Test Taking Help

[PharmDs]

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What advise would you have for preparing for exams in pharmacy school? does recording lectures help??

 

[MountainPharmD]

Memorize the power point slides and what ever information the prof adds to them during lecture.

 

[CaliCPhT]

Well, as you can see, my status is pre-pharmacy, but I have some ideas.

Stay as current as you can in your coursework. Study your material each day. If you don't understand something that was covered, don't be afraid to ask questions. Form study groups with your classmates, and write practice test questions. take some time to discuss the answers to your practice questions. Oh, and try not to sleep in class! 😴

 

[pinkyrx]

write practice test questions.

Writing practice test questions really helps with classes like Pharmacology that are all random facts! We had a group that would submit 5 made-up test questions from each lecture at the end of the week. Then one of us would combine all the test questions (which were in mult choice format just like our exam) and then email it out a few days before the exam. The idea was that you would have already studied the material and the fake exam would be a good review.

You asked specifically on how to do well... study on a daily basis (or at least multiple times per week). Don't put it off until the weekend before the exam. It also helps to rewrite the class notes (and powerpoints) in summary form in your own handwriting!

 

[Quiksilver]

What advise would you have for preparing for exams in pharmacy school? not just to get a C...but to do well?😳

even more important then studying and keeping up is keeping track of when everything is due. Planning ahead is the best thing you can do. Know when your exams are, when you can study. Time management

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Be sure to highlight all of the bizarre quarks in individual drugs and anticipate questions. Most professors are lazy and write test questions that involve very little work on their part. Looking at a chart and seeing a minor difference in some drug or class of drugs is a great way to ask a lazy question that appears well thought out on the surface. Like say if in a group of six drugs, one is metabolized renally and six are metabolized hepatically. They'll write up a case study about some patient in liver failure...blah blah blah....and the answer is the one metabolized renally.

I know that's common sense, but taking the time to memorize quirks will get you tons of points.

 

[Old Timer]

Here is what worked for me back in the days before Power Point. I think they were called overheads....

I kept a separate notebook for each class and re-copied my notes each day. I added any relevant material from the text books and from the PP slides and that was how I studied each day. Now hen the test comes, you have your own personal study guide.....