First Year MPharm Student...help!

OP

Bloody hell, we seriously need more. Its understandable because they have so much work to do. Im first year, so its typical for me to have free time. But second year apparently you don't have a life, literally!

Reply 4

I got 48% in my bioscience test, it was MC too. I know how you're feeling, like everyone else is coping fine and you're the only one worrying. It's not true though, everyone has days where they panic and think they have no chance of passing anything.

I don't have any advice, just thought you could do with some sympathy :smile:

although, don't you have a recommended textbook that could help with the things you're stuck with? Or just go and ask your lecturer/lab demonstrator/whoever for some help, email them if you don't want to speak to them face to face.

Reply 5

idesofmarch

Hiya you should message TigerSwift he is really helpful and in his 3rd year so should be able to give you some reassurance :smile:

xxx

Reply 6

OP

Thanks, Yeah i have a book called life: the science of biology. I just feel really lost...everyone seems to get things like its nothing, lool, I have even started to think that I should drop out, but that is a last ever resort.

I just have to work hard and hopefully things will get better.

Reply 7

Oh tell me about it, I did Advanced Higher Biology (Scottish system) and basically Bioscience is just that. I got an A last year, and now I'm scraping a pass? No idea what's happening. Also most people did AH Chemistry and I didn't so I feel really far behind :frown:

What annoys me most is the people that don't seem to put any effort in, barely turn up to any lectures and are still finding it easier than me. The way I look at it is, we're putting in the effort already so it won't be such a shock to us in 3rd/4th year when we have to work a lot. That's what I'm hoping anyway.

Nah don't drop out, you're passing, that's the main thing. Just out of interest, are you doing anything Pharmacy related yet? This semester all our classes are just general science and I wondered if it's like that everywhere or if it's just cos I go to a Scottish uni or something?

Reply 8

Caronnn

I wish I could help, but I'm a prospective undergrad too. You guys are making me all worried now!

Best of luck!

Reply 9

Fruitporn

Hey,
Im a fellow first year. For pharmaceutical calculations, I got given a free textbook published by lloyds, called practical pharmaceutical calculations, although this might be simpler than the stuff you're doing

Reply 10

ledleyking123

The book recommended by fruitporn is good, that explains things well. Also try and invest in pharmaceutical practice by richards and winfield, its got a whole section dedicated to it.

Don't drop out, you are still passing and let me tell you, the degree class doesn't matter and your first year doesn't count anyway. You have to stick in there.

In 2nd year you get a lot of free time off in all essence but just have more to read around. Pharmacy can be hard but if you stick at it it really isn't.

Reply 11

OP

New...Romantic

Oh tell me about it, I did Advanced Higher Biology (Scottish system) and basically Bioscience is just that. I got an A last year, and now I'm scraping a pass? No idea what's happening. Also most people did AH Chemistry and I didn't so I feel really far behind :frown:

What annoys me most is the people that don't seem to put any effort in, barely turn up to any lectures and are still finding it easier than me. The way I look at it is, we're putting in the effort already so it won't be such a shock to us in 3rd/4th year when we have to work a lot. That's what I'm hoping anyway.

Nah don't drop out, you're passing, that's the main thing. Just out of interest, are you doing anything Pharmacy related yet? This semester all our classes are just general science and I wondered if it's like that everywhere or if it's just cos I go to a Scottish uni or something?

Umm well we are doing Pharmacy practice, see we are doing the interact course. Brighton is the first to do it, its kinda the course that pharmacy counter assistants do, so we come out with a qualification. And we also have a pharmacy placement this year. We also have 2 lectures on pharmacy practice every week, but thats it.

I know what you mean with the students, my friend did not revise, trust me she hasn't been to the past week of lectures and she still got 63%, and she does pharmaceutical sciences....its an absolute joke

Oh are you going to strathclyde?

Fruitporn

Hey,
Im a fellow first year. For pharmaceutical calculations, I got given a free textbook published by lloyds, called practical pharmaceutical calculations, although this might be simpler than the stuff you're doing

Yeah, i got that, don't like it that much, its looks a bit dull to me, i looked through it though but I don't remember seeing anything on beer-lambert.

Yep, I did actually just realise that there is a chapter on it from there.

I never realised that there were this many pharmacy students on TSR, lool seriously its like you appeared out of no where!

Reply 12

petzneo

Umm well we are doing Pharmacy practice, see we are doing the interact course. Brighton is the first to do it, its kinda the course that pharmacy counter assistants do, so we come out with a qualification. And we also have a pharmacy placement this year. We also have 2 lectures on pharmacy practice every week, but thats it.

I know what you mean with the students, my friend did not revise, trust me she hasn't been to the past week of lectures and she still got 63%, and she does pharmaceutical sciences....its an absolute joke

Oh are you going to strathclyde?

Interact course? Is it Buttercups or something? I'm doing that at work, it's taking forever but I think it's really useful and I'm finding it more interesting than uni at the moment. I'd like it if my uni did that. We only have one lecture a week on Pharmacy, thought it was just us. I'm glad other unis are the same.

I know people that haven't been to that lecture since the first few weeks and they did better than me, 60-70%. And they're doing Pharmacy. Aargh, it's just annoying.

Yeah I'm at Strathclyde :smile:

And I think there's a few more first years floating about on here, just none of them post that often.

Reply 13

OP

its the one with the NPA.

So I guess then they haven't given you much pharmaceutical calculations?

Reply 14

Ah I see, slightly different then.

Well now I feel really stupid cos I'm not sure, what sort of calculations? We've done Physical Chemistry, so there were some calculations. The Beer-Lambert Law rings a bell but we haven't done anything hard to do with that, I suppose that fun is still to come...

Reply 15

ledleyking123

what's your year size at brighton and stratchlyde?

Reply 16

Method

Hello, I'm a first year pharmacy and these are some of the books that are compulsory and have to purchase. If they're too expensive then just borrow them from the library, they're bound to have copies. I wasn't sure if you were having trouble with pharmaceutical calculations or analysis calculations, so I listed both:

1) Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations.

Rees, Judith A.
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press,
Publication date: 2005.
ISBN: 0853696039

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This book, written by pharmacy teachers, is an introduction to drug dosage and other pharmaceutical calculations, with numerous worked examples and sample questions and answers. The second edition has been revised and expanded to include a new chapter on accuracy of measurements, a new appendix on performing arithmetical routines such as multiplication and division of integers and fractions, and updated worked examples.

Pharmaceutical calculations workbook

Rees, Judith A.
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press,
Publication date: c2006.
ISBN: 9780853696025

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This is a companion self-study aid to Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations for practising calculations similar to those that may be presented in pharmacy examinations and in practice. Each section contains a variety of exercises which give the opportunity to practise calculations using the methods covered in Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations.

2) Pharmaceutical calculations

Ansel, Howard C., 1933-
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Publication date: c2006.
ISBN: 0781762650

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The gold standard textbook in its area for sixty years, "Pharmaceutical Calculations" is now in its twelfth edition. Every chapter has been revised and updated to reflect the basic calculations applicable to the contemporary practice of pharmacy. This edition provides expanded coverage of enteral and parenteral nutrition. New features include "Calculations Capsules" - boxed summaries of the type of calculation presented in each chapter, and "A Case in Point" - practical cases with step-by-step solutions to demonstrate each type of calculation. Review exercises at the end of the book are completely updated. This edition includes answers to all practice and review problems.

3) Spectroscopic methods in organic chemistry

Williams, Dudley H.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education,
Publication date: c2008.
ISBN: 9780077118129

A guide to the interpretation of ultraviolet, infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra of organic compounds. It is useful for a first course in the application of these techniques to structure determination, as well as a handbook for synthetic organic chemists.

Hope that helps. Btw, please don't give up, I know its tough but once you read up on it and understand it, it gets so much better. I know I felt like that in the beginning but now its so much better, as I actually understand whats going on. Just stick in there and you'll be fine :wink:

Reply 17

ledleyking123

what's your year size at brighton and stratchlyde?

I think it's around 130-140.

Reply 18

OP

ledleyking123

what's your year size at brighton and stratchlyde?

My year size which I just counted ( yep, I have no life!) was 110.

What about you?

Btw, thank you method, that was a quite helpful, I think i might actually buy the workbook, it looks good!

Reply 19

ledleyking123