Guest guest Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 or do must people go to school, then take the test??? I will be studying on my own. I'm also registered to take the exam on 5/27. I'm hoping that is enough time to study and pass...so nervous. How difficult is the exam? How did you all prepare for the exam? What areas should I concentrate on the most? Please help. I want this so bad!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Dear He/meeknathins, I can tell you that MOST people who use this site are studying on their own. I would say about 60%-65%. The rest are people who are using this site in conjunction with a work program (modules) or a school program. Many teachers are aware of this site, as I do have a teachers site as well and they send there students here. But I am interested in knowing what the current membership is doing. So if anyone wants to answer this in an individual basis, feel free. Respctfully, Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS F/O > > or do must people go to school, then take the test??? > > I will be studying on my own. I'm also registered to take the exam on 5/27. I'm hoping that is enough time to study and pass...so nervous. > > How difficult is the exam? > > How did you all prepare for the exam? > > What areas should I concentrate on the most? > > Please help. I want this so bad!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 i worked i a pharmacy as a cashier,then i started studying on my own for about 6 mths. and took the test and passed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I studied about 4 PT books before sitting the exam. I recommend knowing math, the top 20 prescription drugs, and the most common over the counter meds. You should know this stuff not just for the Exam but also for potential work at the retail level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 > > I recommend knowing math, the top 20 prescription drugs, and the > most common over the counter meds. I'm curious, did you intend to say top 200 or was that a typo? The top 20 doesn't seem like enough unless the candidate " just wants to pass, " and makes a cost/benefit decision that it's not worth the effort. I wish more info could be available about how the exam is scored. PTCB says it's weighted to compensate for difficulty. It seemed to me like they implied each question is weighted for its difficulty, and individual exams are assembled so each exam is equally difficult (selecting the appropriate mix of weighted questions). To me, that means each question would be scored according to its difficulty. It would also explain why an exam contains 15(?) survey questions for possible use in future exams. Current candidates are providing the " weighting " information which will be applied to future scoring? PTCB stops short of saying that. Some instructors (Medina) say harder questions count for more. Others (Reifman) say they don't, and you should guess at the harder ones because they're a waste of time (all things being equal). The reason I bring this up is that it would influence cost/benefit decisions about whether to study 20, 100, 300 drugs. If harder questions count for more of the score, then it could be a good use of time to study further (knowing an oddball drug question might boost your score). It's too bad PTCB doesn't divulge more information on this topic. If it's scored the way I think it is, disclosing it would be a net positive. I think it would create an incentive for people to dig deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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