PTCE - How easy?

[Chrysus]

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Hi guys, been lurking these boards for a while, but this is my first post. I am planning on taking the PTCE exam in august, but I am wondering how easy is it really? I took the practice exam offered by the PTCB and got 73% of the questions right, no studying, no tech experience at all.

The math questions were extraordinarily easy - I've taken over 2 years of chemistry courses, so the dimensional analysis required was pretty basic. The rx sigs were all easily recognizable just based on my exposure to various medical personel in my immediate family.

The questions I had to just guess on were along the lines of "Which of these medications needs to be refridgerated?" And it lists four medications I have never even heard of, etc.

My question is, is the actual exam as easy as the practice exam given, and if so, should I study much for the exam? I appreciate any help or advice anyone can give me.

 

[Bully Worm]

Easier than breathing.

 

[TTUMike]

I thought it was easy just focus on studying pharmacy laws and calculations. I saw a lot of brand/generic questions but guessed on the majority of them and still passed.

 

[Farmercyst]

Yes, it really is that easy. I'll move this to licensure and exams, that's where most of the info on PTCE (Tech licensure exam) is.

 

[Chrysus]

Oh now I feel stupid. When I went to the licensing forum I saw there were only two pages available (because I had only the last month displayed) and a quick scan yielded nothing about the PTCE, so I assumed there was no info there to search for. I see how wrong that is now. 🙂

 

[sewim]

Hey...am planning to take PTCE, but till i can't get good preparation material from internet or book. Please would u recommend me the best preparation material for the exam?

 

[Sparda29]

The brand name usually always has something to do with what the drug is used for. A quick way of memorizing cholesterol medications is be remembering the suffix "statin" for generic, and "or" for brand names.

Zocor - Simvastatin
Lipitor - Atorvastatin
Mevacor - Lovastatin
Crestor - Rosuvastatin