Concise Review for the PTCB Exam | 
 enlarge | Authors: Christopher Ardoin, Brian Tuschl
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Pages: 196
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Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1598582615
Dewey Decimal Number: 615
EAN: 9781598582611
ASIN: 1598582615
Publication Date: June 15, 2007
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Concise Review for the PTCB Exam is a comprehensive approach to preparing for the pharmacy technician certification exam. It does not try to cover every aspect about the field of pharmacy. Rather, it targets the information that is relevant to the certification exam. The text includes drug information, test-taking strategies, examples and practice questions that will prepare a student to pass the test the first time. . Instruction in all test areas: math, law, hospital, drug information. . Contains strategies you MUST know to ace the exam. . Over 750 practice questions that will familiarize you with the PTCB format and help you master the techniques taught. . Detailed answer explanations that will help you avoid making the same mistake twice. . Pharmacy calculations are completely worked out so that all math problems on the exam can be easily understood and solved. . Gives unique ways to learn many of the drugs that will be on the exam. . Includes three practice PTCB tests. All of these questions are similar to those that you will see on the actual PTCB exam. . Covers pharmacy law and hospital information in a way that will make it easy to recall the information. .Contains a list of the top 200 drugs with brand, generic, indication and class. About the Authors Brian Tuschl, Pharm. D., is the president of Tech Prep Solutions. He is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Houston and was presented with the Roche Preceptor of the Year Award in 2006. Dr. Tuschl currently serves as a member of the advisory boards of two local technical schools with pharmacy technician programs and also practices retail pharmacy in Houston, Texas. Christopher Ardoin, BSPharm, is the co-founder of Tech Prep Solutions. He is a preceptor with the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. He is a licensed pharmacist in both Texas and Louisiana. Mr. Ardoin has over ten years of pharmacy experience in areas including hospital, compounding, and retail pharmacy.
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 Pharm Tech September 15, 2008
J. Lindeberg (Parsons, KS USA)
This is helping me do my job and learn more about my job. It will also help me become a fully certified tech for the State. That is what I am looking forward to one day. Thanks!
 Not perfect to study for PTCB exam, but not a total waste! January 20, 2008
Tina Velgos, Tim Velgos (http://www.TheReviewZone.com)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Concise Review for the PTCB Exam
This book focused too much on studying the drugs, and not enough time focusing on the actual PTCB exam. It does promise it is a "Concise Review" for the exam, and that's the reason I bought it. A promise the book did not deliver on.
Although I passed the PTCB exam on the first try, I found that most of the material in this book was not relevant to the current PTCB exam. Written by a load of Pharm.D's, I think this book would be better suited if you were studying for the PCAT exam (which prepares you to go to Pharmacy School), not the PTCB exam. Sorry, many pages were a total waste of time, and made one believe "they were not ready" for the PTCB.
The Pharmacy Law review did a decent job covering the essential laws to memorize, however, most of the book focused on the drugs, and in my opinion, it is a big mistake to focus on the drugs when preparing for the PTCB exam, which I took in December, 2007 and passed on the first try.
I liked the practice tests at the back of the book, and suggest a total revision of this book if this goes into a second edition.
Why not make it a book of sample practice tests and put the tests on a CD-ROM, which would give students practice taking exams on computers instead of filling in the bubbles!
Memorizing the generic and trade names, as well as drug categories, will waste your valuable time in preparing for the PTCB. I found that the test focused more on hospital practice and pharm math.
--Tina Velgos
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