Recommended Reading

We often get asked via our PEBC Exam Facebook group about what books we recommend that students purchase for PEBC Exam Preparation. As there are quite a few out there and budgets can restrict, we have ranked our Top 10 PEBC books in order of importance:

1. Comprehensive Pharmacy Review, 7e, Comprehensive Pharmacy Review Practice Exams, 8e - is a great all-around reference book for the review of a large range of PEBC Exam pharmacy topics and will be useful for both the qualifying and evaluating exam. The book covers pretty much everything listed in the PEBC syllabus, however, it lacks somewhat in the practical aspects of the exam which we cover in-depth with our online study materials. If you learn the first 18 chapters of this book, you have around 80% of the knowledge required to pass the exam. Buy now.
   
2. Therapeutic Choices [Author: Canadian Pharmacists Association] published on (January 2012) -  200 conditions including 72 conditions during pregnancy and breastfeeding, useful quick reference drug tables, treatment algorithms. A healthy grasp of the knowledge in this book will greatly boost your chances to succeed in the PEBC exam. It focuses on major clinical disorders, treatment goals, pathophysiology, investigations, risk factors as well as lifestyle issues.  Other areas of focus include; pharmacoeconomics, algorithms, drug management and how to make clinical decisions. All these and much more are contained in this book.
   
3. Appleton & Lange's Review of Pharmacy by Gary D. Hall (2000-12-13) - is mainly used for the NAPLEX, however much of the material contained is applicable to the PEBC and has lots of practice questions.
4. Pharmacy Management: Essentials for All Practice Settings, Fourth Edition - covers the pharmacy practice part of the PEBC syllabus. 
   
5. Pharmaceutical Calculations by Mitchell J. Stoklosa (1986-06-01) - a good reference for calculations to expect in the PEBC Exam.
   
6. Drug Interaction Analysis and Management 2014 (Drug Interactions Analysis and Management) - this a very comprehensive text used in many Canadian Pharmacies but it is not cheap.
7. Quick Review: Pharmacy, Thirteenth Edition (Appleton & Lange's Quick Review: Pharmacy - this book works well for those who want a quick grasp of pharmacy. The book was initially for NAPLEX but is just as good for any other pharmaceutical exam. This book has both contents as well as questions at the end of each chapter. When preparing for the exam it is important all content is adequately covered and all questions answered correctly. You could repeat reading the content and answering questions until you are content with each section.
8. Biomedical Science Practice (Fundamentals of Biomedical Science) - The book is a lecture series that covers key topics as well as highly effective summaries. It covers such topics as Anatomy, molecular biology, biochemistry, hematology, Genetics and pathophysiology.
9. The Ultimate Pharmacy Calculation Guide - a fantastic Canadian Pharmacist guide that helps you learn pharmacy calculations from scratch all the way up to the hardest questions you will find in the exam.
10. Canadian Pharmacy Law - Marie Berry - Written by a well-respected Canadian community pharmacist and lawyer, this resource explains the underlying principles and doctrines of law within the legal system as they apply to the practice of pharmacy. Difficult to get hold of hence, no.10 on our list.
    

As opposed to general books for the exam, there are those more focused on the subject matter presented in the PEBC Exam Syllabus. There are a number of books that have worked for our tutors here at PEBCExam who have subsequently sat and passed the PEBC exam, on their first attempt. These include: