Public service announcement: CPJE is incredibly difficult

[Lexington2012]

I just took the CPJE. It was awful and I'm sure I failed.

There were so many questions that were obviously written based on guidelines from a decade ago. I never learned these old guidelines, I learned the current ones

There were a ton of questions about niche disease states like Myasthenia Gravis. There was only ONE calculation question on my exam. Calculations are my strong point, so this was a huge disappointment.

There were several questions with brand name drugs that I have never even heard of as potential answers.

Feels bad

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[Ra1nMak3r]

I take CPJE next week and I'm hella scared. Have you got your results yet for Naplex?

 

[Abby Atwood]

I follow the AHA/ACC guidelines for cholesterol because I think they are more evidence based; however, they are from 2013 and could probably use an update. The NLA recommendations are actually more recent (2015). They haven't moved away from lipid goals.
NLA Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia | National Lipid Association Online

Both guidelines need an update for PCSK9 inhibitors, and the AHA/ACC guidelines don't look at IMPROVE-IT trial data.

 

[soontobepharmd2017]

I just took the CPJE. It was awful and I'm sure I failed.

There were so many questions that were obviously written based on guidelines from a decade ago. I never learned these old guidelines, I learned the current ones!

There was a question about the proper statin dose for someone based on their cholesterol... We were told in school NEVER to do this, and to use ASCVD risk (per the newer guidelines).

There were a ton of questions about niche disease states like Myasthenia Gravis. There was only ONE calculation question on my exam. Calculations are my strong point, so this was a huge disappointment.

There were several questions with brand name drugs that I have never even heard of as potential answers.

Feels bad

Hang in there, man! We will get through this!

 

[rabigrad]

I just took the CPJE. It was awful and I'm sure I failed.

There were so many questions that were obviously written based on guidelines from a decade ago. I never learned these old guidelines, I learned the current ones!

There was a question about the proper statin dose for someone based on their cholesterol... We were told in school NEVER to do this, and to use ASCVD risk (per the newer guidelines).

There were a ton of questions about niche disease states like Myasthenia Gravis. There was only ONE calculation question on my exam. Calculations are my strong point, so this was a huge disappointment.

There were several questions with brand name drugs that I have never even heard of as potential answers.

Feels bad

do you remember the names of any drugs by any chance?

 

[Winged Scapula]

do you remember the names of any drugs by any chance?

Please do not encourage other users to violate standardized examination rules by asking specifics of test content. This is a TOS violation and upsets the examiners as well.