Memorizing Pharmacology

A Relaxed Approach

By: Tony Guerra

Narrated by: James Gillies

As a working parent of four-year-old triplet daughters, I understand time management presents one of the greatest barriers to my pharmacology students' success. Many students feel that cold sense of overwhelm and information overload.

This easy-to-listen guide organizes pharmacology into manageable, logical steps you can fit in short pockets of time. The proven system helps you memorize medications quickly and form immediate connections. With mnemonics from students and instructors, you'll see how both sides approach learning.

After you've finished the 200 Top Drugs in this book, reading pharmacology exam questions will seem like reading plain English. You'll have a new understanding of pharmacology to do better in class, clinical and your board exam. You'll feel the confidence you'd hoped for as a future health professional. For patients and caregivers, this book provides a means to memorize your own medications to better communicate with your health providers.

©2016 Tony Guerra (P)2016 Tony Guerra

Well That Was... Useful?

Any additional comments?

Some hints to helping remember the top 200 drugs. Really helps you think about the words used to make drug names. Oddly includes all the brand names for drugs which isn't useful for a student learning about them.

Great way to study!

I really like listing to this book the night before class. I think its a great way to study.

Goodbye med errors

What made the experience of listening to Memorizing Pharmacology the most enjoyable?

Many drug names have common endings. Learning those specific endings will help with memorizing what class they are in and what they are prescribed for. This audio provides an organized approach to memorizing the top 200 drugs, along with examples that help with the memorization. Nurses must know everything about medications they’re giving their patients in order to provide the safest care. It is important to prevent medication errors and knowing endings can do just that.

Great!

This audiobook is super helpful. I struggled understanding the stems and the meaning behind them, which is super important in the real world to not rely solely on memorization of the individual drugs. After listening through the content of this book, I felt I had a better grasp on the material. I often listen to it during my morning commute to class which I have noticed I feel much more prepared. I highly recommend!

Great Review before NAPLEX

I got this to listen to while on my hour commute to and from work to help review the Top 200 before my NAPLEX exam. I haven't taken the exam yet but I certainly think this is helping!

Read it out of order

This was a very good book. It has several bits of helpful information throughout. However, I would suggest reading it out of order.
Start with chapter 28 of the Audio book sections, and write down all 200 drug names.
Then listen to all the review material that starts at chapter 29 to get a basic overview of what you are diving into. THEN go back to chapter 1 and work through the book. By taking down the drug names, then listening to the review before you get started, the rest of the book will make more sense. :-)

very helpful

I listen to it in my leisure time. It is so fun. i leatn with no pressure on me. just like any story.

Good adjunct to studying for pharmacology class

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, but only if you're studying pharmacology.

What did you like best about this story?

I like how the author grouped the drugs by physiological system of action. Then, he breaks them down within groups by mechanism of action, etc. It does make them easier to remember.

Have you listened to any of James Gillies’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not really, but it isn't very long and didn't take long to get through.

Any additional comments?

I would certainly recommend this for any student who has time to listen while commuting, housecleaning, exercising, etc. I will certainly listen to this more than once!

Difficult to guess the spellings haha

Would you consider the audio edition of Memorizing Pharmacology to be better than the print version?

I think it would be nice to have a print copy AND audiobook, so you could learn the spelling AND pronunciations. For many of the medicines, I had no idea how to spell them, so I had to type my best guess into Google, and then it would correct me.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I think the organizing/compartmentalizing of medicines was very helpful, but I think it could have been even more clear and consistent with some aspects of this. For example, sometimes the generic name AND brand name of a medicine are mentioned, but other times only the generic name is mentioned.

What about James Gillies’s performance did you like?

Nice voice/accent

Pharmacology on the Go

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

YES! I live 30 minutes away from campus, resulting in an hour long commute every single day. Sometimes it can be really frustrating having that wasted hour every day. Having this audiobook to listen to while I'm driving allows me to have an extra hour to study for pharmacology. Thanks to this audiobook, I've passed every test so far!