First Physiology Exam (RANT)

[Sparda29]

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Yeah, so I'm not happy at all with the results of the exam I took. I started it at 1PM, finished around 1:30PM(2nd one finished). I was really comfortable with it and I thought I did great, especially since I took human physiology and animal physiology in undergraduate(last semester), with the same exact textbook we're using in Pharmacy school, and yet I went from a 97 to a 64.

WTF!!!

I'm really used to exams where 3/5 of the answers, you can rule out within 2 seconds of looking at the question.

Do all professors in pharmacy schools make the exams so that all the answers seem right?

 

[stevephhs016]

Oh they sure do!

And they bring that to a whole another level in Pharmacotherapeutics. All the answers seem right but once you have to catch that one allergy/contraindication listed and all of them are wrong.

One thing I am getting from your post is that you might think speed=high grade as you said (2nd one out). That might have been the case in Bio/Chem/Orgo. But the whole thing is to make sure you actually thoroughly read the question and made sure you eliminated all the answer choices and that you KNOW why they aren't correct.

 

[nnguyenc]

if you plan to do retail...speeding through checking prescriptions might be a little
more dangerous than getting it wrong on an exam


but hey, to each his own

 

[Quiksilver]

Yeah, so I'm not happy at all with the results of the exam I took. I started it at 1PM, finished around 1:30PM(2nd one finished). I was really comfortable with it and I thought I did great, especially since I took human physiology and animal physiology in undergraduate(last semester), with the same exact textbook we're using in Pharmacy school, and yet I went from a 97 to a 64.

WTF!!!

I'm really used to exams where 3/5 of the answers, you can rule out within 2 seconds of looking at the question.

Do all professors in pharmacy schools make the exams so that all the answers seem right?

its time to be a big boy, because damn 2 answers may look similar but one will save a patient's life and the other will kill them. Maybe its meant to be a little bit harder for that reason. Because i want to be the person that can differentiate the 2 without hesitation.

Same happened at my school with our kinetics exam, the average on 1 test is a 61 and it was because most people didnt read a question correctly and completely, oh well. The data given even led you the wrong way! But you have to really think about whats going on. That's what real life brings and hopefully you will learn the lesson that my classmates who bitched didn't learn. This is not about grades, this can be people's lives or their quality of life taht may be at stake.

and even something that you may think your an expert in, you are not free of flaws and there is still always room to improve.

 

[Megas]

It gets easier, you'll get used to the tests, hopefully you'll have that prof again once you know their testing style. I used to finish quickly not cause I thought speed was good, just cause I was so freaked out! I had to learn to relax, it's hard to do during an exam-but I did better.

 

[ItsOverZyvox]

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[Praziquantel86]

Same happened at my school with our kinetics exam, the average on 1 test is a 61 and it was because most people didnt read a question correctly and completely, oh well. The data given even led you the wrong way!

Nah, that kinetics test was BS. No excuses.

In general though, everything in pharmacy school is harder. If it was easy, everyone would do it.

 

[Quiksilver]

Nah, that kinetics test was BS. No excuses.

In general though, everything in pharmacy school is harder. If it was easy, everyone would do it.

but if you learned anything from it, you know to pay better attention to details.

we should all be better as a result of it.

 

[naseuy]

Yeah, so I'm not happy at all with the results of the exam I took. I started it at 1PM, finished around 1:30PM(2nd one finished). I was really comfortable with it and I thought I did great, especially since I took human physiology and animal physiology in undergraduate(last semester), with the same exact textbook we're using in Pharmacy school, and yet I went from a 97 to a 64.

WTF!!!

I'm really used to exams where 3/5 of the answers, you can rule out within 2 seconds of looking at the question.

Do all professors in pharmacy schools make the exams so that all the answers seem right?

Pretty much.

Well my frist exam I got a 64 too, second exam 86, third exam? Who knows..

It probably just means you have to study harder.

 

[twester]

Wait until you get to therapeutics exams and not only do the all the choices look right, they ARE right - but one is the best answer. Now those are fun exam questions.

 

[bacillus1]

Just took my 3rd physio test...not only are the answers obscure and they for the most part look right, there was an "all of the above" option for every single question. We'll see what the results are...

 

[Sparda29]

Pretty much.

Well my frist exam I got a 64 too, second exam 86, third exam? Who knows..

It probably just means you have to study harder.

Allocate time better. I've been using 60% of my study time for Biomedical Sciences, 15% for Pharmaceutical Sciences, 10% for Biological Sciences, 10% for Public Health and 5% for Intro to Professional Practice.

Honestly, I believed that since I took Physiology just last year, and did pretty damn good in it, that Physiology here would be a cakewalk. Looking at the test questions from Undergrad Physiology, and Pharm School Physiology, both test the same material in the book, but for the Undergrad test, you could tell which is the right choice within 10 seconds of looking at the question.

Other than that, I hate using Scantrons for exams. I know its quicker to grade Scantrons than having to go through every paper and looking at which choices we circled, but I can't help thinking that I messed up while transferring my answers from the Question paper to the Scantron.

 

[Praziquantel86]

Other than that, I hate using Scantrons for exams. I know its quicker to grade Scantrons than having to go through every paper and looking at which choices we circled, but I can't help thinking that I messed up while transferring my answers from the Question paper to the Scantron.

Then just put it right on the Scantron...

 

[iphetamine]

Just took my 3rd physio test...not only are the answers obscure and they for the most part look right, there was an "all of the above" option for every single question. We'll see what the results are...

OUCH! i hate that.. >_<

 

[JamesL1585]

Pharmacy schools depressing... who's with me

 

[KUMoose]

Wait until you get to therapeutics exams and not only do the all the choices look right, they ARE right - but one is the best answer. Now those are fun exam questions.

This is the problem with multiple choice therapeutic exams. They are for lazy teachers, thus are more often then not poorly worded.

For example, on our first test this year a professor set up a story about a Orthopedic surgical resident who's pregnant (26 weeks) and has to go into work but has a cold. Which of the following is the most important factor when suggesting cold medicine to her?

Pregnancy?
Work?
Cost?
Some bogus answer

80% of the class put pregnancy, but the professor wanted work. What the prof was going for was assuming A (pregnant @26weeks) would B(avoiding drowsiness issues) further restrict the medication choices for the patient.

To further compound issues, the following question was tied to this one, if you answered pregnancy and you picked the right drug out of the list, you got it wrong.


Or the last therapeutics test where she set up a case about AIDS patient with thrush and medication suggestions. The answer she was looking for was fluconazole & pcp prophylaxis, but the way the question was worded left many people to think what would you use to treat the thrush (ignoring the CD4 count/percentage trigger for PCP prophylaxis).

 

[psurocks]

i was always first one done with tests

key in school is to remember Cs get degrees, dont sweat one bad grade

 

[bacillus1]

i was always first one done with tests

key in school is to remember Cs get degrees, dont sweat one bad grade

Cs get PharmDs, but Cs don't get residencies.

But yeah I agree that 1 or 2 bad grades isn't bad. Still, not happy with my 2 70s so far on physio tests...the class is supposed to be curved at the end so we'll see...

 

[psurocks]

Cs get PharmDs, but Cs don't get residencies.

But yeah I agree that 1 or 2 bad grades isn't bad. Still, not happy with my 2 70s so far on physio tests...the class is supposed to be curved at the end so we'll see...

yea residencies are overrated

but i meant retail, Cs get degree = job🙂

 

[chibipinkbunny]

I have a physiology exam tomorrow, and I'm kind of scared . There's a lot more material than there was in undergrad, and a lot less time to learn it in. It's on the heart, and neurophysiology, my two least favorite physiology topics now -_- Ha, ha, as a side note I'm ALWAYS the last person out of an exam. If they give us two hours, and the exam takes one hour, then I'm the last person there at two hours. I feel kind of bad about it sometimes, but oh well. I guess its because I'm kind of neurotic. They almost have to pull the exam out of my hands, literally 😛

 

[aboveliquidice]

Yeah, so I'm not happy at all with the results of the exam I took. I started it at 1PM, finished around 1:30PM(2nd one finished). I was really comfortable with it and I thought I did great, especially since I took human physiology and animal physiology in undergraduate(last semester), with the same exact textbook we're using in Pharmacy school, and yet I went from a 97 to a 64.

WTF!!!

I'm really used to exams where 3/5 of the answers, you can rule out within 2 seconds of looking at the question.

Do all professors in pharmacy schools make the exams so that all the answers seem right?

Hmm... I remember when there was one right answer... You can always tell the newbies. Dont worry - Keep studying - it'll come.

Dont feel too bad though - Our first year students, on their second exam, had 75% of their class fail. It is somewhat expected - they need to shock you to let you know you are no longer an undergrad. Welcome to the big league.

~above~

 

[Sparda29]

Hmm... I remember when there was one right answer... You can always tell the newbies. Dont worry - Keep studying - it'll come.

Dont feel too bad though - Our first year students, on their second exam, had 75% of their class fail. It is somewhat expected - they need to shock you to let you know you are no longer an undergrad. Welcome to the big league.

~above~

I think I'm in the game but the problem is that a good portion of the class wants to be babied through the classes. It's always the same person every day repeatedly asking questions. I wish that the professors would just tell everyone to not ask any questions.

That and the fact that people keep asking the same ****ing question that was answered 2 minutes ago.

So yeah, PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN AND SHUT THE **** UP!

 

[Prepharm1214]

My last pharmaceutics test had nearly half the questions with those roman numeral type answers. I find those much more difficult than problems with answer choices of all of the above, or only A & B type. With the roman numeral format teachers can have so many variants its awful.

 

[njac]

My last pharmaceutics test had nearly half the questions with those roman numeral type answers. I find those much more difficult than problems with answer choices of all of the above, or only A & B type. With the roman numeral format teachers can have so many variants its awful.

and I always think II only. And it's never II only.

they refer to this as "NAPLEX style" at our school - but the test apparently isn't in this form?