What lecture notes to save from pharmacy school

[JanuviaGrl]

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I just graduated last month and I am trying to organize all my notes - keep the good ones and discard the ones I may never need. I need advice on what lecture notes will be worth keeping and that will be valuable to me down my career road.

I feel that my therapeutic notes may be necessary to keep compared to electives, public health courses, pharmacy practice notes and what not. How about lab notes?? I have a mountain of lecture notes since from first year that I have to sort out from.

Practicing pharmacist, please share what notes from school you find valuable and should be kept.

 

[MackandBlues]

Put them in the recycle bin. Anything you need to look up will be online - either micromed, lexi, uptodate, or even a review article!

 

[KARM12]

What practice area are you working in?

The only thing I ever looked at where my stats notes to study for BCPS....

 

[EBT12]

I also recently graduated. I only saved a handful of original articles that are pertinent to the field I am now working in. Having said that, I never referred to lecture notes on rotation. When I need to look something up, it's usually because I have received a question and I need to respond with references.

 

[type b pharmD]

save your law notes if you intend on practicing in that state

 

[JanuviaGrl]

What practice area are you working in?

The only thing I ever looked at where my stats notes to study for BCPS....

I haven't started working yet but am looking into retail, hospital or long term care. If I'm not gonna need any of them it would definitely save me a lot of space and work too.

Going through my old notes and textbooks just made me realize how much it was a waste of money buying textbooks in pharmacy school. Never had to use them for anything worthwhile. I only bought textbooks in my first year. I guess most of us were so naive then, what with the excitement of being in pharmacy school and believing all they tell you about required and recommended textbooks for courses.

 

[JanuviaGrl]

save your law notes if you intend on practicing in that state

I won't be practicing in the state but I have some federal pharmacy law lecture notes from school I will be needing for the law exam.

 

[owlegrad]

I haven't started working yet but am looking into retail, hospital or long term care. If I'm not gonna need any of them it would definitely save me a lot of space and work too.

Going through my old notes and textbooks just made me realize how much it was a waste of money buying textbooks in pharmacy school. Never had to use them for anything worthwhile. I only bought textbooks in my first year. I guess most of us were so naive then, what with the excitement of being in pharmacy school and believing all they tell you about required and recommended textbooks for courses.

Yup

 

[WhiteSnows]

I save everything as pdf files into a flash drive.

 

[ChicagoPharmD]

I actually say toss the therapeutics after studying for NAPLEX - recommendations and guidelines change often. No need to keep them, you should look up the latest guidelines in practice rather than your outdated notes.

Keep things that don't change if you think you will use them, then reevaluate in 1 year and toss if you didn't. If you have anything for stats, DI, law - those are the ones I would keep for a bit no matter what setting you are going into. The rest would depend on the type of practice setting you end up landing.

I really haven't used much from pharmacy school or residency. In studying for BCACP I have looked at my biostats stuff. That's about it.

 

[moolman]

You are a making a mistake if you look up any references from school notes. They are never updated and you can't use them as a reference. You need to learn as a pharmacist to correctly utilize real world references to do your job. It's like people that cite Wikipedia as a reference. If you want a good condensed study material, let's say you feel like brushing up on psych or ID, you can use the bcps review book or the bcps psap books. Much better than old notes.

 

[Its Z]

None

 

[confettiflyer]

I threw everything into a recycle bin the day P4 ended.

All my digital files I keep stowed away somewhere.

 

[rxlea]

I have a chiminea in my back yard

 

[Its Z]

I have a chiminea in my back yard

What kind?

 

[rxlea]

What kind?

My fiancée bought a ceramic one from a little mexican import shop in Phoenix years ago. It's kind of like this one but taller and more decorative.

I can't find any good pics online of ceramic ones. Maybe I'll take a pic later. We need one that can withstand extreme heat AND monsoons 😀

 

[ellwoodis]

Even back in 2006 I was making an electronic file system and scanning all I could.
If you get PPT's from the profs, those are invaluable. If not, keep the paper.
5 years later I've tossed it all. The material from the ACCP and Pharmacy letter is much better for a small fee.
Keep all syllabi! Programs will ask what you studied in yoru courses even if it seems obvious to you.

 

[Its Z]

My fiancée bought a ceramic one from a little mexican import shop in Phoenix years ago. It's kind of like this one but taller and more decorative.

I can't find any good pics online of ceramic ones. Maybe I'll take a pic later. We need one that can withstand extreme heat AND monsoons 😀

If you find my igloo picture you will see a cast iron chimnea....that's what you want.....I've had it for 10 years. Ceramic will crack after a few good burns.

 

[smercer]

If you find my igloo picture you will see a cast iron chimnea....that's what you want.....I've had it for 10 years. Ceramic will crack after a few good burns.

Yea...when my friends and I did a lot of burning one winter we destroyed ours cause it would get so hot. Nothing better then sitting around a fire, a drink in hand, and surrounded by friends though.

 

[rxlea]

If you find my igloo picture you will see a cast iron chimnea....that's what you want.....I've had it for 10 years. Ceramic will crack after a few good burns.

I heard cast iron would rust with our monsoons....

Our ceramic one hasn't cracked yet and we've done quite a bit of burns...i do want to find a new one, though, that can be open on all sides since I want to throw a get together at my place come winter.

 

[joetrisman]

since I want to throw a get together at my place come winter.

Said get together better include harrowing stories for good measure