FPGEE® Test ©

I've literally only just taken the exam and already everything's changed! The registration was direct with NABP and now it's with a third party called ECE . I couldn't at this point comment on the veracity of their credential checking powers, but I would guess they were likely to be more stringent rather than less. And the NABP have changed the syllabus slightly, of the FPGEE exam itself. No doubt to cover broader subject areas and make the exam harder to pass. So anything I wrote later in this blog about my experiences of the paper and pencil exam will need to be considered as out of date now! Let me tell you about what I went through, starting with the madness I went through just to have my credentials verified! First of all I filled out the application form for the FPGEE. What you receive is daunting. I got a lovely yellow book explaining what I had to do, plus, at the back were some sample questions to look at. Now at this point I wasn't too concern

On your marks, get set... Actually, I can't even open the bloody exam paper. Its got some kind of blue sticky thing holding it shut and I can't open it. I stick my pencil inside and open it like an envelope with a knife. Et Voila! Question 1. A picture and words. What does it all mean? I read the words, I look at the picture. I understand. I could do with a calculator though! If 1 is 100 then 2 is 50 so 3 is 25 and then 4 is 12.5 so 8 would be , err, about three quarters, so what the hell would 10 be. Look at the answers: not A or C, B is too small, must be D. Good. Question 2. Easy. Straightforward. Pharmacy. Question 3. Tricky. American non-specific post-modern surreal question. Could be anything, will go with the obvious. Question 4. Science - easy. Question 5. Hmmm....I'll come back to you. Question 6. Easy. Question 7. Must be b or c. Hmmm. Go with b. And so it goes on. I did my pharmacy degree between 1988 and 1991 and the science hasn't changed. I don