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Wednesday 28th October 2009 Before I get to my result I just want to review for a moment the thought processes that have been running through my head since I sat the Naplex. Firstly, and i've probably said this already, the exam was HORRIBLE! It was the most difficult exam I have sat since I was at University back in the late 1980's, and I felt like I was totally unprepared for what came up in the exam. I felt that I had basically learnt all the wrong stuff. Although I read the whole of APhA, and I endorse that book as the best study guide that I had, it really didn't help in terms of answering the questions that came up on the exam, or to put in more correctly, it failed to add focus to the correct information worthy of studying over the other sections or areas that weren't as exam-important. Thus, I spent my revision time, for example, reading the chapter on hypertension, or diabetes or HIV, which are all absolute must-learn sections, but the questions that appeare...

Sunday October 8th 2009 Ok, boys and girls, are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I shall begin. I sat the CPJE on September 19th 2009, 6 days after having taken the Naplex. Given the first exam had basically ripped my heart out and made me eat it for breakfast, I wasn't confidant walking in to the CPJE exam, and was amazed that I left feeling so happy with what I had experienced whilst taking the exam. How could it be that everyone was so petrified of the CPJE when it was the Naplex, and I apologize for having to use this perfect expression, that was such a bitch. Lets look at some stats which are available to view in even greater breakdown here . NAPLEX Fail 2.4% Pass 97.6% So, overall, for the Naplex, 97.6% pass the exam! How can that possibly be? That exam was DEVASTATINGLY difficult. The pass mark must be something like 30%! One additional point to note for the Naplex is that the scaled score has a pass mark of 75, but a MAXIMUM ATTAINABLE of 150. Keep that in mind....

November 24th 2009 I've mentioned this before, but it seems that at every stage of this process somehow something goes wrong,but I really thought I had got away with it this time. I was wrong. Having passed my Naplex and CPJE and sent my check to the board, the only possible thing left to happen was to receive my R.Ph. registration number and then start working as a US pharmacist. What actually happened was that on November 16th 2009 I received a letter from the California Board of Pharmacy saying that their had been an "operator error" with my fingerprint/Livescan done on August 13th 2009, and that my date of birth had been entered incorrectly. The board couldn't issue me a license until this had been corrected and that they were working to correct this, but suggested things might move faster if I repaid the fee ($61) and had the test re-done. I did the test again. I am not amused, and I am not a US pharmacist, yet. Can you believe it! Farmacyst. (Apparently...