Pathology scare

[GangaMaster]

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Pathology is straight up scaring the life out of me. Knowing the complications, all the symptoms, differentials, lab slides, etiology, pathogenesis, morphology.

I did well on a quiz but I don't know if I'm gonna make it its brutal.

 

[Brain Bucket]

Just venting. Thank your stars if you're an AMG. Some of us have it infinitely worse.

 

[GangaMaster]

Just venting. Thank your stars if you're an AMG. Some of us have it infinitely worse.

I'm not. That's why I'm so scared.

 

[SurgeDO]

get pathoma and never look back.

 

[GangaMaster]

get pathoma and never look back.

They test directly from the notes that comes directly from Big Robbins 🙁 But I haven't done Systems yet so we'll see how useful it becomes then. I know im overreacting but its just such a shock to the system especially with mandatory classes.

 

[Brain Bucket]

I'm done with this.

 

[Priapism4tooLong]

Pathology is straight up scaring the life out of me. Knowing the complications, all the symptoms, differentials, lab slides, etiology, pathogenesis, morphology.

I did well on a quiz but I don't know if I'm gonna make it its brutal.

lol welcome to med school. Understand the ins and outs of general path, everything in life becomes easier after this.

 

[madchemist89]

Breathe...Put forth your best effort every day, and you will likely do fine.

 

[GangaMaster]

lol welcome to med school. Understand the ins and outs of general path, everything in life becomes easier after this.

You'd think med school started with MS1 but these noobs don't know what basic science is till path. Thanks for the reassurance guys, I mean it.

 

[rodmichael82]

Pathoma all the wayyyyy

 

[Brain Bucket]

I'm done with this.

 

[Priapism4tooLong]

All you AMGs need to not give advice about path to IMGs unless you regularly get questions like 'What is the genetic basis for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans?'

collagen type I alpha 1-platelet-derived growth factor beta (COL1A1-PDGFB)

 

[Brain Bucket]

I'm done with this.

 

[Priapism4tooLong]

if i knew what was expected i think i would be ok

 

[Brain Bucket]

I'm done with this.

 

[SurgeDO]

All you AMGs need to not give advice about path to IMGs unless you regularly get questions like 'What is the genetic basis for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans?'

i do not understand what you are trying to imply.

 

[Brain Bucket]

I'm done with this.

 

[graviton]

Pathology sucked. The lowest grade I've got so far.

 

[Priapism4tooLong]

i do not understand what you are trying to imply.

He's trying to imply that IMG's get asked much more specific questions about random stuff. It maybe true but from what i know about IMG's (I have some friends who are IMGS) they do ask different types of questions but aren't related clinically, its more about knowledge than applying thought to a clinical setting like AMGs for the most part. Anyway i don't know what is better or worse but you can't say one is harder or easier.

 

[Cytarabine]

It's school specific. Our tests were ridiculously minutiae loaded (AMG)

 

[Nephronlearner]

Just like physiology, pathology can be a very nice subject if you study it the right way. (it is not as bad as anatomy or even neuroanatomy)
My school likes to test us on histological details (i.e exactly what kind of cells, what does the cytoplasm look like, blahblahblah) with very few actual path concepts. And even then it's possible to make sense of it.
First of all, you need a very good foundation. I found Pathoma good for that. After that just learn more info from your course notes.

And I can't believe there are many schools that test on the stuff Brain Bucket has posted :S At least mine doesn't even though it's quite 'detail-heavy' when it comes to basic sciences. Pathoma + Qbank really does not sound like the best approach to pathology. Pathoma plus course notes should be good, though.

And yeah, learn the general path well before learning the systems. It's much easier to learn appendicitis if you understand the general priciples of inflammation.
The same way it's much easier to understand lung oedema if you learn the basic haemodynamics first.

 

[cbrons]

No, the genetic basis is the translocation 17;22. The choices were just a list of translocations. Don't even pretend like this or comparing the malignant potentials of enchondromas vs ecchondromas being ~75% of the questions on a test wouldn't make you **** your pants especially if all you did was Pathoma + Qbanks.

Ur a buzz kill


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[cbrons]

Just like physiology, pathology can be a very nice subject if you study it the right way. (it is not as bad as anatomy or even neuroanatomy)
My school likes to test us on histological details (i.e exactly what kind of cells, what does the cytoplasm look like, blahblahblah) with very few actual path concepts. And even then it's possible to make sense of it.
First of all, you need a very good foundation. I found Pathoma good for that. After that just learn more info from your course notes.

And I can't believe there are many schools that test on the stuff Brain Bucket has posted :S At least mine doesn't even though it's quite 'detail-heavy' when it comes to basic sciences. Pathoma + Qbank really does not sound like the best approach to pathology. Pathoma plus course notes should be good, though.

And yeah, learn the general path well before learning the systems. It's much easier to learn appendicitis if you understand the general priciples of inflammation.
The same way it's much easier to understand lung oedema if you learn the basic haemodynamics first.

Look guy its called edema (not oedema)...its not the name of a shakespeare character



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[Nephronlearner]

Look guy its called edema (not oedema)...its not the name of a shakespeare character



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Look guy, as offensive as it may seem to you the world and medicine did not begin with either America or England. And the word 'edema' comes from Greek oidein and oidēma, which was later used in new Latin, which was the main language of medicine for a long time as oedēma and the English language took those words from Latin (just like a bunch of other medical and non-medical terms). Word 'oedema' is therefore the proper one; edema is a further American modification... very little to do with Shakespeare.
And btw, nothing personal or nothing anti-American here! But if this is such a pain to read 'oedema' or 'haematology', sure I can type 'edema'.

 

[UoCfin]

get pathoma and never look back.

thanks for the shot out...am a student to this man *the author*

 

[cbrons]

Look guy its called edema (not oedema)...its not the name of a shakespeare character

Look guy, as offensive as it may seem to you the world and medicine did not begin with either America or England. And the word 'edema' comes from Greek oidein and oidēma, which was later used in new Latin, which was the main language of medicine for a long time as oedēma and the English language took those words from Latin (just like a bunch of other medical and non-medical terms). Word 'oedema' is therefore the proper one; edema is a further American modification... very little to do with Shakespeare.
And btw, nothing personal or nothing anti-American here! But if this is such a pain to read 'oedema' or 'haematology', sure I can type 'edema'.

 

[Nephronlearner]

I sincerely hope you didn't spend too much time searching for this picture.

 

[Brain Bucket]

I'm done with this.

 

[CherryRedDracul]

 

[evilbooyaa]

Look guy its called edema (not oedema)...its not the name of a shakespeare character



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[Nephronlearner]

You didn't just call sushi American, did you? 🙂