Download PDF Mosby Review for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination 9781416062042 Medicine Health Science Books
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This complete review includes everything you need to study for and pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and ExCPT exams! Review the content you’ll see on the exam with handy outlines and helpful electronic flash cards, then prepare for the exam with a section on test-taking tips. Plus, you can test your knowledge with mock exams in the book and on the companion CD-ROM for even more practice.
- Tips and suggestions prepare you for test-taking success with helpful strategies and information on what to expect and how to prepare.
- A convenient outline format helps you to quickly review important information you’ll see on the exam.
- Six printed mock exams feature the same format and content emphasis as the national exam.
- Ten practice exams on the Companion CD in both timed and untimed modes help you easily recognize important areas for study and identify your weaknesses.
- Over 600 electronic flash cards that cover the top 200 most prescribed pharmaceuticals, the top 50 herbals, abbreviations, and sound-alike drugs offer a quick practice tool for important information.
- Evolve Resources include everything from the Companion CD-ROM, plus appendices and internet resources, for more study opportunities.
- Mock exams have the same 100-question format used on the PTCB and ExCPT exams for a realistic test taking experience.
- The latest information on HIPPA and the Medicare Modernization Act, plus other recent pharmacy laws, keeps you up-to-date on important content featured on the PTCB exam.
- Discussions of the United States Pharmacopeia guidelines prepare you for updated material in the Compounding and Regulation sections.
- Internet resources feature links to pharmacy and PTCB and ExCPT-related web resources for access to more study tools.
Download PDF Mosby Review for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination 9781416062042 Medicine Health Science Books
"I passed my PTCE on the first go studying with this AND Barron's PTCE book. This book has a ton of information. It over prepares you in my opinion, but it is good. It was recommended by a pharmacist that I get that book and study with it. It was hard to understand at times which is why I used it with the Barron's PTCE book which was much easier to read. The test is pretty easy you need to know laws, brand and generics and basic math mostly, not to much math though, so chill. Study early for it but don't stress out it's honestly okay."
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Mosby Review for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination 9781416062042 Medicine Health Science Books Reviews
- This book is 370 pages of great information. This book has the updated PTCE blueprint and the chapters are broken up into 9 domains. Plenty of practice questions that are very helpful. However, I did find a lot of mistakes in the book.
Question 10 Practice Examinations
Page 255 Question 98 Option "b" should read 5% 15 mL; 1% 15 mL
Answers
Page 299 Pretest Answer #1 Answer should be b.
Page 303 Pretest Answer #96 Answer should be d.
Page 304 Chapter 1 Answers #28 Answer should be d.
Page 312 Chapter 3 Answers #75 Answer should be 960 mL.
Page 313 Chapter 3 Answers #86 Answer should be 125 mL/hr.
Page 320 Chapter 5 Answers #5 Answer should be a.
Page 321 Chapter 5 Answers #28 Answer should be a.
Page 325 Chapter 8 Answers #14 This answer should be deleted.
Page 325 Chapter 8 Answers #15 This should be renumbered to #14.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #16 This should be renumbered to #15.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #17 This should be renumbered to #16.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #18 This should be renumbered to #17.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #19 This should be renumbered to #18.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #20 This should be renumbered to #19.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #20 (now #19) Answer should be a.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #21 This should be renumbered to #20.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #22 This should be renumbered to #21.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #23 This should be renumbered to #22.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #24 This should be renumbered to #23.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #25 This should be renumbered to #24.
Page 326 Chapter 8 Answers #26 This should be renumbered to #25.
Page 326 Chapter 9 Answers #1 Answer should be d.
Page 339 Chapter 10 Practice Examination III Answers #47 Answer should be d.
Page 340 Chapter 10 Practice Examination III Answers #53 Answer should be b.
Page 340 Chapter 10 Practice Examination III Answers #68 Answer should be d.
Page 346 Chapter 10 Practice Examination IV Answers #90 Answer should be d.
Page 347 Chapter 10 Practice Examination V Answers #8 Answer should be d.
Page 347 Chapter 10 Practice Examination V Answer #9 Answer should be c.
Page 351 Chapter 10 Practice Examination V Answer #79 Answer should be d.
Page 353 Chapter 10 Practice Examination VI Answer #21 Answer should be b.
Page 359 Chapter 10 Practice Examination VII Answer #61 Answer should be d.
Aside from the mistakes, I really do think this is a great book and recommend it to anyone trying to take the Pharmacy Tech exam. - This is the review from a 20 year old male with no medical experience whatsoever.
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1) Do not try to pass the exam with just this resource. The text that accompanies the practice tests is not enough knowledge to pass any of the tests at all. You cannot pass with just the knowledge in this book, and a lot of the material covered is not thoroughly explained. I recommend two other resources formal education (university, course, etc.), or the The Pharmacy Technician (4e).
2) This book has so many practice questions for you to utilize. Do it. Use the questions on the disc, as it is less of a hassle.
3) There are many typos and wrong answers in the practice questions. It's maybe one wrong answer for every two practice exams. Some of the errors are pretty major. But, if you are a responsible person and receive the formal training or read The Pharmacy Technician, then you will catch most of these errors and not study mistakes. I wouldn't worry so much about this, but it's something to be aware of. The first mistake I encountered, I trusted the book and therefore wasted a lot of time trying to understand my "mistake" only to find out that it was a typographical error.
4) Even if you read The Pharmacy Technician, read the text that comes with this book too, as you'll find it gives you a different perspective and sometimes different approaches for solving problems which may make some light bulbs turn on.
5) This book is worth every penny because of the software. Buy it, and I promise if you use it properly then you will pass.
Questions about the exam
1) What do I need to be scoring on the practice exams to pass the real exam?
Well, I was scoring between 72-82 on the practice exams and scored a 745/900 on the real exam. The passing score for the real exam is 650. Calculating that (remember that the minimum score is 300, so you have to account for that [in case anyone is checking my math), you need to be scoring above a 60% on these practice tests to pass, roughly. If you are scoring 70%, you will most likely pass.
2) Do I need to learn all of these billions of medicines for the test?!
Yes and no. You will need to know which drugs fit into which schedules. That is very important. Learning medicines comes from repetition, and mainly repetition of the actual use and process of these drugs. So you will learn these medicines eventually as a technician and all about what they do and where they should be stored and everything. Don't worry so much about this. However, when a medicine is in the practice test, write it down and learn it. If you learn all of the medicines from the 10 practice tests on the disc, then you will be very fine. Note that all of the medicines in the practice tests amount to a very small amount when compared to the total of medicines that you could be tested over. But at least learning those few will help and get you familiar with some patterns that you'll start to recognize with medicines. Bottom line, don't stress to much about this.
3) What about math?
Know all of the math concepts, completely.
4) What about the laws?
Learn them, completely. This book spreads them out very nicely.
5) Are these practice tests harder than the actual test?
I think they are roughly the same, but if I had to pick one then I would say that the practice tests are a little harder. I think that the math in the real test is slightly easier but there are harder medicines (what is the generic name for ___, what can you not eat with this?, what does this react with? who cannot take this?, etc.) on the real test than the practice tests. There are a few more questions on just "concepts" than on the practice tests -- the practice tests don't waste space with that. These concept questions are basically freebie questions (ex. How many mL are in 1cc?). There are only like 2-3 of these, but there are virtually none in the practice tests.
6) Will I need the entire time limit?
I would hope not. They give you an unGodly amount of time for the test. I was completing the practice tests in 20-30 minutes and I took my time on the exam and had a little less than an hour left over.
7) Does it take a long time for the results to come back?
Yes. Just under 3 weeks. Don't expect it sooner.
8) Do I have to enroll in a course to pass this?
Not at all. I am very happy that I didn't, considering the time I saved.
9) How many hours of study should it take for me to pass?
Of course, everyone is different. I studied less than a total of 50 hours and confidently passed. It just depends on your knowledge before you start, how quickly you learn, how you study, etc. I'd say a perfectly average person with perfectly average prior knowledge would take about 3-5 months, studying at comfortable pace. I'd say a person with excellent math skills and is reasonably intelligent can do this in 2-3 months (again, with a comfortable studying speed). I completed my studying in less than 2 weeks, so it's possible to do it in under a month.
10) Will I pass?
Yes. If you did everything that you were expected to do, do not fear the test at all. If you halfway studied and cut corners, you have every right to be worried -- good luck. If you are looking to pass this without training or studying or work experience, you will not pass.
I hope this helps everyone. I know that when I was thinking about getting certified, I could not seem to find the answers to some of the questions I had. So I put some of those important questions in my review to help some of you. -) I hope this was helpful. Happy studying, and good luck!
-Zachary
4/5 for mistakes in exams and for explaining things in the absolute shortest way possible. Also, including the millions of tables of medicines and classifications was just too daunting to look at. - I passed my PTCE on the first go studying with this AND Barron's PTCE book. This book has a ton of information. It over prepares you in my opinion, but it is good. It was recommended by a pharmacist that I get that book and study with it. It was hard to understand at times which is why I used it with the Barron's PTCE book which was much easier to read. The test is pretty easy you need to know laws, brand and generics and basic math mostly, not to much math though, so chill. Study early for it but don't stress out it's honestly okay.
