So I took the test on Saturday, and I have to say that itwas not that bad. I think I passed it,with key emphasis on ‘passing', not nailing it lol. There are a lot of people who say they failed it, but they end up getting high scores. I am not one of those people. When I took the Illinois MPJE back in 2009, I studied directly off myUniversity Review Class notes, and I have to say most of the questions werebased directly off the notes. For the Illinois,I studied for less than 2 weeks on and off playing playstation 3 working parttime as an intern. After I got done withthe Illinois, I felt like I passed it, and that is all that really mattered tome.
With the Florida however, there were no University basednotes, so all I had were Pronto Pass Notes, and rxlaw.org notes. The pronto pass notes were missing a lot ofthings, while the rxlaw.org notes were basically copying and pasting boardrules in a slightly more organized format. I had 2 extremes going, and it was hard to reconcile with the notes. It's only until the very end that I received somedecent notes. Had I received those notesearlier, I would have taken the test much earlier, instead of wasting time condensingthe detailed/narrative statutes/rules in the rxlaw.org notes. Plus I am working close to 50 hours a week asan Rph hardly having anytime to do anything else. I guess when it comes to taking the MPJE forany state, condensed University type based notes are the most efficient/bestway to study.
I am not sure what type of bizarre questions MindOvermatterwas referring to, but if you have not worked in a retail setting, I can see howit would be difficult to answer some questions. Without telling you specific questions, I CAN give you a few pointers:
Know the difference between FIORICET and FIORINAL. I had 3 questions based on that.
Know the NAME BRAND and Generic of C2 drugs. They assume that you know the names ofcertain C2 drugs.
Definitely know the rules of PRESCRIBING/DISPENSING C2. Such as partial filling, patient requestingcertain amount. Rules onmissing/modifying C2 hardcopy Rx. Whatare the rules on emergency C2 filling?
I had Detox protocol questions, I did not study that much,but they were on there. Know the drugsin detox protocol.
I had a lot of questions on TRANSFERING prescriptions. Know the rules on transferring prescriptionsbetween pharmacies.
I had questions on having access to records or recordkeeping/filing prescriptions for pharmacy/pharmacies.
They also asked DEA form questions and procedures
Adulterated vs Misbranded questions
Keep in mind that the pointers that I am providing issomething any person would have said to you for taking any MPJE test for anystate. Duh! Lol. Another advise I would give is to know justmemorize rules, but try to find a way to apply it. They give SCENERIO based questionsmostly. They do give direct questionsalso. I hope this helps, hopefully I passed. I don't want to take it again L
I wont be able to focus on studying for CPJE unless I know for sure I passed the Florida MPJE :-/