Help with pharm shelf tomorrow!

[daisygirl]

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Is first aid enough to review the drugs? I am unsure if I should flip through my pharm cards or stick with first aid. Ughhhh, I hate pharm 🙁

 

[Stinger86]

If you know all the drugs listed in first aid, their mechanisms of actions, uses, and side effects, you should be fine (pass). Toxicological treatments (acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for atropine poisoning, etc) and toxic effects as well as regular drug contraindications are high yield too. I also recall quite a few questions on signal transduction, neurotransmitters and the associated autonomics, but not TOO many.

Oh, there were a lot of questions that would describe a drug and its actions, and then ask you "why does this happen" or "what is the most likely reason for this", etc. These are different from simple "mechanism of action" questions, because they're dealing with the concepts behind it. The problem is, first aid really doesn't cover a lot of this, so you'll have to pull some of it out of your memory from lecture.

But again, stick to the drugs listed in first aid, and you'll definitely pass

 

[daisygirl]

Thanks so much!!!! Uggghh, I'm so screwed. I just had my final today covering half of the pharm course. Unfortunately, I also had a connective tissue final today (this course is psychotic at my school) so I was only able to learn pharm superficially- and I don't remember the stuff that I learned in the first half of the course.

I had pharm, and I hate school. I can't wait for this to be done 🙁

If you know all the drugs listed in first aid, their mechanisms of actions, uses, and side effects, you should be fine (pass). Toxicological treatments (acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for atropine poisoning, etc) and toxic effects as well as regular drug contraindications are high yield too. I also recall quite a few questions on signal transduction, neurotransmitters and the associated autonomics, but not TOO many.

Oh, there were a lot of questions that would describe a drug and its actions, and then ask you "why does this happen" or "what is the most likely reason for this", etc. These are different from simple "mechanism of action" questions, because they're dealing with the concepts behind it. The problem is, first aid really doesn't cover a lot of this, so you'll have to pull some of it out of your memory from lecture.

But again, stick to the drugs listed in first aid, and you'll definitely pass

 

[daisygirl]

I figured I'd give an update for any of those who may need advice on what to do for the pharm shelf in the future.

If you learn pharm as you go along in the course, then first aid is the perfect review source for the pharm shelf. I was only able to get through half of the pharm section in first aid since I only had one night to study for the shelf. However, that was enough since I remembered enough from my studying for the course. What I did do in First aid helped me though. As a side note, the pharm shelf really wasn't bad- I actually thought it was easier then the exams given in my pharm course (a lot easier).

Ahhh, I love first aid 😍 . Now, I actually have to start using it to study for step I. I had never used it prior to studying for the pharm shelf. I've got a lot of reading to do 😱 😱 😱 .