Complete Preparation for the PCAT

Part 1 Skills for the Pharmacy College Admission Test: introduction to PCAT study skills - the Pharmacy College Admission Test, study skills for PCTA preparation; problem solving skills for PCAT preparation, solutions, references; developing verbal ability - introduction, what verbal ability measures, antonyms, synonyms, analogies, basic word elements, recommended reading and other suggestions for improving vocabulary, sample PCAT items, answer key, references; reading comprehension skills - introduction to reading comprehension in the PCAT, PCAT reading comprehension skills, comprehension of "new information, comprehension of "current" information, practice passages and items, answers to practice passages, references. Part 2 Science and mathematics review for the PCAT: preparing for PCAT biology -introduction to the PCAT section, biology, introduction to biology topics, review of bacteria and viruses, references; developing quantitative reasoning and ability - introduction to quantitative ability, quantitative approximation skills, fraction simplifications and factors determination skills, operational maths with fractions, percents, decimals, and fractions, scientific (exponential) operational skills, conversion of units of measurement, probability and statistics concepts, plane geometry concepts, algebraic equations and proportionality problems, applied mathematics problems, quantitative ability sample test, answers to questions in section 5.11, solutions to questions in section 5.11, references; preparing for PCAT chemistry - introduction, general chemistry, organic chemistry, references. Part 3 Test taking skills and sample PCAT: test-taking skills - introduction to test-taking skills, self-assessment; PCAT test-taking speed, how to work on speed, three weeks before the test, the last week before the test, the test day itself, after the test, references;; Pharmacy College Admission Test - model examination - introduction, biology, chemistry, reading comprehension test, quantitative ability test, verbal ability.