I don't want to jinx myself but it was much easier than the NAPLEX. For my version of the test, I got about 10-15 law questions. Around 8-12 of the questions came directly from reading Chapter 15 of the Weissman book and by doing his 150 questions exam.
As for the exam, for the most part, I was able to quickly narrow down the choices to 2 answers. I had only 2-3 calculation questions and they were relatively easy (things you would do in a retail pharmacy, ex: calculating how many mLs needed to dispense of an antibiotic). Another one was calculating CrCl.
***Don't forget to multiply 0.85 for a female patient*** I almost forgot doing this.
The topics I got hit every major disease state. However, particularly for me, I got a lot of opthal questions. As stated on many threads, you must KNOW:
1) BRAND/Generic
2) IV compatib. (i didn't get any questions of these types)
3) General counseling points
4) C2,C3,C4,C5 drugs
5) Doses and intervals (and what to do when patient has renal/hepatic problems)
6) Meds (specifically antibiotics) that needs to be refrigerated (ex.Augmentin) and how long they're good for
7) Meds that DOESN'T need to be refrigerated (ex.
Azithro susp,
Biaxin,
Cleocin, Vfend) and how long they're good for
8) Meds that you need to take with food (ex. Augmentin, Ceftin)
9) Meds that you take on empty stomach (ex. Cefdax)
Sources that I used for the CPJE:
1) My OWN Top 314 drug list that had everything you needed to know about the drug; I would print it out and cut them into 3x5 cards and had one of those football wristbands that quarterbacks wear and wore it everywhere I went. I got a lot of weird looks on the bus/train.
2) Pharmacist Letters, specifically their handy dandy charts (this is a MUST have)
3) Weissman's Book (if you're short on time, know Chapter 15 and the sample test questions in it, they're great practice)
Time between my Naplex/CPJE: 1 week
Anyways, I hope this helps.
