quideam said:
Hey, has anyone had experience with the Lange Smart Charts for Pharm? I'm conisdering getting them - they seem more organized than the PharmCards... any thoughts??
Also - any thoughts on the Lange Path Cards??
Thanks!!!
Q
I never used the smartcharts, but I used pharmcards during the year, and pathcards for board prep. Here's my take on it, for what its worth.
Smartcharts: dunno.
Pharmcards: Well done, and thorough. They were somewhat helpful during the schoolyear, but they were overkill for the boards. Everything you need to know about pharm for the boards is in First Aid. No kidding. I was really surprised by this, but its what others had told me and it turned out to be true on my exam.
Pathcards: ABSOLUTE GOLD for the boards. I didn't use them in class (didn't know about them), but a friend of mine sent them to me to use for the boards. I went through them 3 times, all while working out at the gym, and they paid off HUGE! Go to the store and buy them right now. Go. They're worth the $25 or whatever.
The magic combination for me was to hit the pathcards religiously at the gym, skim BRS Path (it was redundant after the pathcards), and solidify it by going though Robbins Question Book cover to cover two weeks before the exam. I filled in the gray areas with class notes. You really can't go wrong if you do all that, in my opinion.
BTW, I got a 259 (just qualifying the advice).
HamOn