I've been doing research and I know to stay away from BRS --- but which would you guys recommend between Lange and Lippincott?
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I bought the Lange flashcards pretty much randomly. My pharm strategy is entirely flashcard based-I'm using the Lange cards as a base and adding information as needed. So far, I've found that I've had to add a small factoid or two to about a third of the cards. (for example, the card calls the drug a "dopamine receptor agonist" but the text specifies it's a D2 agonist-worth adding in my opinion.
And I don't know if my class is just ridiculous, but there are only cards for about 2/3 of the drugs covered in my class, so I've had to make quite a few. Some of the missing cards were for obvious stuff-no card for nitrous oxide, or zolpidem, which apparently half of SNDers take (Ambien for the pre-meds)-maybe they figured that you don't need that card. Most of the missing cards were for drugs or drug classes that are no longer first-line drugs (my pharm professor likes for us to learn the 'historical' drugs).
Finally, the cards are numbered and there's a good index.
And I don't know if my class is just ridiculous, but there are only cards for about 2/3 of the drugs covered in my class, so I've had to make quite a few. Some of the missing cards were for obvious stuff-no card for nitrous oxide, or zolpidem, which apparently half of SNDers take (Ambien for the pre-meds)-maybe they figured that you don't need that card. Most of the missing cards were for drugs or drug classes that are no longer first-line drugs (my pharm professor likes for us to learn the 'historical' drugs).
Finally, the cards are numbered and there's a good index.
I think the BRS cards pretty much suck for everything. I got the Lange cards for Micro and Pharm and I was pretty happy with them. They definitely helped in May when I was getting burnt out on the review books because it presented the same information in a different way for me.
The BRS flashcards are good for pharm, and pretty much suck for most everything else. When it comes to pharm, which is often pure memorization, you want something that has a phrase or fact on one side, and a short answer on the other.
"Flash" cards are supposed to be just that...quick and easily memorized. Having any more than that on a card is a waste. Might as well pick up a book, flip open to your desired chapter, read the heading of the page with your hand over the rest of the page, then think really hard on what the entire page/topic might entail.
"Flash" cards are supposed to be just that...quick and easily memorized. Having any more than that on a card is a waste. Might as well pick up a book, flip open to your desired chapter, read the heading of the page with your hand over the rest of the page, then think really hard on what the entire page/topic might entail.
I have the Lange cards. Actually didn't use them during the course, relied on class materials and Katzung's Review. I did use them as a review for step 1 which was overkill. All in all I thought they were decent.
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