are surprisingly good questions, plus it will cement what you learn in RR.

 

[JustSomePreMed]

Oh yeah, definitely do the UsmleConsult questions that come with the book. Robbin's qbook is really good too, but it takes super long to get through because all the question stems are like a good paragraph long, so are the explanations.

The Consult questions are surprisingly good questions, plus it will cement what you learn in RR.

Have you been doing the USMLE Consult questions during this "dedicated" study period? I was thinking of doing them each night after going through a system (when I get to my "systems" studying after the basic biochem/micro/immuno crap this week and early next week) as a way to reaffirm what I was studying (I'm trying to use RR Path and FA sort of simultaneously . . . start RR Path in the morning for that system, do FA in the evening). I'd be doing UW questions each morning before starting RR Reading.

I'm just trying to manipulate and fine tune my studying tactics as I go, so any input would be great.

 

[greg1184]

First time took me ~2 weeks. But I did pathology first. Now that I have studied most of everything else, it should be a little easier to pass through and the charts/tables will be much more useful.

 

[HTxFrog]

It would take me 30 hours of pure reading to read the whole thing b/c I read it at about 20pgs/hr and its 603 pages long