Kaplan videos - Rate the Subjects

[Day man]

Hey guys, I know it's kind of been covered in misc. threads but I was wondering if some people who have viewed the kaplan videos could recommend which they really thought were helpful, and which were totally useless. If you could just list the subject, lecturer (they differ by year sometimes) and if possible why you liked/disliked (added alot to lecture notes, made lots of correlations not in the text, ect). I just thought this would be useful for those of us taking the test soon, and just in general.

So far I've done biochem. Seastone was good, he didn't add alot to the notes but explained things I guess. Raymond only did 3 ch but made TONS of correlations (guessing this is why people love him for biochem). Turco was also good, not as many correlations but I think the material didn't really lend it to that (he covered the metabolic pathways).

Curious if anyone could speak for some of the other subjects...just trying to get a feel for what would be time well spent (lecturer adds to the lecture notes) or what isn't (lecturer just reads the notes to you or doesn't add much). I know I could just watch some and try to get a feel but this would save some time and we all know that's a positive. Thanks!

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[Zback]

I would be interested to hear some feedback on this subject as well.

 

[huff69]

Pharm - Dr. Raymon is amazing! Especially if you have Biochem down, I think Pharm is just awesome because he brings up the most important toxicities and things that you don't really notice the first time around. If you had to do one video section, I would recommend Pharm.

Path - I did the one with Barone, I really liked it, but you can pass it if you're strong in path. I haven't watched the 2010 version of it because I stuck with the Baroney poney.

Physio - Good refresher, but nothing amazing. I thought Fisher was really annoying in some of his GI & Renal lectures because he spends too much time being weird and not enough time bringing out the correlations.

Anatomy - Good refresher

Micro/Immuno - Skipped because people said it wasn't too great

Biochem - Like you said, I thought Biochem was great all around

 

[kryptik]

i sorta agree with the above assessment, dr. raymond was better for biochem than seastone and dr. wassir better than fischer for physio.
what is important though is to watch the videos of the subjects you are weak in, dont just watch them based on how good the professor is, if you are good in biochem no need to watch biochem videos regardless of how good dr. raymond is.

 

[Zoom-Zoom]

I'm doing pharm right now. Wow! So good! I mean, so so so freakin good. I'm finally understanding the side effects that I just had to memorize throughout the year during my course. He's really good at explaining why certain points are high yield and integrating it a little bit too with diff subjects. I'm loving how he keeps drawing that freakin Lineweaver Burk plot. I needed to see that thing like 10 times for it to sink in. My only regret is not starting them sooner.

I'll definitely do B-chem and anatomy as well. I'm trying to get through some immuno too before my finals. Probably low yield but I'm sick of feeling like an immuno idiot so maybe it'll help

 

[RySerr21]

pharm fo sho. And i heard biochem is legit too...i have older videos b/c Dr Ramon teaches them.

 

[am9451]

What is the breakdown of hours per group of lectures? I'm weak in Pharm and I would like to know what I'm getting myself into if I decide to watch all the pharm lectures. Thanks!

 

[Zoom-Zoom]

What is the breakdown of hours per group of lectures? I'm weak in Pharm and I would like to know what I'm getting myself into if I decide to watch all the pharm lectures. Thanks!

I'd say 15 + or - one or two.

I had the same kind of dilemma so I ended up making an excel with the hours for pharm and a couple others so that I could get a reasonable grip on em (with a formula that lets me know exactly how many more hours and what % left I have left to go, as I go 😛). I think pharm was about 15 hours but I didn't make the sheet until after doing the ANS section and a few other lectures. You could definitely chug through it in two days, especially on 1.5x.

I can't stress enough how much Dr. Raymon's lectures help, and how great the Kaplan notes are as a resource after annotating with his lectures. As opposed to some other subjects they will not be as awesome without the lectures. Ie, they are designed to be slides to take notes on, not a review book. Although on their own, they're probably still a great resource. I had lippincott, pharcards, katzung, and my school classes, and I seriously hated pharm until I found Kaplan. If Dr. Raymon expanded the text to add all his lecture points explaining the high yield points, correlations, and side effects, it would be the bible for med pharm. I'm going to send him and Goljan a bottle of wine when I'm done with this beast. 🙂

 

[bbydoc]

agree with the above

- biochem (turco+seastone) is ok if you are weak in this subject, biochem with dr raymond is excellent.
- Pharm with dr raymond is excellent
- behavioural is great or just enjoyable to watch, great teacher with experience
- Anatomy is ok

Path is not as good as goljan, not enought mechanism mentioned, so pointless for me.

 

[245399]

What years did Dr. Raymond teach pharm and biochem?

 

[RySerr21]

What years did Dr. Raymond teach pharm and biochem?

not sure....i have an older version of the videos and a newer set of videos.......in the older version he was teachin biochem and some other dude was teaching pharm...in the newer version he is teaching pharm and this Seastone dude is teaching biochem.

I think im gonna watch the old ones simply for Dr Ramon. I dunno the years tho, sorry!

edit: the folder i have says Kaplan 07. thats the one where he is teaching pharm. he might also teach pharm in newer versions

 

[bbydoc]

What years did Dr. Raymond teach pharm and biochem?

the above is correct, in 2007 he teaches all of pharm.
in the newer lectures (2009/10) he teaches 80% of the pharm section and a few chapters of biochemistry (20%?).
in 2003, he teaches most of the biochem section, I have the audios but dont feel the need to listen to them.
I remember the guy who had the highes SDN score a 2-3 years ago, praising the 2003 audios.

 

[IntelInside]

anyone know where I can get the ones where Dr. Raymond is teaching all biochem

 

[Zoom-Zoom]

anyone know where I can get the ones where Dr. Raymond is teaching all biochem

All of it is copywritten so...there's no legit way. Most people I know got them from upperclassmen.