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Hello, I am starting my advanced pathophysiology class and I am kind of freaking out about it. Wondering if anyone would be willing to share some of their notes with me?? I have purchased a supplemental book along with the book for my class but could really use any help that is offered to succeed in this class. Thank you to anyone that is willing to help me.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

There is no such thing as a 'standardized' course - LOL. Notes from students in other schools may not be much help to you at all.

Do you have a "Guyton"? (Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology). That was my 'bible' in all my advanced patho courses... great in-depth explanations, illustrations. It's pricey, but you get online access as well. It is frequently updated, so I have no idea which edition is the current one.

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I do not have that book but I will look into it thanks!!

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Specializes in psychiatric.

MY Patho course is nightmarishly difficult, the instructor literally gives us 2-300 pages of power points each week and expects us to know everything, needless to say I am getting an excellent education but I don't know if I'll live long enough to enjoy the benefits due to the stress.

All whining aside, I have Clinical Pathophysiology made ridiculously simple by Berkowitz, and a textbook, Symptom to Diagnosis, an evidence based guide by Lange. These two books are excellent resources. The patho book condenses everything and has very good diagrams, the Symptom book has many, many case studies for each main diagnosis and walks you through each differential.

I would suggest googling things that don't make sense to you too, I found many great resources on the web that helped me put some of the more difficult concepts together. Good Luck

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Thanks for the advice on materials!! I am hearing the same kind of thing about this class that I will be taking which I am very nervous about!!! Hope I make it through!

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Practice review questions on Quizlet and Cram.com. I passed with an A. we had a weekly case study and 3 major individual case studies. A midterm and a Final. It is doable but you will not have a life.

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I'm starting this August. I'm glad to see that everyone is still alive so far. Anyone helpful tips would be very welcome. I will be starting full time, I am in the graduate stats class now.

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Specializes in Critical Care and ED.

I'm starting Patho this fall also. Would be nice to keep this thread alive and share resources. Thanks for the links and ideas so far.

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Specializes in NICU, telemetry.

I also will be in patho this fall too. I got the already recommended Berkowitz book. It seems like a helpful resource just from the reading I've already done!

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MY Patho course is nightmarishly difficult, the instructor literally gives us 2-300 pages of power points each week and expects us to know everything, needless to say I am getting an excellent education but I don't know if I'll live long enough to enjoy the benefits due to the stress.

All whining aside, I have Clinical Pathophysiology made ridiculously simple by Berkowitz, and a textbook, Symptom to Diagnosis, an evidence based guide by Lange. These two books are excellent resources. The patho book condenses everything and has very good diagrams, the Symptom book has many, many case studies for each main diagnosis and walks you through each differential.

I would suggest googling things that don't make sense to you too, I found many great resources on the web that helped me put some of the more difficult concepts together. Good Luck

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Practice review questions on Quizlet and Cram.com. I passed with an A. we had a weekly case study and 3 major individual case studies. A midterm and a Final. It is doable but you will not have a life.

Thanks

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Specializes in LTC, Med-surg.

My pathophysiology course doesn’t seem too bad. My textbook is written really simply rather than the McCance and Huether book I bought and read over the summer to prepare for class this fall. I find that watching YouTube videos on the Pathophysiology helps a lot with understanding the disease process!

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