What am I supposed to get out of Robbins?

[Bonesaw45]

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Hey Everyone,

So I am slugging my way through Baby Robbins after reading the Goljan chapter on the material and I am wondering what I am supposed to be focusing on in Robbins. The brown boxes on Morphology have a lot of interesting information, but I highly doubt that it is really of any importance. First of all it is very specific and varies based on many conditions (i.e. squamous apperance in XYZ and cuboidal appearance in ABC) I really don't feel like it aids my understanding at all. Second a lot of the data is not in Goljan, I'm trying to combine the important things to help me understand Goljan better but he explains some points better than Robbins does. Anyone have a similar problem, or a solution? Or am I just completely wasting time reading about things that I will never remember for test time, much less the rest of my professional life.

Thanks

 

[ClockworkDoc]

Hey Everyone,

So I am slugging my way through Baby Robbins after reading the Goljan chapter on the material and I am wondering what I am supposed to be focusing on in Robbins. The brown boxes on Morphology have a lot of interesting information, but I highly doubt that it is really of any importance. First of all it is very specific and varies based on many conditions (i.e. squamous apperance in XYZ and cuboidal appearance in ABC) I really don't feel like it aids my understanding at all. Second a lot of the data is not in Goljan, I'm trying to combine the important things to help me understand Goljan better but he explains some points better than Robbins does. Anyone have a similar problem, or a solution? Or am I just completely wasting time reading about things that I will never remember for test time, much less the rest of my professional life.

Thanks

I too find Robbins to be a waste of my precious time. Robbins is great for pictures, but all other relevant information could probably be found quicker online or in another reference book.

 

[Dirt]

You are doing it back asswards. You are supposed to read the text first then the review.

 

[Bonesaw45]

I've done that before and it didn't work either. I would just forget all the stupid minutiae and end up only remembering Goljan anyway.

 

[Colbert]

I read baby Robbins at the pace of a novel to introduce myself to all the information and concepts. Rarely took me more than a day or two. I then spent the rest of the time reading the corresponding Goljan chapters and referring back to Robbins when I needed to. I tried doing just Goljan and it didn't work for me because there is little in the way of explanation in there. Then again if you have a great path teacher and go to class, that could work too.

 

[bonesawz]

Hey Everyone,

So I am slugging my way through Baby Robbins after reading the Goljan chapter on the material and I am wondering what I am supposed to be focusing on in Robbins. The brown boxes on Morphology have a lot of interesting information, but I highly doubt that it is really of any importance. First of all it is very specific and varies based on many conditions (i.e. squamous apperance in XYZ and cuboidal appearance in ABC) I really don't feel like it aids my understanding at all. Second a lot of the data is not in Goljan, I'm trying to combine the important things to help me understand Goljan better but he explains some points better than Robbins does. Anyone have a similar problem, or a solution? Or am I just completely wasting time reading about things that I will never remember for test time, much less the rest of my professional life.

Thanks

What you are most likely to get out of it is bigger arms from hauling it around.

 

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[Dirt]

I've done that before and it didn't work either. I would just forget all the stupid minutiae and end up only remembering Goljan anyway.

The point is you have to learn the material before you go to Goljan.

 

[ChiDO]

It's a good paper weight.

 

[MilkmanAl]

It's a good paper weight.

Indeed. What you're supposed to get out of Robbins is that Goljan is a far superior product. Stop reading Robbins before you waste any more time.

 

[Ashers]

I loved Robbins -- big Robbins, not baby Robbins. I think I read almost every chapter in the book about 4 times (literally -- it's how I studied).

I used Goljan only for Step 1. It was "meh."

Big Robbins was an easy read, and it helped cement concepts from lecture that were so poorly taught.

 

[username456789]

I don't suppose anyone has a copy they'd be willing to sell for (relatively) cheap? I'd like to have this book, but I'm not primarily a book learner, so I'd use it more for reference (I think). But hard to justify the pricetag if I'm really not sure how much I'll use it (if at all).

 

[Deferoxamine]

Histology photos and captions.
Gross anatomy photos and captions.
The special text in grayish-blue boxes with lots of boldfaced words and catch-phrases.

Skip the rest.

 

[sprinkibrio]

1. Lecture notes
2. Lecture
3. Mama or Papa Robbins
4. Re-read lecture notes
5. Goljan lecture + book

Goljan is not a primary source, it's the thing you should get to if you have time.

 

[MilkmanAl]

Goljan is not a primary source, it's the thing you should get to if you have time.

Exactly the point. Why would you read a primary source when you can get all the info you need in less text?

 

[ChiDO]

1. Lecture notes
2. Lecture
3. Mama or Papa Robbins
4. Re-read lecture notes
5. Goljan lecture + book

Goljan is not a primary source, it's the thing you should get to if you have time.

robbins is full of useless ****. i looked at a copy in our library for our "required reading"..it had 2 pages (out of 10) on how they were trying to isolate the gene for causing a disease...which was NOT mentioned in goljan or our lecture notes

So why would I waste my time reading irrelevant things to both my test and step 1?

 

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