Q about annotating BRS PATH

[Taus]

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How much actually needs to be added? During my schools path class there are always some details (some bull$hit minutia and some seemingly worthwhile) that are not in BRS path. I realize that it is just a a review book and not big daddy robbins.....but how much annotating is actually necessary (if any). I have added some clarifications for myself, but as for pure additions....I'm hesitant as I feel it may be overkill for the boards.

Any thoughts?

 

[general malaise]

like first aid says this book is short on clinical details. its a great book overall but it would benefit from some signs and symptoms added to the explanations, like dark colored urine after exercise in pts with mcardle's or osler nodes, janeway lesions and roth spots in endocarditis. just go thru robbins and jot down the important ones. or do what i did, i went thru CMDT and looked only at the clinical presentation stuff and wrote down the most important ones. its faster than going to back to momma robbins

 

[Taus]

good call..thanks

 

[deuist]

That all depends on what you mean by "legit." I'm sure that the seller will send you the materials, but doing so is probably not legal.

 

[Little Donny]

Annotations will certainly help for your path class as they encompass details your professors stressed. As for the level necessary for boards, BRS is right on, with Qbank as a good refresher of clinical symptoms.

 

[Taus]

Right now I am using it simply for an occasional explanation for when I'm not carrying big daddy robbins around. I am an MSI and want to have everything all set to go when it comes time to study next spring and do not want to have to make any "additions" to BRS Path at that time. Being that it is fresh in my head now and I notice details mentioned by my path professor that are not in there....I really wanted to see if adding them would create "overkill" for the boards. If BRS will be enough as it is....I'd be more then happy to just leave it at that.

 

[surrender903]

Fogel teaches you to be a better physician, BRS is board review.

 

[dynx]

Fogel teaches you to be a better physician, BRS is board review.

I agree with the first response,
BRS is a PATH review, you should add clinical correlates, other than that its pretty complete.
However, I did re-read and annotate from Big Robbins for CHF and Diabetes, they are so common you need to know them better than BRS, in my opinion.