Path/Pharm MS2 class

[dyspareunia]

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We start MS2 with 4 weeks of path/pharm then go right into systems... I've heard other schools having 8+weeks of path/pharm. Am I screwed? Serious q.

 

[SBR249]

Our school starts with three 3-week blocks of fundamentals before systems and one of them is "bugs & drugs" where we memorize 130 basic drugs and about 70 bugs or so. Idk what your class is like, but mine was OK.

 

[dyspareunia]

Our school starts with three 3-week blocks of fundamentals before systems and one of them is "bugs & drugs" where we memorize 130 basic drugs and about 70 bugs or so. Idk what your class is like, but mine was OK.

So you just covered the relevant path/pharm within each system?

 

[SBR249]

No we covered the drugs and micro in more detail for each system as well. But the bugs and drugs block just laid some foundations on basic pharmacology and microbiology concepts that didn't fit elsewhere and gave a broad overview of what the year will be covering.

 

[Nephronlearner]

It should be plenty of time to learn those topics.

Assuming pharm covers general principles and ANS pharmacology, one week should be enough to learn that (especially if you don't have to go to class). Obviously, you cannot learn everything written in big Katzung's in that time but assuming your school does not go into THAT much detail, you should be fine.

As for general path, 3 weeks is also more than enough. Again, unless they are expecting you to memorise every piece of information in big Robbins (which I doubt), you can do just fine. A lot of it will be familiar from other courses (molecular biology, immunology) as well.

Overall, I don't think it should be a problem.