Great for medics too, for difficult-to-find learning outcomesI'm a final year medical student (at HYMS) and found this great for all those learning outcomes that are really difficult to find.
Things like details on the yellow card scheme and MHRA that I'd previously spent hours searching for a concise, clear explanation of can be found here. There's also useful things like consent, capacity, health-behaviour models, prescription writing, controlled drugs and homeopathy information. Kinda mops up the learning outcomes that most other books don't cover. A bit like Scrambler's public health book.
I've used it most for the practise drugs calculations as we have formatives on these and end of year OSCEs too!
The downside is that, as you can see from other reviewers, that it's more aimed at pharmacy students, so there's a lot of information that a medical student probably doesn't need to know. But if you just use the index to get to exactly what you're looking for, you're home and dry.
Overall: great for saving time and practising calculations; if you've got the cash then recommended.
Excellent introduction to pharmacy practiceThis is an excellent introduction to pharmacy practice. It tells you how to talk with marbles in your mouth, whilst poncing around in a wetsuit and pretending to stand for elected office but then withdrawing because you actually have no friends and you realise what everyone thinks of you. It doesn't tell you how to manage your diet, however, but is still an excellent read.
A textbook to last throughout university and even beyond itAs a first year pharmacy student it is safe to say that most things to do with the subject are quite daunting at first and some textbooks do not elevate this feeling in the slightest but I was tremendously pleased to find out that this textbook is different, although other pharmacy practice textbooks are available this particular textbook outshines them, with extremely useful and valuable reader interaction through easy to understand examples and self-assessment questions.
Even whilst still being on freshers week we were advised to prepare for the course that was ahead and Pharmaceutical Practice was just another textbook in a long list of textbooks on my reading list, by chance it was the first textbook I purchased and I can say without any doubt I can highly recommended it as a textbook that will last for the entire four years at university and beyond, I am happy to say that Pharmaceutical Practice has been very valuable in other subjects apart from pharmacy practice for example part 3 which is entitled pharmaceutical products has helped in pharmaceutical formulations.
A great amount of thought and time has gone into the layout of the textbook with each major area having its own part in the textbook; this function allows the finding of information quick and quite painless. Nicely illustrated diagrams are also well featured throughout the textbook as are worked examples for the variously extensive array of calculations featured. The writing style of this textbook allows you to complete background reading for lectures with a surprising amount of simplicity as the level of detail featured in the textbook is comprehensive but straightforward to digest.
In summary I have found this particular textbook extremely valuable in many areas of the course and I can recommend without bias that any person studying pharmacy should own this textbook as you will also find it indispensable throughout your careers.
Great for Techs too!!!
If you're a student technician this book is tops! I only discovered it after I'd finished my course, but its still great. It has all the info you'll need from sterility testing to calculations. If you want a handbook to help you through the course, this is the one for you.
Very good pharmacy textbook
I would recommend this book to anyone who is studying or is thinking about studying pharmacy. This book is also highly recommended by senior lecturers at my university.
It is extremely well set out and conscise.
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