Check all that applies

[Lubeckd]

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Hi, although this always happened, my school is giving the students more check all that applies questions, Im still new at this. Is there any strategy into taking these exams?

 

[BidingMyTime]

study & learn your material?

In real life, there are often several possibilities, this is good practice for when you are working as a pharmacist. You will be asked many questions, but seldom given the possibilities to choose from.

 

[owlegrad]

Just look for any option that doesn't apply. If something doesn't apply then you know not to select that answer. Good luck!

 

[zelman]

Learn how the teacher tests. I've had teachers where every "all of the above" is correct, and others where "a and c" was never the answer. Teachers can try to trick you, but rarely do it in a variety of ways.

 

[Rattlergirl53]

Learn how the teacher tests. I've had teachers where every "all of the above" is correct, and others where "a and c" was never the answer. Teachers can try to trick you, but rarely do it in a variety of ways.

I had a professor who's check all that apply were always all of them too 😛 He thought he was being tricky but far from it lol.

 

[Skrumpy]

I had a professor who's check all that apply were always all of them too 😛 He thought he was being tricky but far from it lol.

One of my profs favorite sayings was: "the answer is always C, except when it's not"

 

[Lubeckd]

I mean the exams now are not like this anymore
Which agents are used in HTN?
1. ACEI
2. ARB
3. CCB
4. NSAIDS

Answer:
1 and 2
1 and 3
1 , 2 and 3
all of the above

Now its more like this

Which agents are used in HTN? (please check all that applies)

Answer:
1. ACEI
2. ARB
3. CCB
4. NSAIDS

By check I mean circle.

I mean what Im giving is easy, because Im just giving a example, the answer is 1,2,3. But they really making it tricky >>. I need to know how to take future exams like this, because I hear the professors are only doing this because future NAPLEX are doing this.

 

[gtpederson]

Say I circled 1 and 3. Would I get no credit since I missed #2, or 0.66 pts?

 

[Lubeckd]

Say I circled 1 and 3. Would I get no credit since I missed #2, or 0.66 pts?

No partial credit.

 

[xiphoid2010]

No partial credit.

Ah the k-type question. How I hate it as a student, but it is a good assessment of the true mastery of the material. Most decisions you make isn't just a single right or wrong.

Eg. Pt has gram negative non-lactose fermenters growing out of BAL, cxr show infiltrate over the entire left side your options are? Hello, there is no A, B, C or D there. 30+% bad outcome(aka dead) if the wrong drug is ordered.

 

[Lubeckd]

Ah the k-type question. How I hate it as a student, but it is a good assessment of the true mastery of the material. Most decisions you make isn't just a single right or wrong.

Eg. Pt has gram negative non-lactose fermenters growing out of BAL, cxr show infiltrate over the entire left side your options are? Hello, there is no A, B, C or D there. 30+% bad outcome(aka dead) if the wrong drug is ordered.

Haha yeah, it's getting crazy now. My therapeutics grades were always good, but now it is dropping to a B- from a A- since last semester. The cases are starting to overlap as well... As they want us to diagnosis the patient, and ask what kind of uti it is, and what treatment it is for the next question.

 

[Sparda29]

I mean the exams now are not like this anymore
Which agents are used in HTN?
1. ACEI
2. ARB
3. CCB
4. NSAIDS

Answer:
1 and 2
1 and 3
1 , 2 and 3
all of the above

Now its more like this

Which agents are used in HTN? (please check all that applies)

Answer:
1. ACEI
2. ARB
3. CCB
4. NSAIDS

By check I mean circle.

I mean what Im giving is easy, because Im just giving a example, the answer is 1,2,3. But they really making it tricky >>. I need to know how to take future exams like this, because I hear the professors are only doing this because future NAPLEX are doing this.

I like that new method.

 

[Sparda29]

No partial credit.

See that's the part that I hated about exams in schools. There should be partial credit. Maybe that's why I did so good in my math classes, I got a lot of partial credit there.

 

[Lubeckd]

See that's the part that I hated about exams in schools. There should be partial credit. Maybe that's why I did so good in my math classes, I got a lot of partial credit there.

Lol share the secret on how to you tackle the new method!
Booo I came back from my pharmaceutics test, no partial credit at all, and so many k type questions 🙁

 

[Sparda29]

Lol share the secret on how to you tackle the new method!
Booo I came back from my pharmaceutics test, no partial credit at all, and so many k type questions 🙁

LOL, memorize it?

 

[amox]

Only way to win is to study A LOT!

My school uses K-type, select all that apply, fill in the blank , and multiple choice. No partial credit 🙁

They say it's preparation for real life/license exams.

Good luck!

 

[Sparda29]

Only way to win is to study A LOT!

My school uses K-type, select all that apply, fill in the blank , and multiple choice. No partial credit 🙁

They say it's preparation for real life/license exams.

Good luck!

To be honest the exams at my school were 100 times harder than the Nalpex.

 

[pezdispenser]

I have already seen MPJE questions like this.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

To be honest the exams at my school were 100 times harder than the Nalpex.

Not even close. 10,000.

Once I realized that I had to study for days to get an "A", study for a few hours to get a "B", or study for one hour to get a "C", school got less stressful.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Only way to win is to study A LOT!

My school uses K-type, select all that apply, fill in the blank , and multiple choice. No partial credit 🙁

They say it's preparation for real life/license exams.

Good luck!

Yeah, because in real life, you won't have access to references and you can get away with being 90% right all of the time.

Pffft...people in academia...their own little worlds...

If they want to make it more like real life, they should have a pregnant pharmacist in the corner complaining about her morning sickness, a brigade of technicians running around, like 8 student's cell phones ringing the entire time, of which you are expected to answer it every now and then to be yelled at by a nurse/physician/patient/administrator, someone yelling "Code 10, ICU" every now and then over the intercom. A dude tapping you on the shoulder once every 5 minutes to ask you where the Zzzzquil is. Any labs on any case study will have effed up labs you can't rely on because the nurse gave the vanc dose 3 hours too late and the trough is really 4 when it looks like its 17 on the sheet. The patients meds aren't right because med rec sheets are the devil in the papery flesh, probably transcribed by some nursing aide with no idea what she's doing. Oh, and halfway through the test, you have to call the express scripts help desk.

Then maybe it will prepare you for real life.

 

[rxlea]

Yeah, because in real life, you won't have access to references and you can get away with being 90% right all of the time.

Pffft...people in academia...their own little worlds...

If they want to make it more like real life, they should have a pregnant pharmacist in the corner complaining about her morning sickness, a brigade of technicians running around, like 8 student's cell phones ringing the entire time, of which you are expected to answer it every now and then to be yelled at by a nurse/physician/patient/administrator, someone yelling "Code 10, ICU" every now and then over the intercom. A dude tapping you on the shoulder once every 5 minutes to ask you where the Zzzzquil is. Any labs on any case study will have effed up labs you can't rely on because the nurse gave the vanc dose 3 hours too late and the trough is really 4 when it looks like its 17 on the sheet. The patients meds aren't right because med rec sheets are the devil in the papery flesh, probably transcribed by some nursing aide with no idea what she's doing. Oh, and halfway through the test, you have to call the express scripts help desk.

Then maybe it will prepare you for real life.

True story.

Don't forget the black hole in the middle of the pharmacy where missing meds live.

Or when someone changes a TPN after cutoff time and insists that you remake it.

 

[radio frequency]

Not even close. 10,000.

Once I realized that I had to study for days to get an "A", study for a few hours to get a "B", or study for one hour to get a "C", school got less stressful.

Haha...if only this were true at my school!

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Haha...if only this were true at my school!

Its probably true at your school.

 

[mustang sally]

If they want to make it more like real life, they should have a pregnant pharmacist in the corner complaining about her morning sickness, a brigade of technicians running around, like 8 student's cell phones ringing the entire time, of which you are expected to answer it every now and then to be yelled at by a nurse/physician/patient/administrator, someone yelling "Code 10, ICU" every now and then over the intercom. A dude tapping you on the shoulder once every 5 minutes to ask you where the Zzzzquil is. Any labs on any case study will have effed up labs you can't rely on because the nurse gave the vanc dose 3 hours too late and the trough is really 4 when it looks like its 17 on the sheet. The patients meds aren't right because med rec sheets are the devil in the papery flesh, probably transcribed by some nursing aide with no idea what she's doing. Oh, and halfway through the test, you have to call the express scripts help desk.

Then maybe it will prepare you for real life.

Ha ha. My school actually did this thing where they made a fake pharmacy and we had to "work" in it for a semester. It was nothing like real life but they did manage to make it pretty awful and stressful at least.

 

[owlegrad]

Ha ha. My school actually did this thing where they made a fake pharmacy and we had to "work" in it for a semester. It was nothing like real life but they did manage to make it pretty awful and stressful at least.

😆

We just got a new building that includes a mock pharmacy. Sadly no drive thru or phones ringing off the hook though so I don't know how realistic it can really be.

 

[owlegrad]

Haha...if only this were true at my school!

It's not about the school, it is about what an amazing student he was. 🙄

 

[WVUPharm2007]

It's not about the school, it is about what an amazing student he was. 🙄

If you identify the high yield info, you can get a "c" with an hour or two of studying. Try it. Its not some parlor trick. When I realized this, I felt like a dope for studying for 8 hours to get a "b" or several days for an "a".

 

[amox]

Not even close. 10,000.

Once I realized that I had to study for days to get an "A", study for a few hours to get a "B", or study for one hour to get a "C", school got less stressful.

This is why I study for a few hours 🙂

For some reason though, students have a hard time understanding this concept.

 

[Digsbe]

This is why I study for a few hours 🙂

For some reason though, students have a hard time understanding this concept.

I try to study for an A, but when I don't get one it's not the end of the world. When I'm fairly certain that I won't get an A in a course I tend to study less to make a B. I'm not going to stress myself out when I know that there isn't much of a chance to make an A.

C's and B's get degrees 😀