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GA MPJE study plan

GA MPJE · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act: licensure, registration, and scope of practice & Federal controlled substances law (CSA) and Georgia controlled substances provisions

  • Map each licensure pathway in Domain 1 (pharmacist, technician, pharmacy, and nonresident/outsourcing registration) against its statutory authority and cite the governing provision for each

  • Differentiate pharmacist scope-of-practice activities from those requiring additional authorization, and write a one-line rule for each activity

  • Build a comparison chart of CSA schedules I-V listing criteria, examples, and federal registration requirements

  • Explain the federal prescription requirements for Schedule II versus Schedule III-V drugs, including refill and transfer rules

Your checkpoint

A two-page crosswalk table linking each Domain 1 and Domain 3 requirement to its source authority, with at least 25 entries

Week 2

Federal controlled substances law (CSA) and Georgia controlled substances provisions & Prescription requirements, dispensing, and labeling

  • Compare Georgia controlled substance provisions against the federal CSA and list every point of divergence with the stricter rule flagged

  • Sequence the required elements of a valid prescription (prescriber identifiers, drug, directions, quantity, refills, signature) and identify which omissions make a prescription invalid

  • Apply the rules for Schedule II partial fills, emergency oral prescriptions, and dispensing without a prescription where permitted

  • Draft the labeling content required at dispensing for both legend and controlled substances

Your checkpoint

A one-page decision flowchart for validating a controlled substance prescription from receipt to dispensing, plus a 10-item self-quiz with answer key

Week 3

Georgia Board of Pharmacy rules and regulations & Prescription requirements, dispensing, and labeling

  • Organize Board of Pharmacy rule topics (facility standards, equipment, security, personnel) into a checklist format

  • Distinguish what the Practice Act statute requires from what the Board rules add, for at least 10 overlapping requirements

  • Practice resolving scenario questions on prescription transfers, refills, and substitution by writing the controlling rule before selecting an answer

  • Identify the recordkeeping obligations triggered by each dispensing event (prescription retention, controlled substance records, counseling documentation)

Your checkpoint

A 30-question original practice set covering Domains 2 and 4, with a written rule citation for every correct answer

Week 4

Pharmacist and technician licensure, renewal, and discipline & Pharmacy operations, recordkeeping, and inventory requirements

  • Map the licensure lifecycle (initial application, renewal cycle, continuing education, reinstatement) for pharmacists and technicians

  • Categorize grounds for discipline and the Board's disciplinary process steps in order

  • Build an inventory-tracking reference for controlled substances, covering biennial inventory, receipt records, and disposal/return documentation

  • Reconcile a sample perpetual inventory problem and identify where a discrepancy would be reportable

Your checkpoint

A cumulative midterm of 50 original questions spanning Domains 1-6, scored with a written list of the three weakest subtopics

Week 5

Pharmacy operations, recordkeeping, and inventory requirements & Federal and state drug distribution, marketing, and product regulation

  • Sequence the recordkeeping retention periods for prescriptions, controlled substance records, and inventory documents, and flag any that differ

  • Explain the legal pathways for drug distribution (manufacturer, wholesaler, repackager) and the registration or licensure each requires

  • Differentiate prescription drug marketing restrictions from permissible promotional activity

  • Identify the requirements for handling recalls, returns, and suspect or illegitimate product

Your checkpoint

A one-page retention and documentation matrix plus 15 original scenario questions on distribution and product regulation

Week 6

Patient counseling, privacy, and professional standards of care & Prescription requirements, dispensing, and labeling

  • Apply patient counseling requirements to specific dispensing scenarios, including when counseling may be declined or delegated

  • Explain privacy obligations for protected health information in the pharmacy workflow, including minimum-necessary and disclosure scenarios

  • Evaluate professional standard-of-care questions involving medication errors, DUR, and documentation

  • Resolve mixed-domain scenarios that combine counseling with controlled substance dispensing requirements

Your checkpoint

A written analysis of 8 original complex scenarios, each identifying the controlling rule and the correct action

Week 7

Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act: licensure, registration, and scope of practice & Georgia Board of Pharmacy rules and regulations & Federal controlled substances law (CSA) and Georgia controlled substances provisions & Prescription requirements, dispensing, and labeling & Pharmacist and technician licensure, renewal, and discipline & Pharmacy operations, recordkeeping, and inventory requirements & Federal and state drug distribution, marketing, and product regulation & Patient counseling, privacy, and professional standards of care

  • Complete a full-length timed simulated exam under test conditions

  • Review every missed item and classify the error as knowledge gap, misread, or rule confusion

  • Re-drill the two lowest-scoring domains with targeted original questions

  • Rewrite weak rules into one-sentence memory cues

Your checkpoint

A scored full-length practice exam with an error log listing each missed item, its domain, and the corrected rule

Week 8

Federal controlled substances law (CSA) and Georgia controlled substances provisions & Prescription requirements, dispensing, and labeling & Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act: licensure, registration, and scope of practice

  • Re-take a condensed high-yield set weighted to the three heaviest domains and confirm improvement over week 7

  • Recite from memory the key numeric thresholds (retention periods, inventory cycles, renewal intervals, refill limits)

  • Walk through two full prescription-to-dispensing scenarios end to end without notes

  • Finalize a one-page pre-exam reference sheet limited to items you have repeatedly missed

Your checkpoint

A final one-page reference sheet and a second scored practice set showing improvement over the week 7 baseline

Milestones

Week 2: Can explain federal versus Georgia controlled substance differences without notes and score 80% or higher on the week 2 self-quiz

Week 4: Score 70% or higher on the 50-question cumulative midterm and submit the three-item weakness list

Week 6: Correctly resolve at least 6 of 8 mixed-domain scenarios with the controlling rule cited

Week 7: Score within 5 points of the passing target on the full-length simulated exam

Week 8: Score 80% or higher on the condensed high-yield set and complete the final reference sheet