FASTtrack: Pharmacology - Softcover

Randall, Michael D.; Alexander, Stephen PH; Kendall, Dave A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853698244 ISBN 13: 9780853698241

Publisher: Pharmaceutical Pr, 2009

Synopsis

This is a revision guide for students giving bullet points of basic information on pharmacology. "FASTtrack" is a new series of indispensable revision guides created especially for undergraduate pharmacy students. Basic information is provided on all main areas of study for the MPharm in small concise texts. Each title provides a summary of all key information along with diagrams, cases and questions and answers for self assessment. The books are practical, easy to read and well-priced and complement textbooks and aid students with revision for examinations. This specific title is a basic revision guide in Pharmacology covering all systems in the body. This revision guide includes mechanisms of action, adverse effects and clinical context for each drug group under each system. Most importantly this text is applicable to medical and pharmacy students alike, especially so, as it is written by lecturers in pharmacology from the university of Nottingham medical school who teach undergraduate medical and pharmacy students. A FASTtrack website includes MCQs, sample online content and much more.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

· Are your exams coming up? · Are you drowning in textbooks and lecture notes and wondering where to begin? Take the FASTtrack route to successful revision for your examinations. FASTtrack provides the ultimate lecture notes and is a must-have for all pharmacy undergraduate students wanting to study and test themselves for forthcoming exams. Pharmacology focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams providing concise, bulleted information, key points, and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs. This FASTtrack book is designed to help students understand how key classes of drugs act. It focuses predominantly on therapeutic areas, considering the major classes of drugs, their actions and their uses. This book presents an invaluable study guide which not only covers drug action but also deals with molecular pharmacology at a more advanced level. It is a guide that will also be useful for advanced pharmacology studied in the later years of pharmacy and science degrees. Visit the FASTtrack website www.fasttrackpharmacy.com for extra MCQs, sample online content and much more

Review:

"This book is intended to enhance material covered in traditional pharmacology textbooks...Visuals, algorithms, diagrams, and key points interspersed throughout the book help reinforce and summarize the material. Readers will be able to assess their understanding of the material through self-assessment questions at the conclusion of each chapter...Undergraduate pharmacy students, as well as other healthcare students, will find this a useful guide to help prepare for examinations." Neela A. Bhajandas, PharmD, Doody's Notes, May 2013. (Neela A. Bhajandas Doody's Notes)

"The book provides good basic knowledge of pharmacology and is well organized, with sections on principles, followed by sections on the drugs used to treat different therapeutic areas...Overall the authors have generally obtained a good balance of core information that is accessible, without it being a textbook in disguise!...Whilst this book is aimed primarily at Pharmacists, I am sure it would also be of value as a revision aid for Medical students...my own daughter who is a 4th year Medical student said she would buy it, an endorsement indeed!" Professor Clive Page, British Journal of Pharmacology, June 2012 (Professor Clive Page British Journal of Pharmacology)

About this edition

• Publisher: Pharmaceutical Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0853698244
• ISBN 13: 9780853698241
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244