Re: PTCB NEWS - PTCB Will have IV Certification Program

[Guest guest]

Thank you !

My comments and opinions to Part I:

I wonder if " considering setting up a certification program in IV

admixture " means that PTCB would conduct its own program as in

teaching it? or IF it means only in certification!

Will PTCB reap the benefits or income of providing education?

That would be much like ICPT reaping form selling its book and program.

Some may call this a conflict of interest. Others will applaud PTCB.

I believe that ANY licensing or certifying body should NOT be

involved in the teaching of its content to the test takers and

definitely NOT be making money off of both! This is a conflict of

interest to me. Much like the doctor who would claim you are ill,

charge you for the visit, then write a prescription only to send you

downstairs to his or her pharmacy to have it filled. A double whammy

$$$ to the patient! No wonder doctors can not own pharmacies in the

USA!!! I believe this is an ETHICAL issue!

Once again folks: Let's get Ethical Ethical!

So it is one thing to say you have completed an IV course through XYZ

program, you get a certificate of completion and a grade of how you

did. But it is another thing to have a STATE then give you a practical

exam to see if you can pass the requirements of the state proving tha

the school or program is teaching what it should and content is valid

and you know your stuff. So I have no problem with any entity charging

for its IV program unless they are also the CERTIFYING body! That

makes NO sense to me! A blatant conflict of interest!~

Case in point:

Isn't this why pharmacy schools are not allowed to LICENSE???? Come on

to take the licensing exam is VERY different than say8ing you

graduated from XYZ School of Pharmacy with a gpa of 3.2. Where is the

overseeing of the licensing exam if we delegate it to the very

colleges that provide the education??? It is called ethics! Ethics

PEOPLE!

I wish PTCB great income and success because after all ICPT sells a

manual and makes money from that and also gets to charge its test

takers. So why shouldn't PTCB make some money from a IV Program

instead of endorsing one that is private? Why should they continue to

NOT sell anything except the PTCE test? (if you can't read my sarcasm

I don't know what to tell you).

You know what people? If you are missing the point perhaps this will

get it across: I think I will begin my own certification exam because

the judge said it can yield CPhT behind it's name. Then since there is

NO entity that states that it is or is not equal to PTCE or ExCPT I

will then go to every state and get it on the agenda to have the

state accept it. Some will some won't. Then after I do that I will

sell some books, videos, classes in practical so that the masses who

take the exam believe that in order to pass my certification exam they

have to have MY books and such. Then I will charge my students to take

my exam. Then I will certify them even if my test is not proven to be

valid or compared, then I will make some CE's and make sure that my

listing of test takers gets an email that the CE's are available. And

in order to keep their certification valid they have to take MY CE's.

Does that cover it?

It is called ETHICS everyone!

I hope this post helps PTCB to state that they will in fact be

offering a certification EXAM not a program. Keep the programs in the

SCHOOLS where they belong!!!

Keep the certification process separate and where it belongs!

Part II

I hope PTCB does have continuous testing! It would help tremendously

for schools that have continuous open enrollment!

I do hope that I have misunderstood what is meant by the word

" Program'. If they had said 'certification' as in testing I would have

NO problem!

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner

PS I have NO problem with entities like NPTA or Joe Medina's

Techlectures or other entities that offer IV Sterile Product Programs

that yield a Certification from that program. That certification is

like a diploma or proof of completion. BUT I am opposed to these

programs being the STATES way of testing. I think once again having a

THIRD IMPARTIAL CERTIFICATION AGENCY would mean that it would give the

final National or State certification for a given discipline of

pharmacy technology. It would oversee all companies so that one's

certificate is as meaningful as another's. It would serve to be a

JCAHO of certification companies, tests and all other boards.

Hm!?

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> _PTCB considers new program for techs_

> (http://cphtlink.com/2007/12/19/ptcb-considers-new-program-for-techs/)

> _Pharmacy News_ (http://cphtlink.com/category/pharmacy-news/) ,

> _CPhTLink.com News_ (http://cphtlink.com/category/sitenews/)

> Certified technicians who want to move up the career ladder may

have a new

> option open to them in the future. The Pharmacy Technician

Certification Board

> is considering setting up a certification program in IV admixture,

now that

> the U.S. Pharmacopeia has finalized its Chapter 797 clean room

standards. That

> ’s one thing Murer Corrigan, CEO of PTCB, revealed at the

ASHP

> midyear meeting in Las Vegas. Another plan PTCB is mulling is to

offer continuous

> certification testing, rather than holding tests only on certain

days, she

> added. This will offer technicians greater convenience in taking

the test.

>

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[Guest guest]

that didn't say for sure, but it sounds like an

awesome idea to me!

--- yvonnebillie@... wrote:

_PTCB considers new program for techs_

(http://cphtlink.com/2007/12/19/ptcb-considers-new-program-for-techs/)

_Pharmacy News_

> (http://cphtlink.com/category/pharmacy-news/) ,

> _CPhTLink.com News_

> (http://cphtlink.com/category/sitenews/)

> Certified technicians who want to move up the career

> ladder may have a new

> option open to them in the future. The Pharmacy

> Technician Certification Board

> is considering setting up a certification program in

> IV admixture, now that

> the U.S. Pharmacopeia has finalized its Chapter 797

> clean room standards. That

> ’s one thing Murer Corrigan, CEO of PTCB,

> revealed at the ASHP

> midyear meeting in Las Vegas. Another plan PTCB is

> mulling is to offer continuous

> certification testing, rather than holding tests

> only on certain days, she

> added. This will offer technicians greater

> convenience in taking the test.

>

>

>

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