please help .

[sealt73]

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can someone please explain to me why some schools to be a pharmacy tech take over a year like " The bryman school " or " Allied medical schools " but you also see classes online that take only a month? Is there that much of a difference between them ? Are they the same thing? Why do some offer a certificate and some offer an AA or is it a non accredited AA? Would you be wasting your time spending your money to go to one of these schools for 70 weeks when im reading people just bought a book and studied and took the test ? Im very confused any answer would be great.

 

[Farmercyst]

can someone please explain to me why some schools to be a pharmacy tech take over a year like " The bryman school " or " Allied medical schools " but you also see classes online that take only a month? Is there that much of a difference between them ? Are they the same thing? Why do some offer a certificate and some offer an AA or is it a non accredited AA? Would you be wasting your time spending your money to go to one of these schools for 70 weeks when im reading people just bought a book and studied and took the test ? Im very confused any answer would be great.

Only one reason I can think of. In California you can get your pharm tech license one of 3 ways. One involves the military so I won't go there.

The other two are to go to a community college/approved school and take classes accumulate 120 internship hours and apply for license. (Usually takes one year and includes courses in pharmacology, legal aspects, calculations, lab experience counting/compounding, etc.) The program can give an AA, but doesn't always. My CC gives an AA, but I don't think Bryman can. ( I don't remember for sure, but I seem to recall my Pharmacology teacher mentioning something to do with state regulations)

The other way would be to pass the PTCE. My guess is the one month course would be a crash course in pharmacy to get you to pass the PTCE which is accepted for licensure in several states.

I only mentioned California b/c I know there are Bryman Colleges here as well as UEI, so I figured that's where you were. (And it's where I am so I'm somewhat familiar.)

 

[jun99]

I would not waste time or money on those schools or courses. I studied for the PTCE on and off for a couple of months before the exam without ever setting foot into a pharmacy or paying a penny for courses or materials (I only used library books 🙂), and passed very easily. The test really isn't that difficult -- a lot of it is just basic math conversions and calculations, which really pad your score.

Good luck!

 

[piyi]

I also studied for the PTCE for about a month and passed with no problem. I don't think it's that difficult of an exam, especially for people who have taken pre-pharmacy courses (not that that kind of material is on the exam, but if you can do well in science courses, then you should be able to do ok on this kind of exam).

 

[trying4apharmd]

I'm not sure about your state, but I am from Tennessee and all I did was study for about a week before the exam. I thought that the exam was really easy. I was one of the first ones out of the room! I think if you get a review book and study the equations some you will do fine. I do remember (this was 6 years ago now) a few questions about actual drugs, but I don't think it was that many. 😀