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PT285 - Module 01 Assignment - Analysis of PTCB and Board of Pharmacy Instructions: Locate the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board website and spend some time navigating the site. Find the PTCE blueprint and take a look at the breakdown of the different knowledge domains. Locate your state’s Board of Pharmacy website and spend some time familiarizing yourself with that site as well. For this assignment, answer the following questions. Your answers should be written in complete sentences or paragraph form. You can type your answers below each question or create a new document with your answers. 1) List the web address for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board. What is the cost, where is the test administered, and within how many days following application approval must the exam be scheduled? 2) How many times total is a student allowed to take the exam if they do not pass? What are PTCB’s restrictions regarding how often you can retake the exam? 3) How many questions are on the exam and how much time are you allowed to take it? Are the questions short answer, true/false, multiple choice or a combination? What is considered a passing score? 4) How often must you renew your PTCB certification and what are the requirements in terms of both cost and CE? 5) Does the PTCB require any specific type of CE to be obtained and if so, what? 6) Take a look at your state Board of Pharmacy’s requirements for technicians. List your state’s Board of Pharmacy web address. Does your state require technicians to be registered with the Board of Pharmacy? If so, what is the process for becoming registered? Is there a fee? How often is technician registration required to be renewed? Are there CE requirements and if so, how many CE credits are needed and how often does CE need to be reported? 7) In what state will you be working, and does your state Board of Pharmacy require technicians to be certified through the PTCB? 8) Does your state have specific rules regarding how many technicians a pharmacist can supervise at one time? If so, list the pharmacist:technician ratio. 9) Take a look at the breakdown of information under each specific knowledge area of the PTCE blueprint. List a minimum of 4 areas that are either unfamiliar to you or are areas where you feel your knowledge on the subject could be improved. Reflect on what you have learned in the program up to this point. What areas do you feel you will need to study the hardest for the exam? 10) List the areas of the exam that involve calculations. 11) List the sources you used to obtain the answers to the above questions.
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PT285 - Module 01 Assignment - Analysis of PTCB and Board of Pharmacy
Instructions: Locate the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board website and spend some time
navigating the site. Find the PTCE blueprint and take a look at the breakdown of the different knowledge
domains. Locate your state’s Board of Pharmacy website and spend some time familiarizing yourself
with that site as well.
For this assignment, answer the following questions. Your answers should be written in complete
sentences or paragraph form. You can type your answers below each question or create a new
document with your answers.
1) List the web address for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board. What is the cost, where is the
test administered, and within how many days following application approval must the exam be
scheduled?
The web address is www.ptcb.org. The cost of the test is $129. The test is administered at Pearson Vue
test centers throughout the nation. The exam must be scheduled within 90 days following application
approval.
2) How many times total is a student allowed to take the exam if they do not pass? What are PTCB’s
restrictions regarding how often you can retake the exam?
A student is allowed to make second and third attempts after 60 days. The fourth attempt may be made
six months after the third. After failing the fourth, evidence of additional preparation must be submitted
for review and approval before applying for additional attempts.
3) How many questions are on the exam and how much time are you allowed to take it? Are the
questions short answer, true/false, multiple choice or a combination? What is considered a passing
score?
There are 90 questions on the exam, 80 of which are scored. There are two hours in which to complete
the exam. The questions are all multiple choice. The passing scaled score is 1400.
4) How often must you renew your PTCB certification and what are the requirements in terms of both
cost and CE?
The certification must be renewed every two years. Recertification costs $40. 20 phar...


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