DIT is very superficial. They simply regurgitate the material to you with not much insight. Aside from a few things here and there. Kaplan and Becker are way too long and convoluted often talking about board irrelevant information. People have been raving about Pathoma for ages for pathology. Now you have B&B which is the "Pathoma" for everything else. It goes hand in hand with First Aid and does a great job at explaining things from the ground up to build your foundation. He also does a great job at repeating concepts over and over and hammering things home until it sticks. Now although I would say Pathoma does a better job at explaining Pathophys, if I had to rate the two between explanations Pathoma would get a 9/10 and B&B would get around a 7.5-8 with explanations. Nevertheless it gets the job done. This may not be the best option for someone who just understands First Aid when they just pick it up....most likely a USMD with strong fundamentals. But it's great for IMGs or anyone with weak fundamentals.
Also wanted to add the images in there are amazing. I'm virtually getting nothing wrong when it comes to any images. CT, MRI etc. Not many resources go over images well.
My advice is to couple B&B with Pathoma and Sketchy for the ultimate prep.
For perspective. I had very VERY weak fundamentals and went up +17 points between NBME 15 and NBME 16 in about 4 weeks and didn't finish. I combined this with Uworld. My scores are still not gunner worthy but I'm in a comfortable "passing range" and I'm still not done with my prep ~2 weeks to go. I still haven't finished the videos.
TLDR; Pathoma for all the other subjects, goes hand in hand with first aid. Not recommended for someone who has strong fundamentals. Great for those with weak background.
