Gems
Condensed cards for the last stretch before the exam, when you want to cover ground quickly rather than read anything at length. Keep your own notes on each page and they stay on your account.
What a card looks like
An example card. Decks cover the whole blueprint.
Every step is a factor of 1,000.
| From | To | Multiply by |
|---|---|---|
| g | mg | 1,000 |
| mg | microgram | 1,000 |
| L | mL | 1,000 |
A misplaced decimal is the most common numeracy error in the exam and the most common drug error on a ward, which is why the paper keeps asking.
Write microgram in full. "mcg" and the Greek symbol are both discouraged in UK practice because they are misread as mg under pressure.
Your note on this page
Caught out by 0.5 g to micrograms twice now. Two steps, not one: 500 mg, then 500,000 micrograms.
Notes attach to the page and stay on your account, so a second pass picks up where your thinking left off.
In this deck
- 1. What the paper asks of you
- 2. Reading a prescription chart
- 3. Metric units
- 4. Weight-based dosing
- 5. Infusion rates
Short by design
Written to be read in a break, not to be comprehensive. If a card is getting long it has become a revision guide and belongs there instead.
Searchable
Search the text of every page, so you can get to the one thing you half-remember without working out which deck it was in.
Your own notes
Notes attach to the page, not the deck, and stay on your account. The second pass picks up where your thinking left off.
Gems come with the 199-day plan. They are reading rather than practice, so start with the question bank on the free plan and add them when you are closer to the date.