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Step I Pharm Flash Cards?
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Pharmcards to learn the drugs. Lange for application and review.
I get that you're trying to spread the word, but you'd be better off posting a trial offer or discount codes on the relevant forum. All you're doing is pissing me off and making me hate your program.
Also, Lange. Pharmcards are too basic imo. You end up learning the drugs as you go through FA anyway.
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Mainly using the Lippincott pharm cards which have been pretty good so far- a bit detailed for some things but usually good at clarifying mechanisms and other details.
Anyone have an opinion on the Kaplan Pharmacology and Treatment cards? The box mentions that they're supposed to be applicable for Step 2 and 3 as well due to the different question types that accompany the different cards. Apparently, the mechanism- and indication- based questions are intended to be more Step 1-oriented, while the other ones lean towards Steps 2 or 3. However, I've also noticed that there are some drug names that either aren't mentioned in First Aid or are only briefly mentioned; definitely realize that whether a drug is/isn't in FA shouldn't limit the scope of my pharm coverage, though I'm also wary that some of the agents in the Kaplan cards don't seem to come up in UWorld either, so I'm wondering how high- or low- yield they'll wind up being. I'm trying to decide how much time to spend on these cards- it's easy enough to blaze through and focus on the questions that are more relevant to Step 1, but I'm not sure if I'd be better served sticking to the Lippincott Cards and First Aid, esp. since I'm decently strong on pharm in UWorld and NBMEs so far.
Anyone have an opinion on the Kaplan Pharmacology and Treatment cards? The box mentions that they're supposed to be applicable for Step 2 and 3 as well due to the different question types that accompany the different cards. Apparently, the mechanism- and indication- based questions are intended to be more Step 1-oriented, while the other ones lean towards Steps 2 or 3. However, I've also noticed that there are some drug names that either aren't mentioned in First Aid or are only briefly mentioned; definitely realize that whether a drug is/isn't in FA shouldn't limit the scope of my pharm coverage, though I'm also wary that some of the agents in the Kaplan cards don't seem to come up in UWorld either, so I'm wondering how high- or low- yield they'll wind up being. I'm trying to decide how much time to spend on these cards- it's easy enough to blaze through and focus on the questions that are more relevant to Step 1, but I'm not sure if I'd be better served sticking to the Lippincott Cards and First Aid, esp. since I'm decently strong on pharm in UWorld and NBMEs so far.
Lange pharm cards are great 🙂. The only knock i have against them is that the anti microbials dont have the methods of resistance listed on the cards; its up to us to add that in from FA. Also, some side effects are missing for a few drugs..again, need to be annotated in
