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Our are pharmaceutics grades ever going up?
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I can't get my grade off of blackboard for delivery! I've dl'd the xls file twice now it only has from midterm 2. what's up?
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No, i got an A-
The f_ck is that!!!! granted i never studied, but i knew this **** already!!! this minus/plus stuff is for kids d@mmitt!!
The f_ck is that!!!! granted i never studied, but i knew this **** already!!! this minus/plus stuff is for kids d@mmitt!!
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You guys can also check on Oasis... 🙂 although I haven't been able to find out where our cummulative GPA is...
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I was just wondering about our cumulative. (Whoa i just realized it's hard to shorten the word 'cumulative' w/o getting in trouble.) 😉 At any rate, yeah i need to know my cumulative gpa. I think i could figure it out, but i wanna make absolutely sure.
Are either of you guys gonna apply for phi lambda sigma?
Are either of you guys gonna apply for phi lambda sigma?
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What books are you guys getting?
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OTC: I would recommend buying the OTC book, even though you don't need it for the midterms, they are helpful as a future reference when you are working and maybe doing future projects at USC. They also help in the disccusion section of the course. The midterms are pretty straight forward memorization.
Biosystem: For biosystem, I would buy the book, it becomes handy second semister especially when Dr. Lubman lectures on the kidneys. I would also buy the little small book review book called, Physiology board review. Dr. Ann said it was a good review book and I agree with him. (1 or 2 questions came from the review book). Second semister of biosystem becomes more physiology oriented and less anatomy, so both books help to clear up some detail.
Biostats: Hmm this is more of a personal call. Some people use it, some people did not use it. It all depends on how well you understand Dr. McCombs lecture and how smart your group is. My advice, form a very smart group. And if you do get the book, I might reccomend you getting Pharmacoepidemiology by Brenda Waning and Michael Montagne, they use examples of what the Biostats book saids. Hope you understand Odd ratio and Relative Risk well. His first few examples, (like the first 5 are relatively easy), but towards the end, he is brutal. The concepts become more difficult and the TA grades harder. So you have to do well at first. Plus go to his break out session, sometimes he gives hints on what is gonna be on the test. The first few test are similar to the old exams but then he change them towards the end. Don't buy any book for the lab, just get into a smart group, someone who knows how to use excel and access.
Pharm calculation: For me, I needed the book. I found the book very useful. Others did not need to use the book. Personal call on that one too. My best advice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice the problems. They are relatively easy but you can mess up if you don't practice and just skim it over. It takes only about an hour or two in the weekend to do most of the problems for hw. Just do enough where you feel comfortable.
Plus remember your conversion table. Professor is funny, I would go just to listen to his jokes.
Pharmacuetics: Hmm book unecessary. Straight forward. Do the practice test, pay attention in lecture, do any practice problems they give you, study the study guide. VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD CLASS.
The most difficult course I would say is Biosystem for second semister.
Biosystem: For biosystem, I would buy the book, it becomes handy second semister especially when Dr. Lubman lectures on the kidneys. I would also buy the little small book review book called, Physiology board review. Dr. Ann said it was a good review book and I agree with him. (1 or 2 questions came from the review book). Second semister of biosystem becomes more physiology oriented and less anatomy, so both books help to clear up some detail.
Biostats: Hmm this is more of a personal call. Some people use it, some people did not use it. It all depends on how well you understand Dr. McCombs lecture and how smart your group is. My advice, form a very smart group. And if you do get the book, I might reccomend you getting Pharmacoepidemiology by Brenda Waning and Michael Montagne, they use examples of what the Biostats book saids. Hope you understand Odd ratio and Relative Risk well. His first few examples, (like the first 5 are relatively easy), but towards the end, he is brutal. The concepts become more difficult and the TA grades harder. So you have to do well at first. Plus go to his break out session, sometimes he gives hints on what is gonna be on the test. The first few test are similar to the old exams but then he change them towards the end. Don't buy any book for the lab, just get into a smart group, someone who knows how to use excel and access.
Pharm calculation: For me, I needed the book. I found the book very useful. Others did not need to use the book. Personal call on that one too. My best advice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice the problems. They are relatively easy but you can mess up if you don't practice and just skim it over. It takes only about an hour or two in the weekend to do most of the problems for hw. Just do enough where you feel comfortable.
Plus remember your conversion table. Professor is funny, I would go just to listen to his jokes.
Pharmacuetics: Hmm book unecessary. Straight forward. Do the practice test, pay attention in lecture, do any practice problems they give you, study the study guide. VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD CLASS.
The most difficult course I would say is Biosystem for second semister.
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Hey gd,
did you guys have a compouding course? We do. We're supposed to get "The art, science, and technology of pharmaceutical compounding' by Allen
Just wondering if you had compounding or will have it or will have it w/us
Oh yeah and there wasn't a req'd text on the list for Mccombs biostat. What gives?
did you guys have a compouding course? We do. We're supposed to get "The art, science, and technology of pharmaceutical compounding' by Allen
Just wondering if you had compounding or will have it or will have it w/us
Oh yeah and there wasn't a req'd text on the list for Mccombs biostat. What gives?
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We did not have our compounding class in level I. We, however, will eventually have it. I think it might be in level III for us. So my guess is u will have either compounding by urself or with level III students. Level II students are busy with pharmcare and IV rotations.
I am not sure why it is not required for Biostats. Maybe Dr. McCombs wants to get a new book or is changing the format of the exams. He also knew most of us did not buy the book regardless of how he encourage us and torture us during the exams. For my year, most of us did not buy the book and he was very unhappy when he found out. He punish us by asking a few questions directly from the book. But the majority of the class and even the classes before us, did not buy the book and did just fine. It depends on the person. I would buy it if I wanted to go into industry or was lost in his lecture. Basically I personally think that any book that explains Odd ratio, relative risk (all the stuff that u would ever need as an epidemologist) would do fine. The Bio stats book that we had was not big on simplifying the examples. The best thing to do for that class, is FORM THE STRONGEST GROUP u can (pick members u know that are smart and don't slack off). The format of the class goes like this. U will have 10 quizzes ( call them minie midterms, 20 to 30 minute exams). U have something like 8 or 10 articles,whatever he decides. Each exam will focus on one theme, like for example, one exam might focus on Odds ratio. Okay so u have to read all the articles and find which one has odds ratio and figure out how they calculated it for that article. It will be the same 8-10 articles every week, but not all the articles will have the same theme, so it is up to ur group to find which one fits the theme and do all the calculations. The first few exams are simple and are similar to his pass exams. As the year goes by, he tends to diverge more and grade super hard. Exams are open book, open notes. U get to make up one exam by substituting the exam during finals for one that u did not do well in during the school year. But if u are doing well in the class and ur grade can not change, then u get to skip the final. MORE MOTIVATION FOR U TO DO WELL AT FIRST AND DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR SO U CAN SKIP THE FINAL.
I am not sure why it is not required for Biostats. Maybe Dr. McCombs wants to get a new book or is changing the format of the exams. He also knew most of us did not buy the book regardless of how he encourage us and torture us during the exams. For my year, most of us did not buy the book and he was very unhappy when he found out. He punish us by asking a few questions directly from the book. But the majority of the class and even the classes before us, did not buy the book and did just fine. It depends on the person. I would buy it if I wanted to go into industry or was lost in his lecture. Basically I personally think that any book that explains Odd ratio, relative risk (all the stuff that u would ever need as an epidemologist) would do fine. The Bio stats book that we had was not big on simplifying the examples. The best thing to do for that class, is FORM THE STRONGEST GROUP u can (pick members u know that are smart and don't slack off). The format of the class goes like this. U will have 10 quizzes ( call them minie midterms, 20 to 30 minute exams). U have something like 8 or 10 articles,whatever he decides. Each exam will focus on one theme, like for example, one exam might focus on Odds ratio. Okay so u have to read all the articles and find which one has odds ratio and figure out how they calculated it for that article. It will be the same 8-10 articles every week, but not all the articles will have the same theme, so it is up to ur group to find which one fits the theme and do all the calculations. The first few exams are simple and are similar to his pass exams. As the year goes by, he tends to diverge more and grade super hard. Exams are open book, open notes. U get to make up one exam by substituting the exam during finals for one that u did not do well in during the school year. But if u are doing well in the class and ur grade can not change, then u get to skip the final. MORE MOTIVATION FOR U TO DO WELL AT FIRST AND DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR SO U CAN SKIP THE FINAL.
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Are they gonna change the grades for pharmaceutics? I heard they were bc so many ppl complained about having to get over 93% for an 'A' or w.e.
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