How to get through pharm??

[docbonez]

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I've got no issues with the concepts.. but its when i start learning more than 5 or 6 drugs that the details all start to merge and i cant remember a thing.

I've always hated memorizing, but have been able to get through anatomy and gen path since there was always a visual to go with it..

Im not quite sure how i got through half of 2nd year.. but the USMLE (and pharm shelf) is scaring the pants off of me b/c i can't remember any of the drugs i learned even last BLOCK. Ive been able to get thru pharm by making tables and then reading it RIGHT before our exam.. and usually enough facts/word associations stick so that I can pass the test.. this might work for a block, but i dont think this will work with the volume of drugs that will apear on the shelf...

Any ideas?

thanks!

 

[Ypo.]

Some of my friends make up stories.

For example "furosemide" sounds like "furious ride" (like a roller coaster) so that way you can remember its a loop diuretic. The guy on the rollercoaster is so scared he's peeing his pants (diuretic), he's losing magnesium (think of the "Magnum") and calcium from his blood stream. Side effects: the rollercoaster is loud and he can't hear (ototoxicity) and his heart is pounding (arrythmias).

They would even draw a picture with all the visual cues.

I don't think these things are that easy to remember unless you think them up yourself.

I made handwritten notes and diagrams. I like making up those little stories but I only do it when I'm studying with friends for some reason.

 

[docbonez]

jeez. thats pretty good.. unfortunately i'm not that creative in making up these mnemonic devices.. but i can see how helpful it would be to talk through these with friends.. would certainly make it 'fun' studying pharm..

I wonder if there are a database or something of these on the web:-D

 

[PenguinHead]

http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/cgi-bin/browse.cfm

not as good as stories about roller coasters but might be a little helpful

 

[sirus_virus]

Some of my friends make up stories.

For example "furosemide" sounds like "furious ride" (like a roller coaster) so that way you can remember its a loop diuretic. The guy on the rollercoaster is so scared he's peeing his pants (diuretic), he's losing magnesium (think of the "Magnum") and calcium from his blood stream. Side effects: the rollercoaster is loud and he can't hear (ototoxicity) and his heart is pounding (arrythmias).

They would even draw a picture with all the visual cues.

I don't think these things are that easy to remember unless you think them up yourself.

I made handwritten notes and diagrams. I like making up those little stories but I only do it when I'm studying with friends for some reason.

Pretty sharp I must say.