Robbins Review of Path Question Book

[mimi1]

What do you all think of this book? I have been using it a bit and feel like it helps you memorize certain key things. I was wondering how the questions compare to the real Step 1? More straight forward? Easier or more difficult?

Thanks!

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[Psychopathology]

Robbins Review helped me in class, helped me with QBank, and helped me with the NBME practice exams that I have taken. Haven't taken the real step 1 yet, but if I had to choose ONE question source for pathology... Robbins, hands down!

 

[JulianCrane]

What do you all think of this book? I have been using it a bit and feel like it helps you memorize certain key things. I was wondering how the questions compare to the real Step 1? More straight forward? Easier or more difficult?

Thanks!

I thought the text was an excellent source of questions, especially as it repeats important concepts throughout the same chapter only in a different way of asking a question. Definitely use that book. I found those questions to be rather on par with the actual exam. Good preparation in making the mental jumps you need to make to answer questions.

 

[mrdowntoearth]

Does anybody know the correlation between how well you did in Robbins Review Qs book vs. the real exam?

 

[nrosigh]

It's hard to say because I doubt people keep track of their cumulative averages.

This book is a masterpiece though, with very challenging, thought-provoking questions. I would say if you score above 70% you will do very well on the real thing. Even after reading a chapter in BRS and Goljan, I would rarely break 70%. But unlike QBank, which emphasizes ridiculous detail (like some crappy muscle in the leg inserts on the proximal 3/5 of the tibia), I felt like I had really learned a lot from my mistakes.

Does anybody know the correlation between how well you did in Robbins Review Qs book vs. the real exam?

 

[lord_jeebus]

I thought that the "final examination" in the back was especially representative of the path on the real test. They involve mostly common and semi-common things, yet have a few oddballs mixed in.

 

[stochastic]

It's hard to say because I doubt people keep track of their cumulative averages.

That's true... most people don't, but you see I have OCPD and that means that all of the answers to questions I have done that are from hard copy sources are in a handy dandy Excel spreadsheet on my laptop, which I wear on my belt. So not only do I have a cumulative score but one for each section. Go ahead an prescribe me some meds now. I don't take the USMLE for another two weeks, but if I remember I'll post my Robbin's Question average with my real score in about 5 weeks, give or take.

 

[nrosigh]

Holy crap I never thought I would meet anyone more compulsive then me - but it goes to show, the world's a very big place.

That's true... most people don't, but you see I have OCPD and that means that all of the answers to questions I have done that are from hard copy sources are in a handy dandy Excel spreadsheet on my laptop, which I wear on my belt. So not only do I have a cumulative score but one for each section. Go ahead an prescribe me some meds now. I don't take the USMLE for another two weeks, but if I remember I'll post my Robbin's Question average with my real score in about 5 weeks, give or take.

 

[emily69]

I think robbins review is a great resource and the questions seem comparable to nbme path q's. They make you think in a clinical context, without dwelling on as many obscure details as Q-bank. I think the wording approximates NBME more than Q-bank. Maybe there is some bias on my part though since I score higher on Robbins than Q-bank.

 

[MD999]

It's hard to say because I doubt people keep track of their cumulative averages.

This book is a masterpiece though, with very challenging, thought-provoking questions. I would say if you score above 70% you will do very well on the real thing. Even after reading a chapter in BRS and Goljan, I would rarely break 70%. But unlike QBank, which emphasizes ridiculous detail (like some crappy muscle in the leg inserts on the proximal 3/5 of the tibia), I felt like I had really learned a lot from my mistakes.

I agree. I averaged close to 95% on the BRS Path Q's, 80-85% on Goljan's Q's, and about 73% on Robbins Q's. I found the Robbins Q's most like the Step 1 Path Questions, but be ready for very few straight Pathology questions on your Step 1 exam (they're mainly integrated into other subjects).