We all know how nerve wracking sitting an exam of any sort can be.
Sitting the Naplex exam is no different from any other type of exam. The naplex exam was developed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), and they use it as part of the process of assessing your competency to practice in the field of pharmacy.
Finding a comprehensive study guide for naplex exams will really assist you in feeling both confident before and during the exam as well as giving you a good, solid foundation of knowledge whilst actually practising pharmacy.
But how do you know which comprehensive study guide for Naplex exams is worth your time and money and which ones have been written by somebody who doesn't really understand the tests, how best to approach them and how to plan your study time properly?
Here are six of the top things that you should look out for when you're considering buying any form of Naplex exams study guide:-
1. The naplex study guide should be written by a natural test scorer, meaning that you are getting inside knowledge and actual facts from somebody who knows what they're talking about.
2. Your guide should be written in a flowing, easy to understand style that makes it easy for you to understand the point that is being made, along with it's ramifications.
3. Your guide should be direct and to the point. It shouldn't contain any fluff or padding or anything that is going to distract you from actually learning the correct answers and correct methods with which to successfully pass your Naplex exam.
4. Your comprehensive study guide to Naplex exams should focus on the actual taking of the test first and then cover the materials second. ( After all, if the actual material was what was most important in this type of test, every single pharmacy student with an average to good memory would be able to get top marks - just through remembering facts and figures!)
This never actually happens though, because there is a huge difference between a classroom or study time performance and your actual, live performance under actual, live test conditions when the pressure is really on. You need a comprehensive study guide that will help you understand this and work with you to help you overcome any stress or strains that you may feel under exam conditions.
5. A decent study guide should also work to encourage you and motivate you to keep studying. It should lay out a clearly defined path - the speediest route - for you to take to learn what is necessary to pass that test.
How many times have you sat down and read a textbook and although the subject may interest you, you find that you're easily distracted and your thoughts are wandering, because the actual text on the page doesn't grip you, moving you along with it, making it easy for you to study and learn?
6. And finally - and most importantly - your guide should come with a full guarantee. Rare I know and many would scoff at this idea but if you don't pass the exams, you should be able to get a full refund with no questions asked. After all, if the guide is actually any good, the publishers/ sellers should be willing to put your money where their guide's mouth is!
As a final thought to consider - try to find a naplex study guide that also gives comprehensive details on how to approach some of the tricks of taking this specific type of exam.
For example, what random bits of information within the wording of the question often give away the right answers?
How you should milk the question clues to deduce the right answer, even if you don't actually have any idea what is being asked?
Most importantly, how to avoid panicking when you don't actually know the answer to a question. You need a study guide that will offer you a systematic method that serves as a lifeline during the test.
And finally, wherever possible, don't buy a comprehensive study guide to naplex exams, unless you can read some customer testimonials first. If people are actually happy to write a testimonial on a study guide - it follows to reason that they passed the exam and used this particular guide, don't you think?
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Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. .. We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.
(Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emile, On Philosophy of Education)
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