P1 and stressing out about grades.

[rxlea]

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It's just the level of detail of the exams and how hard the professors are, and how they curve the classes. at my school it's really hard to pull an A in a class. If you work really hard you are probably gonna get a B. So most people end up with a bunch of Bs and maybe an A or two balanced by a rare C so you end up with a low 3.0 gpa

For example I thought I did really well on my pharmacy practice midterm but I got a low B because points were taken off for minor things. Like for example what is an appropriate dose of vit D for X age...I wrote 800 units. WRONG. 800 IU. (give me a break) where do you give ep injection after anaphylactic shock to immunization...not "in the thigh" as the professor said in class or was written on the slide, but "IM" (we just had to infer). how much weight loss is safe per week? Not "~ 1 lb" but "1/2 - 1 lb". it had to be written as a RANGE. like who cares??? Most of the mistakes I got on the test, I actually knew, but it wasn't written exactly the correct way as desired by the professors. aka not perfect. so, that can easily mess you up.

Writing the appropriate dose with the correct units is really important.

I agree on marking off for "in the thigh". You have to know proper route of administration... Just sayin'....

what would you tell a patient to instruct them on how to use an epi pen? Just say "in the thigh"? Or emphasize it goes into the muscle?

 

[pharmasaur]

Writing the appropriate dose with the correct units is really important.

I agree on marking off for "in the thigh". You have to know proper route of administration... Just sayin'....

what would you tell a patient to instruct them on how to use an epi pen? Just say "in the thigh"? Or emphasize it goes into the muscle?

I mean...ya...thigh is all muscle lol

 

[lookatbanner]

It's just the level of detail of the exams and how hard the professors are, and how they curve the classes. at my school it's really hard to pull an A in a class. If you work really hard you are probably gonna get a B. So most people end up with a bunch of Bs and maybe an A or two balanced by a rare C so you end up with a low 3.0 gpa

For example I thought I did really well on my pharmacy practice midterm but I got a low B because points were taken off for minor things. Like for example what is an appropriate dose of vit D for X age...I wrote 800 units. WRONG. 800 IU. (give me a break) where do you give ep injection after anaphylactic shock to immunization...not "in the thigh" as the professor said in class or was written on the slide, but "IM" (we just had to infer). how much weight loss is safe per week? Not "~ 1 lb" but "1/2 - 1 lb". it had to be written as a RANGE. like who cares??? Most of the mistakes I got on the test, I actually knew, but it wasn't written exactly the correct way as desired by the professors. aka not perfect. so, that can easily mess you up.

That definitely sounds rough :/. Sounds like maybe the questions aren't clearly written?

Also short answer exams definitely harder than multiple choice.

You got into a great school so you're definitely smart regardless of the nitpicking. Just gotta figure out what the heck the professors want and then remember it, in case you have them again.

 

[rxlea]

I mean...ya...thigh is all muscle lol

🙄

 

[Ackj]

Writing the appropriate dose with the correct units is really important.

So somebody is going to pick up a bottle of vitamin D and get sick, because they didn't have international units, but instead got some regional-specific unit? Give me a break. I can see marking off for mg, but if you put units, it's correct.

I feel that IM isn't a good enough answer either, because if you say that you could get some idiot flexing a bicep and trying to inject there. Really, go ask any layperson to point to a muscle. Thigh is a better answer, but clarify that you need to push it deep enough to go through the fat.

 

[nafcillin]

Staffing is boring though. The ones that did a residency and have the full clinical jobs have a more interesting job.

No it's not. I would rather staff than be stressed and have a more "exciting" job

 

[joetrisman]

No it's not. I would rather staff than be stressed and have a more "exciting" job

Cognitive dissonance

 

[SHC1984]

No it's not. I would rather staff than be stressed and have a more "exciting" job

OMG you sound like me now! I agree 100%...but I think clinical is more fun and I don't think it's stressful...retail is stressful but clinical is interesting.

I can understand why people do 1 year of residency to get a full clinical job now. I didn't understand it before.