Problem Sets


David H. Farb , Ph.D.
Chairman of Pharmacology
Boston University School of Medicine

There are six Programmed Problem Sets, which you can access by clicking below.

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  1. Pharmacokinetics of Chloramphenicol
  2. Agents Affecting the Autonomic Nervous System
  3. General Anesthetics
  4. Antibiotics
  5. Cardiovascular Drugs
  6. Pharmacological Emergencies

These programmed problem sets in Pharmacology have three major purposes:

  1. To help you review material you have already learned about an important class of drugs, and to help you determine what additional study and learning would be useful to your better understanding of the pharmacology of agents in the class.
  2. To reinforce your understanding and use of the technical vocabulary of pharmacology and therapeutics.
  3. To give you practice in solving pharmacologic problems.

These programs are not intended to provide comprehensive reviews of the topics covered, nor is it intended that your use of the programs will be an alternative to your use of your textbook, lecture notes, hand-outs, etc., for study. Rather, the programs are supplements to other methods of study. You may wish to use study materials, such as your textbook, while you use the programs, and you may wish to take notes that will help you plan additional study and review as you work through each problem.

Directions:

Each program begins with the presentation of introductory material and data relevant to the rest of the program. When you finish reading the introductory material you will be directed to consider the first of a series of ” Items.” The items are cast in the form of ” multiple-choice” questions; they are numbered with Roman numerals and arranged consecutively.

After you’ve read an item, select an appropriate response from the list of choices given. Clicking on a particular choice will present you with an individualized ” Comment” which will tell you whether or not your choice was correct and provide an explanation. The appropriate comment for your response will always appear at the top of the screen - disregard any other comments that may also be displayed. Once you have viewed the comment, click on the Return to direct you back to the original question if you were incorrect, or to the next question if you were right. If you ever get lost, you can always click on the Back icon to return to the former screen prior to selecting an answer. If you ever wish to start over, simply click on the Home icon.

In addition, within the questions and comments, there exist certain pharmacologic terms and symbols which are underlined. Clicking on these words or symbols will direct you to their definitions within the Glossary of Terms and Symbols Used in Pharmacology. If you are enrolled in General Medical Pharmacology at Boston University School of Medicine, you also have a complete printout of this glossary as Chapter 3 of your Course Manual. To access the on-line glossary directly, click here .

Please direct all web related comments or questions to Lindsay Ritz

Primary teaching affiliate
of BU School of Medicine