Tl dr Goljan is THE MOST underused resource for boards. The amount of input and work that goes into every edition is astounding, and there are usually 1000+ student contributors to each edition. The book had less than 500 pages cover-to-cover and is nowhere NEAR the level of current editions. he is referring to the 2002 version of First Aid. When Goljan says 'First Aid isn't high yield enough'. But all of the info in FA needs to be studied at some point to maximize scoring on the exam. Sure, reading it cover to cover may not be helpful. However, I also 100% completely disagree with the statement that FA will not help you on boards. Hell, if I had to choose between Pathoma and Goljan, I'd pick Goljan 10 times out of 10. I hate when people say Pathoma has replaced Goljan - NOT TRUE! Both are necessary, and Eddie adds a few extra things that Sattar does not: personality, extra clinical knowledge, and better 'algorithmic' thinking that is needed on Step. I listened from beginning to end at least 3 times, probably closer to 4-5. I will 100% agree and vouch for the high-yieldness and near godliness of the Goljan tapes. ('Old Chuckie failed that class, and he went into a profession without stethescopes, I think he went into Psych' crowd goes wild.ĮDIT. Bonus: he'll also teach you some clever ways to not kill your patient or look stupid in front of an attending, like his old friend Chuck who didn't put his stethescope in his ears before repeating exactly what Goljan said he heard. He's in his prime in 2002, and his lectures will help change your medical career. TLDR: Goljan audio from 2002 still holds true on the 2017 Step 1. My (understandably) controversial advice: more goljan audio, more goljan book, and less Pathoma. I could hear his voice during my test, and with just UFAP, you're not learning enough of how they integrate their questions. I finished my 3rd pass of Goljan Audio on my drive to the hotel the night before my Step 1 exam. I haven't gotten my score back, but I feel confident that I passed, and Goljan will get you more points on test day than you ever dreamed possible. All year I listened to his tapes in the car, at the gym, and in 99% of the showers I took, I had his audio tape playing on speakerphone. I had a pen and paper and would write down the time I left off, so when I got back in the car, I picked up at the same time. I don't understand how, now, 15 years later, what he said was going to be on the test, and how they would ask it, is still extremely relevant.įYI: I started his tapes the first week of 2nd year, during my long commute.

Exactly like you said.' Some parts felt like he wrote the test. I kept saying to myself, 'Exactly like you said Dr. First Aid will NOT help you on boards it's all about integration, and that's what Goljan audio does best. Many, many questions were asked exactly how he said they would be. On a higher note, from my experience taking Step 1 last week, Goljan Audio tape helped me IMMENSELY.

During his part on asbestos and pneumoconioses, the pain sounded fresh when he said, 'You know, when those 2 buildings came down, all those workers-there was asbestos in those buildings.'

That would make the audio tapes from 2002. And in the audio tapes (recorded from a live Kaplan review), he says he is 59 yo at some point. Goljan says he is 69 years old in the first seconds of this video from 2012.

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