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Examination Coverage

Like stated above, the Pharmacy Board Examination is composed of 6 modules. These
modules are comprised of 100 questions in several subjects to assess and test your
knowledge. With different corresponding percentage, each module also varies in
terms of difficulty. In this part, we are going to dive deeper into each module to
see what they are really made of. Please read on.

Module 1: Pharmaceutical Chemistry


This one is consists of the following subjects:

Inorganic Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry


Organic Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Qualitative Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Module 1 is the most important module of all the six modules as it represents 20%
of your final board exam score. You don�t want to fail this one because it has the
highest percentage of the 6 modules.

The first crucial step you need to master in this module is the Periodic Table of
Elements and the medicinal uses of these elements. Focus your review on the basic
knowledge of hydrocarbons, their structures, and chemical reactions. Familiarize
yourself with the different test for the quantitative/ qualitative analysis of the
intrinsic and extrinsic properties of the elements. Memorize the important
people/scientists, the theories, and the different laws (e.g. Charles� Law, Boyle�s
Law, Henry�s Law, and the likes).

Module 2: Pharmacognosy
This module focuses on these two subjects:

Plant Chemistry
Biochemistry
Concentrate your review about carbohydrates, homoglycan, heteroglycans, resins,
lipids, alkaloids, and the different test methods. In Biochemistry, review yourself
about ATP�s, amino acids, enzymes and different tests. This part represents 15% of
your final score.

Module 3: Practice of Pharmacy


Compounding and Dispensing Pharmacy
Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Calculations
Here comes the calculations, adjustment of doses and infusion rate. Focus your
study on laboratory tests, their ranges, and normal values. Do not forget to
memorize brand names and generic names of drugs as well as medication errors,
erroneous prescriptions, and the likes. By the way, this one will have a 17.5%
impact on your final score.

Module 4: Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics


Toxicology
Incompatibilities and Adverse Drug Reactions
This part takes the other 15% of your overall score. To successfully pass this
module, study and know by heart the Autonomic Nervous System (Parasympathetic and
Sympathetic), alpha/beta (adrenoceptors), muscarinic, nicotinic (cholinergic). Do
not forget to study the different drug classifications, cardiovascular drugs,
diuretics, and the likes.

Module 5: Pharmaceutics
Manufacturing Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
Physical Pharmacy
Jurisprudence and Ethics
For the jurisprudence and ethics, just review the basic laws, pharmacy laws, the
Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs (Republic Act No. 8203) and about the FDA. Study
the different dosage forms, liquids, solids, semi-solids, and the different
processes and machines. Same as module 3, this part has 17.5% impact on the final
score.

Module 6: Quality Assurance/ Quality Control


Microbiology and Public Health
Qualitative Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Drug Testing with Instrumentation
For the quality control part, focus your review on the different tests, apparatus,
and machines. Ready yourself for some computations. Memorize the things about
bacteria, fungi, virus, and helminths. The last module weighs 15% on the total
final score.

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