I studied the big Robbins for my 3rd year (general pathology) and none of the exams had questions with that much depth. I will be following your advice and switch to the medium Robbins for my 4th year (special pathology) and then use the big Robbins as a reference textbook. Thanks Doc!
Just work on the immediate goal which is MCAT for you. When the times comes worry about step 1. Just focus on the immediate goals and you will do great!
How do you memorize what you learned from the meduim Robin's book? I have read the entire book but I have trouble memorizing the information in the book.
Just a warning to all the first year MD students, make sure you start and finish studying pathology early into the semester, it is THE LEAST crammable subject with Biochemistry as a close second. Don't do it to yourself lol.
"After I finish the chapter : I forgot too much" summarizes my whole life. Sometimes I feel like my memory sucks. I will study at Robbins this semester and unfortunately I only have the big one available.
It's only natural, which is why you need your primary resources to be concise and as straight-to-the-point as possible. 100 pages of extremely detailed pathology with very low retention, not a good way to go. The same topic watered down to 30 or so pages of more value to a student will still end up being 50% forgotten on the first run, but that's a lot easier to make up for during revisions than the 100 pages. I was the wannabe student that ALWAYS skipped faculty and lecture notes in favor of "Big" Robins, Guyton and Katzung, and the only thing I have to show for it is that I'm barely in the top 50th percentile of my class.
Thank you so much for this videos. I live in Namibia (Africa) and this is really very helpful to me. Please keep on posting videos about resources you use as you go along. Would highly appreciate it!
You have no idea how much you have helped me with this video! I was going crazy trying to figure out how to do path. I have RR, Pathoma, Basic, Basis and I was confused! THANK YOU DOCOSSAREH!
I read what corresponds to lecture notes. I have used both the Basic Robbins and the Big Robbins. I don't read the whole chapter because there isn't enough time. I read about the diseases covered in my lectures. I then make Anki cards to review the material from the lecture notes and include details from reading as extras in my cards along with pictures of diseases to help it get into my head. Sometimes I forget after the fact, but I know it for my exam. This is for my grad program I am in now btw, but I am sure it could be used in med school.
Why is everyone saying this. Pathoma doesn't seem anything special to me. Just a bunch of bullet points with no actual explanation. How can you learn and understand something like that? I understand it's great for revision but I'm not sure about learning from it as a primary ressource
I wish that "medium" Robbins had existed when I was in school. In stead, way back then, even (big) Robbins was considered by the professors to be somewhat lacking. They supplemented the information with several hundred pages of "hand-outs". Each was a masterpiece.
Thank u so much for this video!! I wanna be a pathologist SO SO bad!! But I am hard at learning and retaining lots of information especially at a fast pace
Try to be specific. Read high yield topics from pathoma,medium robbins plus past exam papers. Focus more on diagnosis(morphology,lab,basic signs and symptoms etc) and you are done.No need to go into groosome details in Robbins. And one think more,avoid nerds as much as you can
Thanks a lot! You restored my confidence back.. I was so depressed feeling why am I not able to read the big robbins efficiently. So now I know I am not alone phew!
The two best resources of the lot are medium Robbins and Goljan's Rapid Review Pathology. Goljan is simply the single BEST pathology resource of the lot. Reading it thoroughly will make you a much better doctor.
Glad I found this video!!! I just did a video talking about the books I'm using for my NP program and some of the ones you mentioned will be added to my book list! Thanks!
so I finished my first pathology course reading only from big Robbins not knowing that a medium Robbins exists! no wonder why I was cursing Pathology and thinking that it is a very complex subject!!! :D
I knew it, our professor ordered to study the big Robbins, but it is has too much information, i think a lot of innescesary for many reasons, one of them because we are beggining to meet this WONDERFUL world. thanks, know i will take it as a reference book, since my next exam beacuse i have one in 1 day XD
can you make a video on what books we should use and how to review anatomy,physio,biochem,pharma learned before? and also how to prepare for PLAB examination?
thank you very much for these videos.i was not sure which book to buy and how to study you gave me some valuable ideas.also it's nice to know how medical students study in a different country.
Try doing some of the questions in a Qbank -- Robbins, Kaplan, or Uworld...see how you do. If you're scoring well, then I think you could just keep doing questions and learn from all the explanations. If you gone through both books, you're in very good shape.
im back, ive watched this video like 5 times and i decided to buy the medium Robbins hahahaha, im going go to the Ferria del libro and i will buy it DAM ¡¡¡¡ i will be the best medical student of my year, in pathology at least
Saw off spine of book. Take pages and scan them into computer laptop. Make scanned copies digitized and readable by search engines. Now you have an ebook that’s searchable. :)
aky19832001 Lol ? There is no need to mock students who read medium Robbins. Medium Robbins is the best basic reference book of pathology for all medical specializations. Big Robbins is too detailed for someone who learns pathology for the first time.
hey doc ,wana tell u that ua videos are such a high yield ! thanks for helping med students out a big tym !! :))myself being a third year med student want to kno abt the high yield books in surgery , internal medicine, gyne and obs , paeds ! thanking u in anticipatn !!
i kinda like patho. cz just like u said it's finally about learning about what we're dying to learn for..rather than basic science. i have those all this books in my university library, execpt for that pathoma book. searching online for it. anyway loved your video ! :)
Thanks so much for the quick study breakdown! A lifesaver! One question though... How did you incorporate Goijan rapid review+audio into your daily schedule
Hi there! I studied all pathoma and Goljan, both book and audio.. I'm thinking about reading medium or big robbins.. but I do not think that after all these books, audio & vid I miss any info.. what do u think?
& having said that, you really recommended pathoma, then the class, medium robbins & pre exam go over a review book (I completely agree!) So the rapid review book you'd use with medium robbins? Also we are encouraged to use a pretty good book called General & Systemic Pathology by Underwood cross. It's sort of in between the medium & the big robbins. I really enjoy it
hey do u mind what u did with your first aid book and pathoma? i am starting second year and just wanted to see how to condense my path resources into my first aid? thanks
Helloo..i would like to ask how did you study for second year? Apparently my seniors said it is difficult to pass second year and is the most crucial year.. thanks
Totally agree with you on the medium robbins.. love that book! EVERYONE here reads the big one though :P im definitely gonna stick to medium after your review! Could you please do a review on Time Management as well please? That would be a big booster
haha . Thanks for the info . i like it and i have that medium robin pathology . i hope i could grab some more like the fundamental one . it seems like helping you a lot .
I studied the big Robbins for my 3rd year (general pathology) and none of the exams had questions with that much depth. I will be following your advice and switch to the medium Robbins for my 4th year (special pathology) and then use the big Robbins as a reference textbook. Thanks Doc!
Just work on the immediate goal which is MCAT for you. When the times comes worry about step 1. Just focus on the immediate goals and you will do great!
How do you memorize what you learned from the meduim Robin's book? I have read the entire book but I have trouble memorizing the information in the book.
Just a warning to all the first year MD students, make sure you start and finish studying pathology early into the semester, it is THE LEAST crammable subject with Biochemistry as a close second. Don't do it to yourself lol.
"After I finish the chapter : I forgot too much" summarizes my whole life. Sometimes I feel like my memory sucks. I will study at Robbins this semester and unfortunately I only have the big one available.
+Carol Vargas - send me a temporary email address and I will get you the middle Robbins.
It's only natural, which is why you need your primary resources to be concise and as straight-to-the-point as possible.
100 pages of extremely detailed pathology with very low retention, not a good way to go.
The same topic watered down to 30 or so pages of more value to a student will still end up being 50% forgotten on the first run, but that's a lot easier to make up for during revisions than the 100 pages.
I was the wannabe student that ALWAYS skipped faculty and lecture notes in favor of "Big" Robins, Guyton and Katzung, and the only thing I have to show for it is that I'm barely in the top 50th percentile of my class.
I share the same fate😂😂😂
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Thank you so much for this videos. I live in Namibia (Africa) and this is really very helpful to me. Please keep on posting videos about resources you use as you go along. Would highly appreciate it!
You have no idea how much you have helped me with this video! I was going crazy trying to figure out how to do path. I have RR, Pathoma, Basic, Basis and I was confused! THANK YOU DOCOSSAREH!
I read what corresponds to lecture notes. I have used both the Basic Robbins and the Big Robbins. I don't read the whole chapter because there isn't enough time. I read about the diseases covered in my lectures. I then make Anki cards to review the material from the lecture notes and include details from reading as extras in my cards along with pictures of diseases to help it get into my head. Sometimes I forget after the fact, but I know it for my exam. This is for my grad program I am in now btw, but I am sure it could be used in med school.
Thank you so much for this 😍 I am an incoming 2nd year medical student 😊
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Pathoma > anything else.
Alaa Baqer so do you suggest that I read Pathoma with the video lectures and also read Robbins for preparing for step 1?
well said.
Why is everyone saying this. Pathoma doesn't seem anything special to me. Just a bunch of bullet points with no actual explanation. How can you learn and understand something like that? I understand it's great for revision but I'm not sure about learning from it as a primary ressource
@@angry_moose94 From my understanding (I Could be wrong) the textbook is to be supplemented by the video lectures.
If you combine pathoma with supplemented video, it is actually really good, specially for general pathology.
I wish that "medium" Robbins had existed when I was in school. In stead, way back then, even (big) Robbins was considered by the professors to be somewhat lacking.
They supplemented the information with several hundred pages of "hand-outs". Each was a masterpiece.
Its nice to watch this years after done with pathology and med school while smoking a joint
Thank u so much for this video!! I wanna be a pathologist SO SO bad!! But I am hard at learning and retaining lots of information especially at a fast pace
Try to be specific. Read high yield topics from pathoma,medium robbins plus past exam papers. Focus more on diagnosis(morphology,lab,basic signs and symptoms etc) and you are done.No need to go into groosome details in Robbins. And one think more,avoid nerds as much as you can
Thanks a lot! You restored my confidence back.. I was so depressed feeling why am I not able to read the big robbins efficiently. So now I know I am not alone phew!
hey i'm from Trinidad and Tobago,self study thanks for your insight this books are what i need thanks man.
Oh god ! You can’t even imagine how much that iam greatfull and thankful for you ❤️
Thanks! I love my cat.
The two best resources of the lot are medium Robbins and Goljan's Rapid Review Pathology. Goljan is simply the single BEST pathology resource of the lot. Reading it thoroughly will make you a much better doctor.
I will forever shout from the rooftops: "PATHOMA!!!!"
Glad I found this video!!! I just did a video talking about the books I'm using for my NP program and some of the ones you mentioned will be added to my book list! Thanks!
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Amazing review bro! Great channel, great study methods, great hints and great books! Keep it up. Greetings from Brazil.
so I finished my first pathology course reading only from big Robbins not knowing that a medium Robbins exists! no wonder why I was cursing Pathology and thinking that it is a very complex subject!!! :D
We are using the "medium Robbins" book for our general pathology course in Optometry school.
thanku so much bro whenever i start a new subject i watch your video and it helps so much.... will pray for you..... thankyou so much once again
"If I'm being pimped by a faculty" I read the big book, lol
I've read 6 chapters from big robbins twice, even though you forget stuff the understanding of the greater concept remains.
I just want to say, thanks allot for these great videos.. my med school starts this August, MBBS. God Willing
you are absolutely true...!!! even i use pathoma firstly and then other books..!!! it is the best !!!
Dude, I seriously love the videos; you're really funny and set the whole thing on how I should do things which is really helpful so thanks a lot.:)
I was completely ignoring the cat untill he pointed towards it. After then, I was totally focused on the cat and ignored him instead.
Thank you fir the information, i"m coming 2nd BMLT medical student
I knew it, our professor ordered to study the big Robbins, but it is has too much information, i think a lot of innescesary for many reasons, one of them because we are beggining to meet this WONDERFUL world. thanks, know i will take it as a reference book, since my next exam beacuse i have one in 1 day XD
Thanks man! Path is coming next and already dreading it.
can you make a video on what books we should use and how to review anatomy,physio,biochem,pharma learned before? and also how to prepare for PLAB examination?
thank you very much for these videos.i was not sure which book to buy and how to study you gave me some valuable ideas.also it's nice to know how medical students study in a different country.
Big Robbins :-( got me scarred but God it is the best book ever for Path :-)
Try doing some of the questions in a Qbank -- Robbins, Kaplan, or Uworld...see how you do. If you're scoring well, then I think you could just keep doing questions and learn from all the explanations. If you gone through both books, you're in very good shape.
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Thanks for your advice man! Just about to start up path and this is all good info to know now.
Pathoma is not bad.. for basic science lecture exams.. but to thoroughly understand Path for the boards.. you gotta do Goljan, without a doubt.
im back, ive watched this video like 5 times and i decided to buy the medium Robbins hahahaha, im going go to the Ferria del libro and i will buy it DAM ¡¡¡¡ i will be the best medical student of my year, in pathology at least
Awesome video doctor..loved it!!
Saw off spine of book. Take pages and scan them into computer laptop. Make scanned copies digitized and readable by search engines. Now you have an ebook that’s searchable. :)
Robbins is killing me sometimes too!!! :D
In India nearly every professor makes us read the big robbins and frames questions such as u have to read PBOD to answer mainly the mcq
Pathoma and Goljan are good for pathophys. And do practice qs from PP qbank. Read explanations too.
Honestly telling
I was only watching your cat movement instead of listening your words. 😺
I only read big Robbins. Medium Robbins is for wanna bes!
And for bathroom readings. I read medium Robbins.
And for bed time I read small pocket!!
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aky19832001 Lol ? There is no need to mock students who read medium Robbins. Medium Robbins is the best basic reference book of pathology for all medical specializations. Big Robbins is too detailed for someone who learns pathology for the first time.
hey doc ,wana tell u that ua videos are such a high yield ! thanks for helping med students out a big tym !! :))myself being a third year med student want to kno abt the high yield books in surgery , internal medicine, gyne and obs , paeds ! thanking u in anticipatn !!
Did anyone noticed when he hit the book on table the cat got up with fear 😂
Thank you bro, I was so confused ...Now I am very much clear😊
ya we dead..but finished the big one...entering third year...we called it the king robbin, queen and the prince..
I'm just 12 but I'm gonna get some of these books, maybe j can get a head start and get done with med early
Biology -> physiology -> pathology
i kinda like patho. cz just like u said it's finally about learning about what we're dying to learn for..rather than basic science. i have those all this books in my university library, execpt for that pathoma book. searching online for it. anyway loved your video ! :)
Thanks so much for the quick study breakdown! A lifesaver! One question though... How did you incorporate Goijan rapid review+audio into your daily schedule
hi...thanks for sharing
can u do a video on pathophysiology?
Cat is awesome...
should've listened to this in the beginning of the semester x|
Thank you man, much appreciated, I totally agree with medium Robbins it is just great :)
awesome video :D your kitten is the cutest!
Hi there! I studied all pathoma and Goljan, both book and audio.. I'm thinking about reading medium or big robbins.. but I do not think that after all these books, audio & vid I miss any info.. what do u think?
bro.. take care
getting more books doesn't get knowledge
whatever you want to study.. select the topic know about that perfectly..
thats it
Fuck off
Thank you! :D A how to study pathophysiology video would be awesome
Great info and channel, thanks for sharing!!
you are a life savor doc
How do you memorize the information in medium Robin's? I have read the entire book but I have trouble memorizing the information.
& having said that, you really recommended pathoma, then the class, medium robbins & pre exam go over a review book (I completely agree!) So the rapid review book you'd use with medium robbins? Also we are encouraged to use a pretty good book called General & Systemic Pathology by Underwood cross. It's sort of in between the medium & the big robbins. I really enjoy it
Damn, my pathology exam is in 5 days! It makes me want to puke when i see big Robbins on my desk! Greetings from Bosnia!
How did you do? This was 5 yrs ago I realize.
What’s your status now?
Im third year med student and we HAVE TO memorize that entire book for our oral exam, we dont have a choice. 😭
hey do u mind what u did with your first aid book and pathoma? i am starting second year and just wanted to see how to condense my path resources into my first aid?
thanks
hey i am a rising ms2 here, have found your study tips very helpful, could you make a video for immunology or briefly describe how you approached it?
For your board exam what did you use for the final revision? Rapid pathology?
Thank you for all the guidance!
Helloo..i would like to ask how did you study for second year? Apparently my seniors said it is difficult to pass second year and is the most crucial year.. thanks
So helpful thank you
Why did i found you so late😭 Just today morning i bought the big robbins and now i found you saying its not worth the hype😭
Palak Daas Like he said,I use it for heavyweight lifting 😂
Palak Daas don’t worry, this book is very important, you’ll find it very useful in the future if you dont now
Pathoma vids are great, but dense! Gotta put all our time into knowing it inside-out!!!!
11:03 poor kitty lol
Thanks!
What's up TH-cam! Welcome to another episode of the undergrad forum!
IS IT ME? OR IM JUST ENTERTAINED BY THE CAT ON YOUR BACKGROUND.
thanks a lot man before i watch your videos i didn't know how to learn
Thanks for sharing ⭐️
That cat is hilarious!
Pathoma is a wonderful review indeed
HA! I'm in second year undergrad and I fee like I should start reading Big Robins now, so I can be prepared for second year med school. :P
GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL.
Have you tried to study from BRS pathology it kind of low in details but good if you Dont have the time to study
Thanks bro , so helping.
I'd pay for this guys advice.
Followed by Goljan after reading these two maybe you can spyce it up with Pathoma
Totally agree with you on the medium robbins.. love that book! EVERYONE here reads the big one though :P im definitely gonna stick to medium after your review!
Could you please do a review on Time Management as well please? That would be a big booster
you are SOOOOOO HELPFULL do you study all these
My concentration is on the cat playing behind you
You are awesome Bro!!!
haha . Thanks for the info . i like it and i have that medium robin pathology . i hope i could grab some more like the fundamental one . it seems like helping you a lot .
Are you sure that there is almost no difference in details between the big and medium Robbins?
watch my video for Indian students
The video was really helpful☺....but the cat was more entertaining 😍😅
Lol!!Thanks
I hope this helps in my histopatho exams.
You make Medicine seem fun..