CONGRATS Soonthien Huong CPhT !!!!! Re: My PTCE Results

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CONGRATS Soonthien Huong CPhT !!!!!

Please do keep us posted!

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

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> > I took PTCE on 12/1 and have now received my PTCE results in the

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> > I'm proud to announce that I PASSED the exam ! :-)

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> > Total Score: 863

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> > Assist Pharmacist in Serving Patients: 866

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> > Maintain Med Inventory Control Systems: 830

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> > Admin Mgmt of Pharmacy Practice: 900

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> > Even after reading scoring explanation at PTCB web site I still

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> don't understand how scores are calculated ... but I'm pleased and

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> proud of 863 score out of 900 total possible.

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> > I attended a 7 month course. I'm currently serving externship

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> ends in just over a week. There's currently a hiring freeze where

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> serving externship so I don't expect a job offer.

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> > As we all know job openings are few and far between right now so

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> the most difficult part in all of this process will be finding a

job.

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> > Many of my ex-classmates have not found positions yet, or have

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> found part-time or full time with very low pay and no benefits.

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> > After being in the work force for 33 years and having to re-start

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> over (losing my job to outsourcing) , needless to say I'm most

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> about the job search part of all this.

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> > My main study materials were ... Pass Assured, Mosby's Review CD,

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> book on math titled " Complete Math Review for The Pharmacy

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> Technician " by A. Hopkins Jr. " , sheets of various

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> throughout the course), and my class handouts and notes.

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> > I actually didn't use materials in the files here at the group,

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> I had a lot of my own study materials already.

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> > I read posts here in the group and would tackle any math problems

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> that were posted as that was my main concern going into the test.

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> > When I took the exam the math did not seem difficult to me ... or

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> should I say not as difficult as I was anticipating.

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> > But that's because I'm somewhat insecure of my math abilities ...

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> but have been overcoming that since taking the course.

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> > My lowest math test score in class was 86% (only test I got a " B "

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> on during entire course ... and most in class got " B " on that

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> > My highest math test in class was 98% (missed 1 question,

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> darn!) ... so I did much better on math than I thought I ever would!

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> > When someone asks me if PTCE was " easy " , I hesitate to say yes or

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> no. After all what seems easy for one person may seem difficult for

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> > Whenever I heard anyone say the exam was " easy " , I would catch

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> myself relaxing and not thinking I had to study/review as hard or

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> > But then I realized not to fall into that trap. So I approached

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> as I will not assume it's " easy " and will study as though it's

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> to be really " difficult " .

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> > I tend to usually over-study but I'd rather be more prepared than

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> under prepared!

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> > I went into the exam extremely relaxed and felt very good when I

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> finished it and left the exam center because I knew I had passed.

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> > It's so funny because when I got home from externship Thursday

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> night and saw PTCB envelope, I felt nervous about opening it.

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> > I laughed and said I know I passed (because I saw that much on

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> their web site 11 days after taking exam) but I had been

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> the actual score details.

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> > I was hoping to score in the 800's ... so needless to say when I

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> saw 863, I was quite pleased!

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> > Thank you everyone for all the participation here and for the

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> encouragement and support we all give each other.

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> > a CPhT

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> > (previously used " zaldamo " email handle in the group)

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> > P.S. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE ! ! !

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