by Jahangir Moini
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This is a must-have book for anyone preparing to take the Pharmacy Technician National Certification Exam. Essential material summaries provide a concentrated review of the topics covered on the National Certification Exam. Each chapter ends with a multiple-choice quiz to reinforce the review material covered in the chapter. Over 1,200 questions along with example case studies will help you assess your knowledge of the topic areas covered on the exam. A comprehensive 150-question test written in National Certification Exam style is also included. Answers for all of the quizzes and tests are provided at the back of the book. For those looking for more practice, a CD-ROM is packaged with the book that includes an additional 600 multiple-choice questions along with the option to create an unlimited number of comprehensive exams.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 CD Rom not useful !?, 2008-04-29
I bought this book some time ago, way cheaper, and the CD worked fine with Windows XP, but that's not the case with Vista; you can only see part of the question, which obviously makes it hard to guess the answer. It's pretty frustrating. I tried the compatibility wizard and a few other tricks to no avail. I emailed the company and this was their reply:
From: Delmar Help (delmar.help@cengage.com)
Hello,
This software is not compatible with newer versions of Windows such as Windows Vista. It was made in 2005 when Vista was not released.
Regards
Matthew
Technical Support
Cengage Learning, Delmar
Monday - Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm EST
800.648.7450 Menu Option #5, Option #2
nothing else, no fixes, updates or anything. It doesn't say so anywhere.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 PTCB exam prep, 2008-03-08
I found this book to be the single, most helpful, tool in preparing for my Certification exam.
4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
 Why do I HAVE to give it a star?, 2007-02-06
I have six and a half years experience as a hospital pharmacy technician. This book is absolutely worthless. He focuses on things that are not that important and breezes through the stuff that time should actually be spent on. As far as the review test, one of the questions is, "What is the most important duty of a pharmacy technician?" Two of the options were filling prescriptions and protecting themselves and other from bio-hazardous materials. I chose the obvious one, filling prescriptions. Apparently, my job description has been changed to human bio-hazard shield. I hate you Jahangir Moini.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
College Instructor Does Not Recommend This Book, 2007-01-11
I have been teaching an introduction to pharmacy technician class at a local community college for year and a half. I recently attempted an advanced class to prepare students for the national pharmacy technician certification exam and used this book, along with the main text. I'm glad I had enough experience and knowledge ahead of time, because I was constantly editing and correcting information. I can't give specific items that were incorrect, because there were too many flaws for which to keep track! Some of the pharmacology is incorrect, which include drugs being placed in the wrong drug class or spelled wrong. The information in this book sometimes contradicted the information in the main text, which is "supposed" to be a companion book. This book was nearly exactly the same as the full-text version, except that it was slightly condensed and some information was different. The answer key was absolutely horrible. Every chapter had at least one, if not many incorrect answers, making it difficult for students to double check their work, or feel good about their answers. Much of the information was way too advanced for pharmacy technicians to know. If the author had gotten down to the basics, there may have been less mistakes. Another weak point is that there was not a very useful math/calculations review. Most students need extra help on the advanced calculations, and this book did not help at all. The exam seems to be quite heavy on the pharmaceutical calculations. I believe all my students did pass the exam, but it was not due to the quality of this text. I will not use this book again, and am scouting for a decent text. Let me know if you find one.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Frustrating and distressing., 2006-07-17
This is easily one of the most difficult to use textbooks I've ever had the misfortune of studying.
Many review questions are confusing or badly worded, both in the book and on the practice exams on the CD. On some review questions, the subject is never even brought up in the text, sending me to Google to find the answer or guessing the best I can. Also, some topics seemed unnecessary to know, or were repeated. Very confusing and frustrating!
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