Pathoma is a lot shorter at 19 chapters and about 35 hours long in video. This is the reason why many US med students choose to skip it during their dedicated exam preparation time. There’s no doubt B&B, at almost 600 videos, is the longer resource to get through.Įach video averages between 10-15 minutes. Boards and Beyond Total Hours Vs Pathoma Total Hours Most med students will also tell you that B&B puts things into more of a clinical context while Pathoma goes into greater depth about pathology and histology etc.
The bottom line is B&B is a much more expansive series than Pathoma but probably isn’t as succinct or as structured in its approach to teaching general and clinical pathology (one of the most high yield subjects on the USMLE).
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You can also use both as references for concepts you learn in First Aid (another core material making up UFAPS) too. Both extract the high-yield points and both deliver the material in a very similar way (explanations, diagrams etc). There’s a fair amount of overlap between the two, specifically when it comes to pathology (the general focus of Pathoma). Neither particularly reinvents the wheel in this regard! Content