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"Anyone hoping to get into a pharmacy school must take the PCAT-the Pharmacy College Admission Test, a standardized exam that measures the aptitude and skills of pharmacy school applicants. Peterson's Master the PCAT, 2nd Edition offers up-to-date, essential test prep for each of the subtests on the redesigned PCAT: Writing, Biological Processes, Chemical Processes, Biochemistry, Critical Reading, and Quantitative Reasoning. Packed with practice questions,...
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In times of economic uncertainty, a job in the healthcare field can provide job security, as well as the fulfillment of working in an area that helps people. Students explore the pharmaceutical industry large, well-established drug manufacturers, biotech companies, and generic drug companies. They also discover the responsibilities of pharmaceutical sales reps, in the field and in the office as well as how the reps plan and organize. Helpful tips...
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Exposed to fashionable society and romance--as well as clues about her mother--Lillian Haswell, brilliant daughter of a local apothecary, is torn when she is summoned back to her ailing father's bedside to save the family legacy at a time when women are forbidden to work as apothecaries and the suspicious eyes of a scholarly physician and a competing apothecary are upon her.
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Established in 1906, the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio? (FDA) is charged with protecting public health. Under this mandate, the federal agency regulates drugs and medical devices to ensure their safety and effectiveness. But is the FDA failing this mandate? Some argue that the FDA's long and costly approval process stifles innovation and keeps life-changing treatments from the market, but defenders contend that the process is essential to ensure...
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To compensate for a shortage of liquid Tamiflu® (oseltamivir phosphate) for children in pharmacies, provides instruction on how to make a Tamiflu® suspension, or liquid mixture that incorporates capsules' contents, at home. Provides referrals to CDC's online flu resources.
17) Master the PCAT
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"Anyone hoping to get into a pharmacy school must take the PCAT-the Pharmacy College Admission Test, a standardized exam that measures the aptitude and skills of pharmacy school applicants. Peterson's Master the PCAT, 2nd Edition offers up-to-date, essential test prep for each of the subtests on the redesigned PCAT: Writing, Biological Processes, Chemical Processes, Biochemistry, Critical Reading, and Quantitative Reasoning. Packed with practice questions,...
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"Developed by Test Prep Books for test takers trying to achieve a passing score on the PCAT exam ... Each section of the test has a comprehensive review created by Test Prep Books that goes into detail to cover all of the content likely to appear on the PCAT test. The Test Prep Books PCAT practice test questions are each followed by detailed answer explanations. If you miss a question, it's important that you are able to understand the nature of your...
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Presents scenarios focusing on interpreters functioning in the pharmacy setting. Scenes on getting and refilling prescriptions, on understanding terminology, on asthma, on blood pressure issues, on diabetes and on osteoporosis are designed to accompany a study packet and materials available at the following two on-line websites: www.stkate.edu/interpreting or www.dijiterp.com/TakeMeds. All materials presented on the project can be practiced in snippets...