Customer Reviews

BRS Pathology Flash Cards

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1 star:		(7)

 

 

The accompanying pathology review book in the BRS series is excellent, as is generally the case for all of the books in the series, so I had high hopes for the flash cards (which are NOT prepared by the same authors as the pathology book). Unfortunately, the content of the flash cards is very minimal and superficial. As a result, I anticipate that almost no one will find the flash cards to be of much use, which is unfortunate since the concept of pathology flash cards seems to be a good one. Oh well ...

These cards are essentially worthless. If you are expecting to learn anything from them, be prepared to be disappointed. They look like someone went through a medical dictionary and put words on one side and the definitions on the other, which I suspect is what happened. Only very marginally useful as a quick review of material you already know. Very low yield, and unfortunate, as they had so much potential.

While the flashcards really have minimal material on them, they do contain the ever-useful "key words" for pathology. I have found that knowing the disease process of pathological diseases is helpful, but when it comes to test time, it's those key words and phrases in the stem of the question that are supposed to "give the answer away". These cards contain those key phrases that help you quickly associate s/s with a dx.

Like everyone else said these cards do not have all the details. all Q&A, but I loved them! they help pick out little things you might not have picked up and help pick out the more important stuff. Also, i loved the fact that there was a lot of room on the backs of each card. They were great to annotate and write down the pathophz and DDX and sx.

The others reviews listed are right on!

The cards do not come close to the BRS review book.

The lange flash cards are far superior.

if you are using this card to "learn" everything there is to know about a disease or condition then these are not for you. I like that instead of memorizing what ankylosing spondylitis is the flash card says "HLA-B27" and you need to know that word association cause face it, word association is what will help you sift through the massive questions on the boards. There is plenty of room to add in extra info. For instance I like to add in the treatments and other important points from Goljans Rapid review path that way I have it all in one place. I think these are great for a quick review of info REVIEWING.

I'm surprised that this set hasn't gotten better reviews. I found the cards very helpful, and a good way to review key facts quickly.

I think the cards are a unique approach to studying the subject. Many "Flashcards" out there are not really flash cards at all, rather textbooks on small pieces of paper. These cards help me quickly refresh material before an exam in an active manner rather than reading the material over and over again. Though I think the cards are a rather poor way to learn the material, they are a great way to review.

these cards only have the name of the condition and a few WORDS (some as few as 5) about the pathology.

these cards are a complete waste of your money. I suggest getting the Robbins question book for review.