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Title: APhA's Complete Review for the Pharmacy Technician by L. Michael Posey ISBN: 1-58212-009-9 Publisher: APhA Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: Far too generalized to prepare an individual for the exam...
Comment: I am preparing to take the National Pharmacy Technician test. I have sought adequate test preparation materials recently and acquired this book.
One would think that a text published by the American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA) would most certainly be a great choice for study preparation. But in my opinion, it's not - it is too general to be useful.
Perhaps I am somewhat biased due to my previous pharmacy experience, but I do not need a book that takes entire chapters to generalize how a pharmacy operates.
This book makes generalized statements such as, "Regardless of the role you play in a pharmacy and the type of pharmacy you work in, you will be called on to interact with other people." Well, that's a no-brainer Sherlock. In that particular chapter, 8, the author continues to talk about communication 101 - about encoding and decoding messages and other obvious information.
Out of approximately 200 pages of text, I highlighted perhaps a mere two-dozen sentences.
This book, to me, is far to philosophical to be useful. You will learn the philosophy of pharmacy on the job as you learn and do according to the buisiness of which you are a part.
This book is even more disappointing when compared to its counterpart, APhA's Complete MATH Review for the Pharmacy Technician (ISBN 1-58212-012-9), which focuses specifically on pharmacy math while leaving the philosophy out of the equation. That book, the APhA MATH Review, is an excellent preparation tool, focused and simplified for even the most math-phobic individuals.
And I have reviewed (am studying) another text of which I would actually recommend - Delmar's Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Review (ISBN 0-7668-0743-6). It omits the generalization and philosophy and even provides helpful "quick study" pages that summarize the most important details of each chapter - something very helpful for those of us who are better at concise memorization.
These are all just my opinions, but I approached each book excited and with an open mind. This book just left me wishing I had spent all of my time in the other books instead.
I gave it 2 stars because the nature of this topic is extensive and deserves points for effort. For what it's worth to you....
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Title: APhA's Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician by William A. Hopkins ISBN: 1582120129 Publisher: APhA Publications Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $33.00 |
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Title: Pharmacy Technician Certification Quick Study Guide by Susan Moss Marks, William A. Hopkins, Susan K. Moss ISBN: 1582120005 Publisher: APhA Publications Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Pharmacy Technician's Pocket Drug Reference by Joyce A Generali ISBN: 158212048X Publisher: APhA Publications Pub. Date: 03 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Pharmacy Technician Certification Review and Practice Exam by American Society of Health-System Pharma ISBN: 1879907801 Publisher: Amer Soc of Health System Pub. Date: 15 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $48.00 |
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Title: Pharmacy Technician Workbook and Certification Review by Joseph Medina ISBN: 089582597X Publisher: Morton Publishing Company Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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