Pharmacy school textbooks
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Do what your school recommends and/or requires. I doubt you will use textbooks though. But if they do require a textbook for learning, reading just lecture notes may not be enough for the exams or quizzes. That most likely applies to just pharmacotherapy classes. For some electives and non-pharmacy courses (leadership, ethics,...), you probably can get away with with just lecture notes.
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That depends. I wouldn't necessarily get your pharmacoeconomics, business, or statistics text. You should talk to your upperclassmen about how textbook focused the professor is. That said, I never had a Med Chem textbook the entirety of my schooling (if you had to pick one, pick the Delgado as the other one has a bunch of stupid errors), and I am looking at my 15 year old Ansel's Calculations on my shelf as I am writing this (saved for in case someone is crazy enough to ask me a question with respect to mOsm as it's nice actually as a reference for some of the more obscure stuff). I would make it a point to get your therapeutics book, you will read that, hopefully.
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I'm only just now finishing my first year. Out of the 13 classes so far, I've bought and read 2 textbooks. Talk to the upperclassmen - they will tell you which books you actually need.
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I am doubtful that any class actually needs a textbook.
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Also true if your professor shares a name with a delicious dish
We usually don't use textbooks for our school. The only class where we needed one was for law since it included examples to help us understand the laws better. But for other classes you're probably better off with just the lecture notes 🙂
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I still have every book I bought in college, I never opened 90% of them. They shall be an heirloom of my kingdom. All those who follow in my bloodline shall be bound to them for I will risk no hurt to my books. They are precious to me, though I buy them with great pain
Why did you buy all the books if you know you didn't read them. haha . I heard people lend books to their friends to save $$
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I didn't but a book after my first year - I graduated 3rd in my class.
And this was 14+ years ago - (like before powerpoint was even really used) - so I am guessing today they are even less likely to be needed.
And this was 14+ years ago - (like before powerpoint was even really used) - so I am guessing today they are even less likely to be needed.
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When I bought them I had every intention of reading/needing them but alas I didn't. Some of the books are needed for course like pharmacology which last 4 semesters. When I was done with them, they had little to no resell value.
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Prob could get away with only therapy and pharmacology textbooks, and that’s only if you’re being an overachiever and want to read in-depth on the material.
On the bright side... you’ll have a cool book collection to collect dust when you graduate.
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Are you sure it was 14 years ago? Everyone I knew was already using PPT way before that...
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yup - it was probably half and half, many used overhead projectors still (the older professors)
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How do you print out an overhead projector slide?
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you actually have to take notes 🙂
