Sketchy Pharmacology

You cannot pass pharmacology using only Sketchy. You still need to understand pharmacodynamics (what the drug does to the body) and pharmacokinetics (what the body does to the drug). Sketchy teaches what , not why .

One-line summary

The core pedagogical tool used in Sketchy Pharmacology is the "Method of Loci," commonly known as the Memory Palace. This ancient mnemonic device relies on spatial memory. In the context of Sketchy: sketchy pharmacology

Autonomic pharmacology is the first major hurdle in med school. Agonists, antagonists, muscarinic, nicotinic, alpha, beta—it is chaos. Sketchy breaks this into two or three massive, interconnected scenes that tell a continuous story. Once you learn the "Autonomics" sketch, you can differentiate between Prazosin (alpha-1 blocker) and Clonidine (alpha-2 agonist) instantly. You cannot pass pharmacology using only Sketchy