PTCE: Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Premium: 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (Barron’s Test Prep)

Barron’s PTCE: Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam includes in-depth content review and online practice. It’s the only book you’ll need to be prepared for exam day.

Written by Experienced Educators

• Learn from Barron’s–all content is written and reviewed by instructors who have vast experience teaching pharmacy technician courses to prepare students for certification
• Build your understanding with comprehensive review tailored to the most recent exam blueprint
• Get a leg up with tips, strategies, and advice for scheduling your exam, exam day itself, and recertification–it’s like having a trusted tutor by your side

Be Confident on Exam Day

• Sharpen your test-taking skills with 4 full-length practice tests–3 in the book (including a pretest to target your studying), and 1 more online 
• Strengthen your knowledge with in-depth review covering all major topics and knowledge domains on the latest exam blueprint
• Reinforce your learning with practice questions at the end of each chapter
• Expand your review with a series of appendices that cover the top 200 medications, common vitamins and natural supplements, frequently used pharmacy abbreviations and medical terminology, and much more

Online Practice

• Continue your practice with 1 full-length practice test on Barron’s Online Learning Hub
• Simulate the exam experience with a timed test option
• Deepen your understanding with detailed answer explanations and expert advice
• Gain confidence with scoring to check your learning progress

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Oxford Handbook of Sleep Medicine (Oxford Medical Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Sleep Medicine provides a comprehensive, practical guide to clinicians of all backgrounds for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders across clinical specialties. Sleep medicine is encountered in almost every field of medicine yet clinical training and practical guidance is often difficult to find. This handbook is essential for all clinicians seeking a clear and concise quick-reference guide to sleep disorders in their day-to-day practice, from the GP to specialists in respiratory medicine, psychiatry, neurology and surgery. It will also provide an excellent resource for those pursuing specialist training in clinical sleep medicine.

This handbook is written from a practical perspective, to guide clinical practice, rather than providing simply theoretical knowledge. It provides guidance from experienced clinicians across a range of specialties to provide a truly comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to sleep medicine. This handbook covers the full range of sleep disorders, from insomnia to very rare movement disorders, to ensure the reader has quick access to the right information whenever they need it.

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Martin’s Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 6th Edition

Martin’s Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is considered the most comprehensive text available on the application of the physical, chemical and biological principles in the pharmaceutical sciences. It helps students, teachers, researchers, and industrial pharmaceutical scientists use elements of biology, physics, and chemistry in their work and study. Since the first edition was published in 1960, the text has been and continues to be a required text for the core courses of Pharmaceutics, Drug Delivery, and Physical Pharmacy. The Sixth Edition features expanded content on drug delivery, solid oral dosage forms, pharmaceutical polymers and pharmaceutical biotechnology, and updated sections to cover advances in nanotechnology.

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Step-Up to Medicine (Step-Up Series) Sixth, North American Edition

Make the most of your study time and confidently take the next step in your medical career with this bestselling review.!
Step-Up to Medicine, 6th Edition, makes it easy to find information fast and take a confident next step toward a successful medical career. Ideal for preparing for clerkships or clinical rotations, shelf exams, and the USMLE Step 2, this bestselling volume in the popular Step-Up series provides a high-yield review of medicine in a concise, comprehensive approach.
 
This 6th Edition is thoroughly updated and enhanced throughout. Clinical pearls, full-color illustrations, and “Quick Hits” provide essential information in an efficient, easy-to-remember manner to ensure excellence on exams and confidence in clinical settings, and a 100-question practice exam reinforces exam readiness and boosts test-taking confidence.

• NEW! More than 50 additional NBME-style review questions with answers and explanations reinforce key content in context with how students will encounter it on their exams.
• UPDATED! New and enhanced images throughout—including expanded coverage of dermatology—clarify essential concepts in vibrant detail.
• UPDATED! Concise tables and figures summarize treatment protocols, drug details, and other essential information for fast, efficient review.
• NEW! Additional online review questions test students’ retention and alert them to areas requiring further study. 
• “Quick Hits” help students save time and stay focused on core content.

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Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Medical Handbooks) 5th Edition

The Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine, fifth edition is the definitive resource for medical problems in tropical regions, and in low-resource settings. Comprehensive in scope, and concise in style, this portable guide ensures that you always have the vital information you need at your fingertips.

Fully revised and updated for its fifth edition, it is now even better than ever. The chapter on HIV medicine has been significantly updated, and other revisions include up-to-date guidance on viruses such as COVID-19 and Ebola, improved vaccine regimens, and rabies prophylaxis. With the clear, easy-reference style of the trusted Oxford Handbook format, written and reviewed by an international team of clinical experts, this is a truly global handbook and an essential resource. Make sure you never leave home without it!

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Rowland and Tozer’s Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Concepts and Applications 5th Edition

Updated with the latest clinical advances, Rowland and Tozer’s Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Fifth Edition, explains the relationship between drug administration and drug response, taking a conceptual approach that emphasizes clinical application rather than science and mathematics. Bringing a real-life perspective to the topic, the book simplifies concepts and gives readers the knowledge they need to better evaluate drug applications.

• Key updates reflect advances in PK/PD as related to clinical decision-making and drug research and development.
• An emphasis on the clinical relevance of drugs makes the book especially applicable to pharmacy students preparing for a career in clinical practice.
• Hundreds of graphs and tables provide visual representations of key pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic principles and effects.
• More than 200 carefully written study questions, with answers and in-depth explanations, help readers enhance their conceptual understanding and learn and retain key information.
• New and updated examples connect chapter content to real-world settings.
• Interactive online simulations give students practice using different pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic models and parameters.
• eBook available for purchase. Fast, smart, and convenient, today’s eBooks can transform learning. These interactive, fully searchable tools offer 24/7 access on multiple devices, the ability to highlight and share notes, and more

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The Harriet Lane Handbook: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Mobile Medicine) 22nd Edition

Every three years, The Harriet Lane Handbook is carefully updated by residents, edited by chief residents, and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Easy to use, concise, and complete, this essential manual keeps you current with new guidelines, practice parameters, pharmacology, and more. The 22nd Edition of this portable reference continues to be the #1 source of pediatric point-of-care clinical information for pediatric residents, students, nurses, and all healthcare professionals who treat young patients.

• Trusted for more than 65 years for fast, accurate information on pediatric diagnosis and treatment.

• Updated and expanded content includes an all-new chapter on Psychiatry, plus reorganized information on Emergency and Critical Care Management, as well as Traumatic Injuries.

• The popular Pediatric Drug Formulary, updated by Carlton K. K. Lee, PharmD, MPH, provides the latest in pharmacologic treatment of pediatric patients.

• Outline format ensures you’ll find information quickly and easily, even in the most demanding circumstances.

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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First Aid for the Medicine Clerkship, Fourth Edition 4th Edition

The internal medicine clerkship resource that everyone is talking about

Impress on the wards and score on the clerkship and shelf exams!

• Thoroughly reviewed and revised to provide the high yield information you need in a format that facilitates learning and not just memorization
• Based on the clerkship’s core competencies and presented in the accessible First Aid series format
• Hundreds of high-yield topics you’ll find on the shelf exams and the USMLE Step 2 CK
• Reviewed by medical students who aced the clerkship
• NEW diagnostic algorithms, as well as expanded content on medical management, pathophysiology, and diagnosis and treatment
• NEW content on core areas, including ophthalmology, renal and acid-base disorders, and ambulatory medicine
• NEW full-color images, illustrations diagrams, and flow charts
• Summary boxes highlight high-yield information needed for exam success

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The APRN and PA’s Complete Guide to Prescribing Drug Therapy 2020 4th Edition

Includes more than 30 new diagnoses and eBook with digital updates as needed!

Updated to deliver the most current standards, this is a unique prescribing reference for APRN students and advanced health care providers in all practice settings who need guidance on prescribing drugs for patients with acute, episodic, and chronic health problems. Concise, easy to read, and updated throughout, the resource delivers pharmacotherapy regimens for more than 600 diagnoses―including over 30 that are new. The print format includes an eBook with digital updates to assure immediate access to essential information.

Listed alphabetically by diagnosis, pharmacotherapy regimens include, for each diagnosis, drug choices listed by generic name, FDA pregnancy category, generic/over-the-counter availability, adult/pediatric dosing regimens, brand names, forms of dosage, and additives. Clinically useful information such as laboratory values to be monitored, patient teaching points, and safety information is interspersed throughout each diagnosis. Additional quick-access features include information presented in convenient table format and an alphabetical cross-reference index of drugs by generic and brand name, with FDA pregnancy category and controlled drug schedule (I, II, III, IV, V).

Key Features:

• Includes 31 new diagnoses totaling over 600 organized alphabetically
• Serves as a quick-access prescribing reference for APRN and PA students and health care providers in all primary care settings
• Presents drug information in condensed and summary form for ease of use
• Within each diagnosis, drug choices are listed alphabetically by generic /trade name, FDA pregnancy category, adult/pediatric dosing, dose forms, and additives
• Delivers guidance on lab values to be monitored, patient education points, and safety information
• Includes 30 Appendices with ready access to key drug classifications, FDA Pregnancy Categories, US Schedule of Controlled Substances, Immunization Schedules, Contraceptive Guidance, categories Anti-Infectives, and more!
• Offers brand/generic cross-reference

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