Mosby's Review for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination

By James J. Mizner and James J. Mizner Jr RPh MBA

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416062041
• ISBN13: 9781416062042
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

pharmacy tech book

this book is great. i would reccomend it to anyone studying for the pharmacy tech certification exam.

I passed!

I bought this book and studied with it as my only resource for about 6 weeks. I passed my test and found that the companion CD was worth the entire purchase price. This was a great study guide for me!

practice tests were very helpful!

the practice tests were very helpful in this book! i passed the PTCB by far, and i would say it did help. i wish it had a little more on rules of hospital pharmacy though... the practice tests were extremely helpful and it is very detailed (almost a little too detailed, but it was very helpful to be over prepared). i recommend this to anyone taking the PTCB. it definitely helped me pass :)

good, but a few errors

I took a class at the local college before using this book to go over some practice tests and I have noticed that on a few questions the answers given by the answer key were incorrect. I thought that I was wrong at first, but I brought it to my teacher's attention and she actually agreed that the answer key was incorrect. On one question I found a digit of a number missing on the correct answer, so there was no correct answer choice available and on another one the definition for qid was left out of the possible answer, so again there was no correct answer to choose from. Those are just minor thing I found, but I began to wonder if all the answers on drug names etc were correct. I have no way of finding out until I actually work in a pharmacy for a while. I like the CDrom that comes with it... but again, I have found some errors on it regarding feedback on answers. Eg, it rated my answer as incorrect, but the explanation showed my choice of answer correct. I would still recommend the book, but I would double check answers if you are unsure about the answer key. At the price you pays for it, I expected it to be proof-read and double checked. Overall, it's good practice and you should get enough out of it to pass the PTCE. Update: If I would take away another star I would do so... I've studied a lot more over the last week and have encountered some more "proof-reading" errors. Now, this tool is making me more insecure about my knowledge.

This is a great book to review for pharmacy tech exam.

This is the best book you can ever get. I didn't have any experience in pharmacy before and after reading this book i gave exam. I passed exam with great success. Working in pharmacy helps for sure but by just reading this book you can pass the exam for sure!