BNF tagging

[spartacus]

Hello everyone. I am currently doing my pre-reg in hospital and i have just received the BNF 60 which i will be using for the pre-reg exam. Can anyone tell me how did they tag their BNFs, i.e what topics, pages, etc.. Any input from those who passed their exam recently will be appreciated

[pillmanuk]

Tips from the many pre-reg students I have taught.

Don't over tag!
Tag key sections such as antibiotics, interaction appendix etc.
Know your BNF well and don't rely heavily on tagging.
Don't over tag!

Regards

[crit care]

yeah agree with pillman!
i knew someone who tagged pages 100, 200, 300, 4oo etc so you can easily flick to the area quickly. i also did the index like a telephone book with all the letters so can easily flick to the right letter in the index!

tagging will only do so much for you, you need to know whats in the BNF......know it inside out and back to front!

[cymru72]

There will always be different schools of thought on this.

Mrs Cymru72 has just passed the Sept exam and she tagged her BNF to death and she was very adept with finding pages.

I remember when I was going into my pre-reg exam way way back for the very first sitting of the pre-reg exam. (1994). I remember seeing all these other students with their multi-coloured tags sticking out of their books and me with my completely virgin textbooks untouched by human hands and thinking 'sh*t! Do they know something I don't!!!' I also remember finishing the open book with around twenty minutes to spare and looking round, still seeing everyone else furiously writing and flicking books open. People came out of the exam moaning that there wasn't enough time. Even though I was confident, doubts started creeping as as to why I had finished so quick! But all was good when the results came!

[Pharmanaut]

People came out of the exam moaning that there wasn't enough time. Even though I was confident, doubts started creeping as as to why I had finished so quick! But all was good when the results came!

Always wondered that myself;
My tutor put it down to not reading the question properly, starting to answer what they though the question was then having an "oh S**t" moment and furiously trying to make up lost ground.

[shonap87]

The tables! So useful. They are a goldmine of exam questions, and some of them not where you might think, especially with exam-head on.

[johnep]

According to Twitter, shonap87 works at Ashton and Parsons. No other pharmaceutical reference. Spammer?. If not prove it.
johnep

[shonap87]

According to Twitter, shonap87 works at Ashton and Parsons. No other pharmaceutical reference. Spammer?. If not prove it.
johnep

Haha, hilarious! Where did you get that from?

My last tweet was referring to ashton and parsons as one of the guilty producers of teething products based on nothing but sugary lactose.

I am a pre-reg in a pharmacy in northern ireland, took my degree at Robert Gordon's university (0503306). Would you like my PSNI training number and a copy of my degree certificate?

[crit care]

haha, i do like how people can "read" into certain comments and completely misconstrue them!

[johnep]

OK Ok. Getting a bit paranoid over all the spam attacks we have had recently. Aston and Parsons used to use Mercurous Chloride in their teething powders as a laxative (remember formulated when bleeding and purging were prescribed for all conditions). When Mercury salts condemned as causing 'grey baby' syndrome, they changed the formulation.
You are genuine and welcome. Now tell us what you found out about modern day teething powders.
johnep