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 - Not perfect to study for PTCB exam, but not a total waste!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 page 1 of 1
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