rxprep vs passnaplexnow

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Ok so I just wanted to share my thoughts on passnaplexnow (PNN) and rxprep. (Please note this is strictly my opinion. If you had a different experience please share) Before I began studying for the naplex I attended the week long course of PNN. I think the course is good for someone who did not attend pharmacy school in the US. It's a crash course of all the therapeutics. The instructors are very nice and are energetic but for me sitting in a 10 hr class is not ideal. Weekly quizzes are provided which I think are helpful in making sure you are retaining the info. The books they provide are powerpoint slides which have grammatical errors and different fonts and text sizes..if you're type A like me it's very distracting. Also I noticed if I asked a question it was hard for them to answer it if the info wasn't on their powerpoint slide. There was too much information on the slides. And it wasn't very organized. However like I said if you didn't attend a school in the US then I think this class would be very beneficial. Also what really irritated me was considering how much we paid for the class I think the course should have provided a decent breakfast. All that was provided were stale bagels. For $1200 a student, surely a more decent breakfast could be provided for the attendees. After I got back from the review course I immediately began studying the RxPrep book. For me it was extremely helpful. I really like the counseling section. The book is very organized and the quizzes were helpful. Additionally, I was able to watch some of the rxprep videos which I thought were good. I think if you are one of the students that can absorb alot of material at once then perhaps PNN is good for you. However I'm one of those students that needs to be read things at a slower pace so I like how the videos are separated based on the chapters of the book. I think PNN is overpriced and should definitely bring down the price to less than $1000. Especially since you are required to pay for your own lunch and dinner which can get very expensive.

The one thing I totally agree with you is my observation that the instructors, especially the pharmacist was not able or keen to answer any questions that tended to steer away from their prepared materials. I think for an instructor anywhere not to be able to intelligently discuss any question from a student is deplorable. I don't mean they should have ready answers to any and all questions, I know this is not humanly possible, what I mean is the instructors should be willing to intelligently enter into an academic discourse with the student even if they might not have a ready answer.