Step I "HY" Drugs

[seminoma]

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In our basic pharm/path class and we are covering antineoplastics right now. Many that aren't in FA, at least a couple dozen. I know that FA isn't a comprehensive list of drugs, not even the HY ones, but I don't think I can memorize all the drugs we're learning in class so I was wondering if there's a resource out there that is largely considered to be a (near)comprehensive list of the highest yield drugs for step 1 and beyond. Obviously I'm going to memorize every drug that's in FA, but beyond that I don't know which ones to prioritize.

 

[mcloaf]

I've taken the approach of trying to learn any drug I see in FA, Lange pharmcards, or Kaplan pharm, but I'm only 1 month into M2 and have no idea how effective this will be...

 

[seminoma]

I've taken the approach of trying to learn any drug I see in FA, Lange pharmcards, or Kaplan pharm, but I'm only 1 month into M2 and have no idea how effective this will be...

What's your experience been on exams? I think our professor knows what drugs are (and are not) in FA, Lange, Kaplan, and Pharmcards and use those specifically because about 30% of our pharm questions are drugs that aren't in them. For example in a question about antimetabolites the answer was clofarabine instead of something like 5-FU, MTX, 6-MP, etc. Also what Kaplan are you referring to? KLN?

 

[mcloaf]

What's your experience been on exams? I think our professor knows what drugs are (and are not) in FA, Lange, Kaplan, and Pharmcards and use those specifically because about 30% of our pharm questions are drugs that aren't in them. For example in a question about antimetabolites the answer was clofarabine instead of something like 5-FU, MTX, 6-MP, etc. Also what Kaplan are you referring to? KLN?

The pharm questions we get on our in house exams are a bad litmus test because they're way too simple and test more on mechanisms and side effects than on the breadth of available drugs. I just picked these resources because they seem well reviewed and I don't want to let myself get too far down the rabbit hole of trying to learn all the drugs out there. I'll also learn specific drugs I come across when I'm studying specific diseases (anakinra in colchicine-refractory FMF, for example).

And I'm talking about the Kaplan vids/lecture notes.

 

[seminoma]

The pharm questions we get on our in house exams are a bad litmus test because they're way too simple and test more on mechanisms and side effects than on the breadth of available drugs. I just picked these resources because they seem well reviewed and I don't want to let myself get too far down the rabbit hole of trying to learn all the drugs out there. I'll also learn specific drugs I come across when I'm studying specific diseases (anakinra in colchicine-refractory FMF, for example).

And I'm talking about the Kaplan vids/lecture notes.

Sounds good, that's what I've been trying to do as well. Thanks!

 

[Psai]

Drugs are hard
Now that they're using brand names on the wards instead of the generic names I learned it's even harder