Pharmacology Sketchy

[Maren Ruminski]

Sketchyis a visual learning study resource that has helped hundreds of thousands of students. Using memory palaces and visual mnemonics, along with compelling storytelling, Sketchy is making learning unforgettable. Sketchy not only has made material stick better but also sticks with students for every step of their medical journey.

Ben Lack, M2: Sketchy has stuck with me by permanently associating objects with important medical concepts. As a medical student we are inundated with information and it can become seemingly impossible to differentiate between two similar concepts. Associating abstract concepts (like a drug mechanism of action) with a concrete real world example (like a concert hall full of trombone players) makes recall infinitely easier!

Christoph Isbjorn, M3: While on my orthopedic surgery rotation, I was asked about diabetic medications due a patient being on a certain gliptin drug. I was able to explain the MOA through my memory of the sketchy on diabetic medications. Needless to say, I helped my attending out and he was impressed!

Sometimes taking notes or adding facts can help increase learning retention. With Picmonic, students can customize their content and add their own information and characters, notes, images, videos and more to satisfy their personal learning needs.

Bottom line: You can create your own Picmonics using the simple drag and drop authoring tools, then share your creations with friends or the world! And on that note, anything shared publicly is also available to you too! Meaning thousands of additional topics covered in the Picmonic for Medicine library.

Picmonic is research-proven and covers a large variety of topics from medical, nursing, pharmacology, biology, pre-chemistry, and tons more. It features a mobile app on Android and Apple so students can learn on the go, and for medical students, a Google Chrome extension. Students who use Picmonic can also tap into their creative side to make their own memorable mnemonics.

Picmonic lessons are short yet concise to cover topics while focusing on active recall and retention. Picmonic also has spaced repetition with daily quizzes, prerecorded webinars, customizable learning playlists, and community contributions!

Sketchy and Picmonic can both be helpful for the USMLE Step 1. While both utilize mnemonics, Picmonic creates opportunities for quicker, research-proven preparation for big exams like the USMLE Step 1. When in doubt, check out why Med students use Picmonic to crush their exam scores.

West Los Angeles.-based online education company Sketchy Group, doing business as SketchyMedical, has received a $30 million investment from an affiliate of Playa Vista-based Chernin Group. As part of the deal, TCG will receive a majority stake in the company.

Siddiqui said the unusual approach is more effective in helping students retain large volumes of complex information than traditional rote memorization techniques. The company currently offers courses in microbiology, pharmacology, pathophysiology, biochemistry, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and OB-GYN.

You must download these decks to your computer, NOT to your phone. You must also have Anki installed on your computer. *The file you will download is a zip file (a compressed file), thus, you will have to open these zip files to see the Anki decks.* Once you download them your computer that has Anki installed, open them. They will open directly into your Anki app. Now that they are on your computer, you can sync your Anki account with your phone so that you can access them on the go.

Hi! I used your micro deck and i found it incredibly useful! Now that i am trying to download the pharm deck, it says the decks arent available anymore :/ Are you going to re-upload them? Thanks again!

Thank you so much for putting your work into these decks! It was recommended to me by another M2 and it has been fire in terms of retention. Using your decks with the printed Sketchy Medical Notes PDF for focused visual associations.

For example, if I watched the benzodiazepine sketchy video and only wanted to do the anki cards associated with that video, would there be a way for me to easily find and just review those cards? Thanks for the quick reply!

Ah, I get your question now! Haha. If you have downloaded the deck, you will see that the cards are separated by subject. The folders are separated into cardio/renal, antimicrobials, antineoplastics, autonomic drugs, GI/endocrine, neuro/psych, etc. So you can study those folders selectively, but not by specific video. That being said, you can easily edit the deck to your pleasing. You if you wanted to add tags, you could do that for yourself ?

Yes! You can download them via the link in this post ? it will take you to a google drive. Are you having issues? If so, first try downloading to your computer with the Anki application downloaded already. Then, you can sync your Anki account to your phone.

I personally didn't find these types of study techniques to be helpful, but I had a lot of classmates who liked learning this way. Just not my thing. However, I think PicMonic is good because the clips are short and to the point - they're usually just a few minutes long so its easy to maintain attention and you can watch a clip anywhere quickly. Sketchy med clips were longer and so a more elaborate storyline to follow. These are decent supplements to help learning during didactic year. During clinical year, I use UpToDate through my school library to look things up more than anything and of course PANCE review books.

In my experience, micro wasn't nearly as detail oriented in PA school as it was in Med school. I did not use those sources in PA school, did great in micro, but didn't really remember much at all. In med school, I used pathoma and sketchy, and I remember literally everything from sketchy and will remember those details for years. Many friends used picmonic too and loved it. However, those sources might be too detailed for PA school, so I wouldn't want you wasting time memorizing things you won't be tested on. In PA school, time is limited as it is. Also, I'd recommend finding the PDF versions of sketchy if you can, it's basically the picture, and a bunch of bullets points describing what each detail represents. That way, you don't have to waste time watching the video. Since I've done it both ways, (with and without those sources), I would highly recommend them for long term retention.

I have two of the three--picmonic and pathoma.

In retrospect, picmonic was ok but after using for the first round of exams or 2 I moved to pathoma and never looked back. I would buy it again in a heartbeat (and probably will as review for the PANCE). Its a great time saver and the explanations are on point.

I loved sketchy pharmacology. Some of their videos are up on youtube or you can watch a few samples on their website and see if it is for you. I also used it occasionally for micro. A bunch of us shared a login.

I haven't tried Pathoma yet but SketchyPharm has been a lifesaver for me. I can watch a video once and remember details on the medication months later just by recalling the storyline. I watched a few Picmonic videos and I feel that Sketchy is more memorable in general.

In regards to sketchy pharm, how can I start the free trial on there? I would just like to try it out before paying for it... I do see "start your free trial" on their website but every time I click it, it brings me to the checkout screen with no other choice but to pay for the whole subscription. I emailed their company but just curious if any of you have any experience with that.

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An in vitro study of effects of vitamin C-palmitate on the metabolism of 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in rat microsomes was performed. A sensitive assay method has been developed for the detection of metabolites of NNK in microsomes. Only the reduced metabolite of NNK, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-butanol (NNAL), was detected and measured in a time-course study. Vitamin C-palmitate enhanced the reduction of NNK in a concentration-dependent manner. The results indicate a significant increase in Vmax and K(m) in the presence of vitamin C. However, the rate of formation of NNAL at low substrate concentration varied. The ratio of Vmax to K(m) decreases. The results suggest that the kinetics are accounted for best by an uncompetitive activator binding model at low concentration of vitamin C. The uncompetitive binding model becomes sketchy at higher concentration of vitamin C. These observations infer that vitamin C loosely binds to the substrate-enzyme complex. Furthermore, the nature of the binding would facilitate the modulation of NNK biotransformation leading to the formation of NNAL. The results also show that vitamin C-palmitate is a potent activator of NNK reduction in rat liver microsomes. Thus, vitamin C-palmitate would mediate the metabolism of NNK through reduction. The resulting NNAL-glucuronide is more readily eliminated in urine.

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