Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Absolutely Deb! The sillier the better. I learned how to study after I graduated from college with a BS in Chemistry from " Harry Levine " . I applied what I learned from his tapes and seminars to learning more for on the job and CE's. I applied how to learn to how I teach and I teach others how to learn. This is a completely additional teaching that I do. I teach this online " LIVE " . Private sessions of no more than 5 at one time. I have never mentioned this on my site, because I do not cloud the FREE with the charge services. But this topic has never been so close to my heart and so well discussed on my site! There are many memorization techniques that can better be explained 'live' and with a chalk/white board, voice and physical action than on text alone. A method that is similar/or the same as what you, Deb pointed out, by taking the first letter of the sentence shows the order of operations in math: Please excuse my Dear Aunt Sally (parenthesis)before Exponents before multiplication x before division / before addition + before subtraction - Where Order can make a big difference in the math answers you get. If the letters were all the same we would call it alliteration , such s in poetry or rhymes: " Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers " = PPPAPOPP (PAPOP) AAPT = American Association of Pharmacy Technicians NPTA = National Pharmacy Technician Association So if you are having problems memorizing make a pneumonic to help you recall order or specific words. There are many other mehtods. Hope this helps. Besides the RED RUBBER DUCK by Dan Vandon, " Mega Memory " by Trudeau (?) is also a good book to help you learn how to learn/memorize. Respectfully, Jeanetta Matron CPhT BS Pharm Tech Educator Founder/Owner of this site > > Zaldamo--those silly little tricks are actually mnemonics --a proven way to learn. How do you remember how to spell arithmetic? a rat in the house might eat the ice cream--take the first letter of each word. I learned that one 51 years ago in the 1st grade and still remember it today. Learning all the nerves (sensory and motor) in the body is done using mnemonics by medical students--I can't quite remember it is something like... " some say marilyn monroe married money my mother says marry money " but anyway your methods are valid learning tools! > > Deb , Instructor > Pharmacy Technician Program > City College of San Francisco > and Santa Junior College > > > Re: Re: Top 200 drugs > > > > > > > When I was in class I'd make flash cards every week and use them to get familiar with the drug names/classifications. > > Then I'd make a study stack at studystack.com for that week's drug and use the various options there to study. > > I'd also practicing writing them down until I got to the point I could write everything down from memory. I think writing them down is a great way to etch them into memory. > > During my time in class I took 30 drug list tests with 15 drugs on each test and scored 100% on all of them. > > Right now I'm busy learning Top 100 per request from externship site. > > I find making a study stack at studystack.com and just practicing over and over using the " study table " option is very helpful. > > I also have an audio CD of brand/generic provided by my instructor. I play it in the car when I'm driving. > > Although the CD says it's Top 200 from 2002. So I don't know how accurate it really is today. > > It's funny when people ask me what CD I've been listening to lately. When I say " brand/generic " they look at me funny. Then they laugh when I explain. > > I also have a printed list I keep handy to read. I look at brand then think what generic is and read across to see if I'm right ... and do the same with classification. > > Since starting externship it's helping being I have to pull drugs from shelves. I always try to think brand/generic when I get prescription to get ready to fill. > > Sometimes I make up silly things to remember names. > > For example for Proscar (finasteride) I thought of a race car pro who wants to " finish the ride " . > > For Zoloft (sertraline) I think of putting a Serta mattress in a loft to sleep. > > There doesn't always seem to be a silly trick to remember every drug, but if you use your imagination you'll be surprised what little things can help you remember. > > Silly as that may seem, quite often it's worked for me. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Thank you Mark! I stress that the student should make their own in order to create an experience which lends to the learning itself. However not all students are so inclined, some learn better with pre-made materials, some have to work and do not have time. Thank you for your generous offer to educators. May I post this on my educators site? Respectfully, Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Pharm Tech Educator/Prog Director Founder/Owner > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > You might hear this over and over and over, but I need help with > > > memorizing top 200 drugs. So far, I got the brand name and what > > they do > > > quite alright...but when it comes their generic names, they're > > > overwhelming! I also read the older message about not to learn > them > > by > > > their suffixes. The exam is drawing very near and I'm panicking :- > > o !!! > > > Any advises will be much, much appreciated!!! > > > > > > Niratsa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Definitely. I would be very happy to have you do that for me. BTW, I am speaking to the Florida Board of Pharmacy on December 9th about pharmacy technician training, and our school. Should be interesting. Seems to be a lot of hard core lobbying going on now. > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > You might hear this over and over and over, but I need help > with > > > > memorizing top 200 drugs. So far, I got the brand name and what > > > they do > > > > quite alright...but when it comes their generic names, they're > > > > overwhelming! I also read the older message about not to learn > > them > > > by > > > > their suffixes. The exam is drawing very near and I'm > panicking :- > > > o !!! > > > > Any advises will be much, much appreciated!!! > > > > > > > > Niratsa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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