Low Yield items in Rapid Review Path/Gojan

[Bmed]

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One criticism I've been hearing about Rapid Review Path is that it sometimes goes into unnecessary detail and areas that might be more pertinent to Step 2. I think Goljan mentions some of these sections in his audio which I haven't listened to yet.

Is there any place to find some information on which are the low yield topics? Rapid Review Path is a fairly dense book and I would rather not waste my time on information that won't be useful for Step 1. Perhaps we could start a comprehensive list of chapters, or better yet, subsections that we could skip entirely?

Can anyone shed light on this?

 

[da Vincis World]

One criticism I've been hearing about Rapid Review Path is that it sometimes goes into unnecessary detail and areas that might be more pertinent to Step 2. I think Goljan mentions some of these sections in his audio which I haven't listened to yet.

Is there any place to find some information on which are the low yield topics? Rapid Review Path is a fairly dense book and I would rather not waste my time on information that won't be useful for Step 1. Perhaps we could start a comprehensive list of chapters, or better yet, subsections that we could skip entirely?

Can anyone shed light on this?

Use Pathoma if you want something more condensed. It's not that whole sections of RR are particularly low yield, it's that it goes pretty deep into most of the subjects covered. Some consider that depth lower yield. However it's all likely fair game on step I.

 

[Bmed]

I'm also using pathoma, but I also feel that its way too light. Just wish there was something in between Goljan and Pathoma..

 

[OneMoreRound]

I'm also using pathoma, but I also feel that its way too light. Just wish there was something in between Goljan and Pathoma..

Use both. I kind of use both.

Or use BRS path. It is in b/t Pathoma and RR in depth.

 

[KinasePro]

Just do the blue text, blue boxes, and all the images in RR. If you need more elaboration or clarification, consult the main text.

 

[Jorje286]

You will need to skip the management/treatment part. Everything else is useful.

 

[FIREitUP]

You will need to skip the management/treatment part. Everything else is useful.

that's not necessarily true, since there are certain diseases (i.e., acute MI) where you need to know management. just an fyi

 

[Jorje286]

that's not necessarily true, since there are certain diseases (i.e., acute MI) where you need to know management. just an fyi

Yes, but more often than not Goljan goes overboard with treatment, and a lot of the information might have been a little dated. I would do the treatment just from FA. Everything else though is golden.

 

[FIREitUP]

Yes, but more often than not Goljan goes overboard with treatment, and a lot of the information might have been a little dated. I would do the treatment just from FA. Everything else though is golden.

no doubt. I just wanted to make it clear that there are instances that you are responsible for knowing patient management

 

[Kaputt]

no doubt. I just wanted to make it clear that there are instances that you are responsible for knowing patient management

Patient management within reason. Step 2 is the exam where management is emphasized. Step 1 is the exam where pathophysiology is emphasized. Treatment questions on Step 1 are usually tied to a pathophysiology concept.

 

[gravitywave]

I think OveractiveBrain once said that past 230-240 or so you have to learn about ten things for every extra thing you get correct on the exam for the effort. I think this is true.

The other reason I'm not sorry I read RR was in fact for the management parts. Not just because I got them right on Step 1, but also because I remembered them on rounds, in clinic, during shelf exams when reading them in RR was sometimes the only time I had ever seen them.

Don't lose sight of the fact that your Step 1 performance doesn't just live in a vacuum. Prep for Step 1 is prep for third year.