Pharmacy Tech Scholar Reviews

The lessons were well paced & the topics were separated in a way that made it easy to learn. I loved having the ability to go at my own pace and go back to older lessons to review and study. The required readings were helpful at reinstating information so it sticks. I do wish there were more activities for each lesson, but the information is all there to create your own activities.

I enjoyed being able to go through the course at my own pace and I appreciated the check in messages after finishing the modules. While I did not experience the new website layout, the course itself was organized very well and with the student in mind. By putting the medication module at the start, I was able to go back and study knowing it would be one of the more difficult modules to master and keep up with. While I was unable to attend the live events, having the recorded virtual classrooms was a big help and made me feel more connected seeing other students ask questions that I didn’t think to ask. The premade google flashcards was also a good resource when making my own study materials. Overall, I had a very positive experience and while I am nervous to take my exam, I feel this course has prepared me well.

This was a great course and one of the best laid out and explained in detail and very informative.

Good course taught me aa lot!

This course was amazing. It taught me everything I need to know and it gave me every resource I needed. It was easy to follow along with everything and easy to navigate.

I was so interested in getting into pharmacy but with my extremely hectic work schedule, I could never commit to going to physical school. I did some research for a couple of nights, I reluctantly decided to just pay the money and get the course, and let me say. Best decision ever! I couldn’t thank this course enough.

Great lectures, great notes- though with the fact that the course updated while I was still in the middle of working on it, I’m a bit concerned. I couldn’t restart my progress from the beginning because I have a lot of pressure from family to complete the course SOON, even with the offer of more time.

On the more positive side, something about the way this course presents its material just works with me. I write all of the notes into these big documents that I can scan over, and the information is presented clearly. The lecturer, Dr. Emmel, is definitely someone I can trust to be a teacher.

I feel like the lack of activities after the Medications section, however, diminishes its value. While Medications is the hardest section by far and definitely needs some ways to stimulate the mind into studying well, that doesn’t mean some ways to make the others more engaging isn’t necessary.

And while I had many opportunities to ask for questions… I didn’t really know where to start. A lot of this course is like the PTCB itself- study, study, study. It’s a lot more memorization than problem-solving.

I’m not sure how helpful my feedback will be since I completed the legacy program after the new version of the course has been rolled out, but regardless, I enjoyed my time with the course and feel pretty well-prepared to take the PTCE. The strongest point of the course for me was the repetition. Seeing and hearing the same material (or similar) from the required reading, the optional reading, and the recorded lectures helped the material stick in my mind. The strategy that worked best for me was doing the readings before listening to the lecture. I’m a slow, thorough note-taker, so getting the majority of the notes from the reading and then adding details from the lecture video was better than having to pause the video often to note down things I would be hearing for the first time. This is not a criticism of the videos! I thought they were well-paced and helped direct my study, I simply write slower than a natural speaking cadence. My background is in chemistry R&D, so I was already familiar with some of the material (primarily the calculations and the waste handling sections), so I was in what I imagine is the majority of students struggling to memorize the medications as the toughest aspect. I am very happy with the self-paced nature of the course, which allowed me to balance studying with the rest of my life. I also appreciated how present, responsive, and active the instructor was. While I didn’t really take advantage of the Q&A + live lecture videos, I think those are a great resource and especially liked that the recordings were made available for those unable to attend during the live hours. All in all I feel like this course has given me the tools to succeed on the PTCE and in a future career as a Pharmacy Technician! Thank you!

I have acquired a significant amount of valuable information that I believe will assist me in preparing for the PTCE exam. I appreciate the ability to revisit each individual course and complete the corresponding exam whenever I have the opportunity. I find the explanation of the mathematical calculations particularly helpful, especially regarding the setup of the unknown number in the numerator and the known amount in the denominator on the right side.

This Pharmacy course is great for people looking to take the PTCE and becoming a certified pharmacy technician. I like that everything is done at your own pace so you do not have to worry about any deadlines which can hinder learning. The weekly classes and supplemental readings are also great to reinforce what is taught in the video lectures. The video lectures could use some more visuals/pictures as they seem quite bland, often times just being a lot of words on the screen. Overall this is a good course with all the info you would need and more.