This turned out to be more than my response to the original author! Re: Exam

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Thank you Karin for your opinion!

I am making a document of opinions. May I enter yours?

Thanks Jeanetta

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> > now that a few days has passed since I took the exam, I can

finally

> > think rationally again.

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> > Jeanetta, you are probably right, during the exam seeing all the

> > math, I guess my brain froze...

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> > I can't give you good examples of what was on the test because it

> > stressed me and I can't remember....

> >

> > Mainly, my trouble was that given a word math problem I could not

> > decide what formula to use to get the answer...

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> > proportions? ratios? dividing? multiplying?

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> > there were questions that I felt came out of the blue....on

> > maintenance of equipment, blood pressures in reference to a

> > particular script...

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> > Did I get a test that was half math? I think I did, but I can

> finally

> > realize that the problem was in the fact that I froze and became

> > befuddled... .

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> > The test covers such a wide range of topics because Pharmacy

> > Technicians are used in so many different areas of the pharmacy

> > field...if you have on-the-job training only in one aspect

covered

> by

> > the test, the test would probably be difficult...

> >

> > One of the techs I work with took the test about two weeks before

I

> > did and he had about two years experience in retail pharmacy...He

> > found the test difficult because his test had numerous questions

> > about hospital termilogy and techniques.. ..I did not have any

> > questions on hospitals...

> >

> > I thought I was prepared when I went to take the test, I had

taken

> a

> > class that said it was preparation for the test, I had worked

part-

> > time in retail pharmacy, I studied, took sample tests...yet I was

> > devastated when I finished the test...

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> > Maybe for most of you that doesn't seem like much preparation or

> > education, but as far as education goes in Texas, there is little

> out

> > there other than on-the-job training and that varies with the

field

> > you go into and each job setting...

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> > In the job that I did choose, the only math that we have ever

used

> > has been figuring out how many ml were required to fill a

> > prescription or days supply....we don't make IV's, calculate drip

> > flows, or even do compounding (the head pharmacist sends people

> with

> > those scripts to another pharmacy)

> >

> > I am not saying that these skills are not important, just that I

> > didn't have enough background on them to really understand the

> > calculations required by the word problems. I knew how to convert

> > measurements but what to do with them once they were converted

was

> > the problem...

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> > After working in a pharmacy, I certainly agree with many of you

in

> > this group that there should be more formal learning available

and

> > required...but I am glad there are groups like yours where I hope

> to

> > finally grasp the math even if I never am required on the job to

> use

> > it.

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