Concise Review for the PTCB Exam [Paperback]

Christopher Ardoin (Author), Brian Tuschl (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1598582615 | ISBN-13: 978-1598582611 | Publication Date: June 15, 2007 | Edition: 1

Concise Review for the PTCB Exam is a comprehensive approach to preparing for the pharmacy technician certification exam. It does not try to cover every aspect about the field of pharmacy. Rather, it targets the information that is relevant to the certification exam. The text includes drug information, test-taking strategies, examples and practice questions that will prepare a student to pass the test the first time. . Instruction in all test areas: math, law, hospital, drug information. . Contains strategies you MUST know to ace the exam. . Over 750 practice questions that will familiarize you with the PTCB format and help you master the techniques taught. . Detailed answer explanations that will help you avoid making the same mistake twice. . Pharmacy calculations are completely worked out so that all math problems on the exam can be easily understood and solved. . Gives unique ways to learn many of the drugs that will be on the exam. . Includes three practice PTCB tests. All of these questions are similar to those that you will see on the actual PTCB exam. . Covers pharmacy law and hospital information in a way that will make it easy to recall the information. .Contains a list of the top 200 drugs with brand, generic, indication and class. About the Authors Brian Tuschl, Pharm. D., is the president of Tech Prep Solutions. He is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Houston and was presented with the Roche Preceptor of the Year Award in 2006. Dr. Tuschl currently serves as a member of the advisory boards of two local technical schools with pharmacy technician programs and also practices retail pharmacy in Houston, Texas. Christopher Ardoin, BSPharm, is the co-founder of Tech Prep Solutions. He is a preceptor with the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. He is a licensed pharmacist in both Texas and Louisiana. Mr. Ardoin has over ten years of pharmacy experience in areas including hospital, compounding, and retail pharmacy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC; 1 edition (June 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598582615
• ISBN-13: 978-1598582611
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect to study for PTCB exam, but not a total waste!, January 20, 2008

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Tina Velgos "Tina" (Suburban Hell) - See all my reviews

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Concise Review for the PTCB Exam

This book focused too much on studying the drugs, and not enough time focusing on the actual PTCB exam. It does promise it is a "Concise Review" for the exam, and that's the reason I bought it. A promise the book did not deliver on.

Although I passed the PTCB exam on the first try, I found that most of the material in this book was not relevant to the current PTCB exam. Written by a load of Pharm.D's, I think this book would be better suited if you were studying for the PCAT exam (which prepares you to go to Pharmacy School), not the PTCB exam. Sorry, many pages were a total waste of time, and made one believe "they were not ready" for the PTCB.

The Pharmacy Law review did a decent job covering the essential laws to memorize, however, most of the book focused on the drugs, and in my opinion, it is a big mistake to focus on the drugs when preparing for the PTCB exam, which I took in December, 2007 and passed on the first try.

I liked the practice tests at the back of the book, and suggest a total revision of this book if this goes into a second edition.

Why not make it a book of sample practice tests and put the tests on a CD-ROM, which would give students practice taking exams on computers instead of filling in the bubbles!

Memorizing the generic and trade names, as well as drug categories, will waste your valuable time in preparing for the PTCB. I found that the test focused more on hospital practice and pharm math.

--Tina Velgos

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Beginning, March 12, 2010

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R. Widmar (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is a good place to start, however it's far from complete. If you're starting from scratch then it's worth buying. However if you have any medical background training, then you probably know most of it already. All in all, it's an "ok" buy

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After studying with only this book, and after being a tech for only 5 months, I passed the PTCE!, June 24, 2010

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Erin Flack (Orange Park, FL) - See all my reviews
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I've only been a registered technician for five months, and my only training was received from on-the-job experience. Changes in state laws require that techs become certified by the end of 2010, so I decided to take the PTCE this summer, even though I had limited experience. I was really nervous! The only studying materials I bought consisted of just this book, "Concise Review for the PTCB Exam", and the knowledge I had from my job. I passed the exam recently with no problem after studying this book on and off for about a month. I am an accounting major, which might be part of the reason why I did well in terms of math, but I still feel that I owe a great deal to this amazing book :)