Mood: Bewildered
Music: Okay Go - "WTF"
Medicine: Antimicrobials (Pharmacology)
Mnemonics, mnemonics, mnemonics. I used to shy away from using mnemonics, thinking to myself, "No! I should be able to memorize things, and not have to rely on a crutch." Who says a mnemonic will work, anyway? Because THEN you have to remember the mnemonic itself!
Then I took anatomy.
"I ate ten eggs at 12" ... "Some Anatomists Like F***ing... others prefer S & M" ... "Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle" ...I'm not even kidding. These mnemonics saved my life. And they're all common mnemonics among med students. Soon I was memorizing any mnemonic people could give me! If it made sense, and it worked, I would use it.
Now. I'm desperate for a mnemonic. And there are no good ones. Because everything sounds exactly the same.
Pharmacology is driving me NUTS. 15 different cephalosporins, all separated into 4 different groups that target different bacteria. All begin with "cef" or "ceph" and have names like "cefalotaxime" or "cefmandole" or "ceftriaxone". And I'm supposed to memorize not only these names, but what specific microbes they work against?
To be fair, the names are pretty fun to say out loud, so I can't get that mad.
Sorry, just ranting. That is all. A bunch of drugs to memorize, and very little time. Back to studying.
"I am trying to get my head around what the f*** is happening"
