Ucc Pharmacy students (actual students)

blankblank · 09-09-2009 12:06am #1

So i typed the word pharmacy into the search box and the majority of what i read was people saying they got the course/are going into first yr in 2010 etc etc and whats it like,,, the replies wherent the best as it was just full of other people celebrating that they too where offered a place.

So i wanted to ask what do the actual students doing the course at the moment think of it, the course content etc? and how relevant it is to the final career. And i happen to know theres quite a few ppl from ucc pharmaacy on here :pac:

I personally think there is an awful lot of unnecessery content and the vast majority of the lecturers are overly arrogant and a tad unhelpful!

Edit: That said tough there are some gems among them that are willing to do there best to help the students along.

Fatima85 · 09-09-2009 12:26am

Hey there davey89,

Was In the same position as you, just typed pharmacy UCC into the search bar to try and assess what other pharmacy students studying at UCC taught of the course.

But all in all, a very well organised and comprehensive course. Far better and more comtemporary then either of the pharmacy courses ran in RCSI and TCD.

blankblank · 09-09-2009 12:30am

Fatima85 wrote: »

Take for example the lovely, young twiglet of a pharmaceutics lecturer; whose name rhymes with Matie and Bryan...who treats every student like a piece of crap.

Ah Fatima tats thin water you thread upon.

And what did you make of the anatomy & pathophysiology sectin of the course?

Complete and utter rubbish in terms of how it was ran and how the entire lectures where mainly directed at the medicine students and we where seen as only "sit-in" first years.

Fatima85 · 09-09-2009 1:20am

Personally I think the shear volume of pharmaceutical chemistry that first year pharmacy students have to cover is unrealistic. Some of the material in first pharm from what I understand, compares to topics covered by 3rd chemistry students.
I also feel that students would benefit from more continual assessments in that same module throughout the year. Such a system would encourage more students to study and keep up with the course work throughout the year as opposed to cramming the entire course into the four weeks of the study month.
Anantomy/Intro to Pathophysiology was unnecessary to say the least. The way in which the lectures were delivered, executed & assessed did not in anyway correspond to the AN1074 course outcomes.
Clearly I feel some issues need to be addressed in terms of module content, volume and relevance.

Fatima

Fatima85 · 09-09-2009 12:32pm

Nicely put 'pharmerluke'....couldn't have said it better myself

PharmingLuke · 09-09-2009 12:34pm

What year are you in by the way? I'm heading into Second Year. Supposed to be a larger selection of irrelevant ***** too.

Fatima85 · 09-09-2009 12:44pm

Im headin into second year also....boom!

blankblank · 09-09-2009 12:44pm

Hmmm, thanks very much for the detailed response luke, totally agree with the anatomy response, she was indeed out of breath the entire time and i seem to remember her finishing a lecture in 25 mins as she rushed thorugh its entirety without stoping for a break. She was however complained i believe, which led to her subsequent slowing down in future lectures.

On the other hand tough while i did find the chem a tad overwhelming, it has to be said that at the end of the end the lectures done there best with regards revision material and online help to ensure the majority of the class would pass.

blankblank · 09-09-2009 12:45pm

PharmingLuke wrote: »

What year are you in by the way? I'm heading into Second Year. Supposed to be a larger selection of irrelevant ***** too.

The cookie crumbles

Fatima85 · 09-09-2009 12:45pm

Im headin into second year also....ZING!

Fatima85 · 09-09-2009 1:01pm

No i'm not American, thankfully...thought u were sumone else I know who uses such retardo slang...Thought if it was him, he might identify himself. Don't get me strated on JJ, where did that pseudo, Dublin, D-quatro accent originate from? Didn't bother with his section in the end, was delighted I could skip over his 'material'.....

PharmingLuke · 09-09-2009 1:06pm

Retardo Slang? I'll try not to take offence to that so. Who's this person who uses Retardo Slang in your year so? :P
I learned JJ's material because of the easier questions he seems to ask in the MCQ section. For example, Steroid Numbering. You'll be amazed to hear that in my first year group, there was a girl who STRUGGLED to do this. I couldn't believe it. She ended up taking grinds to learn how to do it.

Fatima85 · 09-09-2009 1:13pm

To b honest pharmer luke, I wouldn't be surprised at all to hear that she couldn't grasp steroid numbering....I couldn't tell you the first thing about assigning nomenclature or chemistry to be honest...

PharmingLuke · 09-09-2009 1:15pm

Yeah, remembering it is one thing. Struggling to -understand- it is quite another (Steroid Numbering). It's the former you seem to be suffering from and she suffered from the latter. If you admit to the latter, then you're doing yourself an intellectual injustice.

Fatima85 · 09-09-2009 1:21pm

Verbosity Killed the Cat.....

PharmingLuke · 09-09-2009 1:23pm

Thank God I'm not a Cat.

blankblank · 09-09-2009 1:28pm

Lads lads lads, we seem to have strayed a little off topic here.
In my personal opinion "pharminluke", i find no shame in admittance that you cannot understand something even if "you" do prehaps view it as being easy. Personally i would congragulate her for having the courage to be in a room full of high achievers (as im assuming your class, like the majority of phamracy students was) and say "ok guys i cannot understand steroid numbering so i am going to get grinds".
Theres never any shame to be had for wanting help, even if it is for the smallest of things.

PharmingLuke · 09-09-2009 1:33pm

Yes Davie, you're right...apologies for my response...just counting 1-22 in circles...ah... never mind.

So regarding the Pharmacy population in UCC.

09-09-2009 1:44pm

Guys the education boards are not there for students to abuse lecturers. Personal abuse will not be tolerated in any form.

I'm locking this thread 'til the forum mods can deal with this.

Orizio · 10-09-2009 9:23pm

Fatima and pharmingluke banned. Lets be clear:

Racism is not allowed on this forum or on ieboards.

Insulting lecturers is not allowed on this forum.

Generalizing and insulting classes is not allowed on this forum.

Thread closed.

Ucc Pharmacy students (actual students)

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