I just recently got my notice that it’s time to renew my certification. So, I’m going over my CE’s to see exactly what I have and what I need. This looks like a good time to share some sites that offer CE’s for pharmacy technicians.
Make sure you know what requirements you need with the PTCB […]
I took the PTCE through Pearson Vue in Tampa Florida. Pearson Vue administers professional exams for a variety of industries throughout the country. The facility and the testing environment was excellent (which I mentioned in the survey you have to take at the end of the exam).
The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board switched to a computer-based […]
Ok. So, I haven’t posted in a while. Aside from the usual life and work, I have been studying hard for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam. I took the test last Saturday and just yesterday (one week later) I received my score and Certificate from PTCB. I got better scores than I expected, given how I felt after […]
So far my study routine has been like this :
Study 1 chapter per night on http://www.pharmacytrainer.com/ . I aim for this, but don’t always hit it. I’m about a third of the way through the course so far.
Study a few minutes with BYKI. I’ve completed making card sets for the Top 200 Drugs (brand name and […]
I’ve decided on an online pharmacy technician certification course. I’ve bought a course with http://www.pharmacytrainer.com/ It’s about the same price (or less) than I would pay if I got (yet another) pharmacy technican study book. It certainly can’t be much worse than others, and it might even be good enough. I’ve gone through the first 6 […]
After I had started working as a pharmacy technician, I began to look around for some study materials to begin studying for certification. The first thing I got was Q&A Review for the Pharmacy Technician (by Stoogenke and Le). This is basically just review questions and practice tests for pharmacy tecnician exams.
As I looked over […]
The Wyoming State Board Of Pharmacy is considering mandatory, standardized education as a requirement for NEW pharmacy technicians, to take effect in 2010. The Board has approved these regulations in the past…only to see Governor Dave Freudenthal VETO the provision.
This is from an email from the NPTA (National Pharmacy Technician Association) requesting pharmacy techs to help […]
One of the tools I’m using to study for the pharmacy tech certification is a flashcard program. A lot of the little details that you need to memorize can easily be put into a program and studied for just a few minutes a day. I use a program called BYKI (Before You Know It) by […]
If for nothing else than for more money. Most (if not all) employers would prefer to hire or employ pharmacy technicians that are certified. And they are willing to pay you more for it. Although I was hired without being certified, my employers offered to give me a merit increase in pay if I went […]
The next year or so is probably the best possible time to begin a career as a pharmacy technician. Why? Because there is currently no mandatory standardized test or certification in most states in the US. There is a standard test given by the PTCB but it is not mandatory in any state. But, you can […]