Ihaven'treallylookedintothepharmacologytoomuch-justbeenfocusingontreatmentsforcommonconditionsandacutescenarios.Notsurewhatmoretodoreally. Thankyou!DidyouusepassthePSAbook?Idon'tknowthedosageforalotofdrugssonotsureifit'ssomethingIshouldtrytolearnforthecommondrugsforthePSAexam. IsatitinFebruaryandthemajority(butnotall)ofouryearpassed-ourswassimilartoPaperBIwouldsay.Itwassummativeatourmedschool,thoughourdeanerydoesn'trequireit. IsatitinFebruaryandfounditprettytough,mainlyfromthetimepressure.Passed,butitwasn'tascomfortableasI'dhaveliked,andIknowafewpeoplewhofailed(notalloneswhoI'dexpect).Itwassummativeforusbutwedidn'treallygetanyPSAspecificteachingbeyondgeneralprescribingskills(andsomesessionsthatanabsoluteheroofapharmacistputonforpeopleinhisowntime).

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Whatsectiondidyoudobadlyin?Ididhorrendouslyinthecalculationsection(IdespiseMaths)butI'vebeengoingovercalculationscontinuouslyandfeelI'mgettingthehangofitnow.Sorrytohearyoudidn'tpass.Thefactthatyouweresoclosetothethresholddespitedoinglittleworkshouldgiveyousomeconfidencethistimeroundhopefully. There'salsoagoodsectioninthePassthePSAbookwhichgoesthroughthecommonmedicationsthatcausehypo/hyperkalaemiaetcwhichI'vejustbeenlearningoffbyheart. Fully updated for its second edition, Pass the PSA is written specifically for the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) exam, with one chapter dedicated to each PSA exam section. However,thePassthePSAbookisdefinitelythebestresourceouttherefortheexam.Gothroughthatandyoushouldbefine.

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Andwhatisthemostefficientwaytoprepareforthisexam?Doesitmeanrevisingmedicalpharmacologyindetailasiwouldforfinals? TobehonestIcan'treallyrememberhavingtodotoomuchasIwasmorefocussedonfinalsrevision-thepracticepapers,makingsureIwashappywithfindingmywayaroundtheBNFandthatwasaboutit.