PCAT
Months that the PCAT is offered
What is July, September, October, November, January, February?
When Pharmcas opens
What is mid July?
-Required by 85% of schools
- scored out of 600
What is the PCAT?
The regulatory body that all new drug applications must be filed with
What is the FDA ( Food and Drug Administration )?
The meaning of Q.O.D.?
What is 'Every other day'?
The number of times you are allowed to take the PCAT
What is 5 times?
The cost of the application and additional fees per application
What is $150 and $55 per application thereafter?
What do you need to take the PTCB?
The first five digits of an NDC/ National Drug Code
What is the manufacturer of the drug?
The maximum amount of pseudoephedrine base allowed to be purchased in one day .
What is 3.6 grams?
The only California Schools that require the PCAT
What are Chapman and UCSF?
The three types of admission for pharmacy schools
What are
-rolling (most schools)
-tiered (UOP)
-non-rolling (UCSF)
Post graduate year that offers varied clinical scenarios and generalized training.
What is a PGY-1?
The form used to order Schedule II drugs
What is Form 222?
The form used to report theft of controlled substances in a pharmacy
What is Form 41?
The Quantitative Abilities (maths) tested in the PCAT
What are
Basic math
Algebra
Probability & statistics
Precalculus
Calculus
What you do if you are taking the PCAT later on in the Pharmcas application cycle/ can't send scores
What is self-reporting?
-$210
- one form of ID with photo
-second form of ID with name
What is needed to take the PCAT?
Regulatory body created ( along with 5 classifications of drugs) under Department of Justice in 1970
What is the DEA ( Drug Enforcement Agency)?
The amount of time a pharmacy's DEA permit is valid for
What is 3 years?
The categories tested on the PCAT
What is writing, verbal ability, biology, chemistry, reading comprehension, and quantitative ability?
The components submitted through Pharmcas
What are
-Transcripts
-Standardized Tests
-Personal Statement
-Letters of Recommendation
-Supplemental Essays ( May be Externally Submitted)
Jewish university that does not have a PCAT or Bachelor's Requirement.
What is Touro University in Vallejo?
The schedule that opium belongs to
What is Schedule I?
The general category or type of drug that the following drugs are : atenolol, metoprolol, nadolol, propanolol
What are beta blockers ( reduce heart rate, myocardial contractility, blood pressure and myocardial demand)?