USMLE Pharmacology Flashcards Reviews

Good content poor navigation

Mrowan

The content is good. The app needs an index of drugs so that I can navigate to a particular drug quickly. Otherwise I have to swipe through a lot of cards to find what I'm looking for.

Almost no help for medical students

Ghanna02

After buying this over the summer thinking it would help me get a head start and give me extra practice for 2nd year med school/step studying, this app has almost no drugs compared to what we need to know. The number of questions available is pretty terrible too. Wish I could get my money back, but if you’re looking for ways to get ahead or master drugs, programs like SketchyMedical, UWorld, and RX (First Aid’s question set) is way more worth your money.

Like it...

Acuaria

Good overall review for many classes of drugs. Presented as a brief case presentation on one side of the card, and the medication/side effects/indications on the other. I wish it had common dosing instructions, but otherwise it's a nice concise, brief review for on the go. The price of the full program is 34.99 (called an expansion pack). The initial download will only give you one drug per class as a teaser to purchase the whole deck. Just a heads up. :)

good content, bad UI

Jafar A.

It has everything you can ask for from an information standpoint, but the user interface just seems old fashioned, outdated, boring, and doesn't have very many options to customize to your liking. Hopefully the developers can update the app a bit so that it's a bit more appealing, easier to use, and includes a few more study options. It would be a 5 star app without a doubt if and when that update happens.

Pretty good

younghm

Using them for med school / board prep. My roommate has the paper version of these. I thought the app would be a little more convenient. I agree the user interface could be updated- especially if you want quiz mode. Otherwise it's straight forward/ easy to use and covers most of the drugs. My only complaint is the screen is very sensitive- often when I'm scrolling to see the rest of the question the card flips. Whoops- now I know the answer before I even read the question. Should be an easy fix IMO

Good material, poor execution

Mantan Misi Indonesia

I'm a 2nd year medical student. I thought this would come in handy. It has almost all of the drugs I've needed. It has a few good study features like the multi-sided flash card feature. However, there are enough negatives that I almost never use this app. You can't organize your own decks, the app does not keep track of your study progress from one session to the next. I have to start from scratch every time I open this app to find the cards I want. I have to scroll through the cards one at a time to find ones I want. The scrolling is kind of choppy/tedious which leads to more time wasted. If this app was like some of the other flashcard apps I might actually use it, the restriction to personalizing the cards you want has resulted in me never using this app. All of this being said, this app should be priced at 99cents. I still wouldn't use it even if it were. It was hard for me to get an accurate picture of the real app when I used the free version. Like I said though, it does have a good number of drugs, the case presentations are good and the info is pretty thorough. This is all moot though, due to the lack of customization and 'memory'.

Follow up

Mista Em

Hi this is from the developer. We have not seen the problems you've described. You can arrange decks into three groups using the "flashcard boxes" study mode. The app *does* save state between sessions. We would be happy to help you if you contact our support email. Thanks...