Running out of time..What to do about Pharm?

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DMBFan

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I am running out of time - I have about 16 days until the test, and I'm not even done with my first run through. I only have pharm left, however, which I'm about halfway done with. At this point, I am thinking I'm going to have to short change it and basically just read through what is in First Aid. Is that good enough? I was thinking maybe be more thorough the second and third time through? I heard Pharm isn't too high yield anyway, and I'm horrible at remembering most things anyways, so I was thinking I should cram some of the things last minute.
 
FWIW, I bought these Pharm mneumonic cards by Howard Shem at the urging of one of my classmates (Plasticman on SDN). I then went thru FA and highlighted on teh cards all the stuff that was in FA. The cards have little mneumonics on them that help me remember names, as thats the hardest part for me - maybe that'll work for you? After going thru just the CNS drugs a second time, I've been able to boost my UW %, so I wouldn't neglect it - it's memorization, so somewhat easy points. It's better that youre cramming that now than say, endocrine path or something.
 
FWIW, I bought these Pharm mneumonic cards by Howard Shem at the urging of one of my classmates (Plasticman on SDN). I then went thru FA and highlighted on teh cards all the stuff that was in FA. The cards have little mneumonics on them that help me remember names, as thats the hardest part for me - maybe that'll work for you? After going thru just the CNS drugs a second time, I've been able to boost my UW %, so I wouldn't neglect it - it's memorization, so somewhat easy points. It's better that youre cramming that now than say, endocrine path or something.

Thanks so much for the suggestion! Does this break it up by classification of drugs and respective system?
 
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