MS MPJE case studies
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The Mississippi Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MS MPJE) is the jurisprudence examination that candidates for pharmacist licensure in Mississippi must pass in addition to the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination. It is a computer-delivered, multiple-choice examination that blends federal law with Mississippi-specific law and Board of Pharmacy rules in a single sitting, so a candidate cannot treat the two bodies of law as separate subjects. The MS MPJE case studies are 5 cases and about 3,100 words.
1Cash-Pay Oxycodone from a Distant Prescriber
A woman in her early 30s comes to a Mississippi community pharmacy at 7:45 p.m. with a paper prescription for oxycodone 30 mg, #120, one tablet three times daily as needed, no refills.
676 words, about 3 min2Office-Use Syringes, a Dye-Free Suspension, and Overseas API
A Mississippi community pharmacy with a small nonsterile compounding area receives two requests on the same morning. A dermatology clinic faxes an order for 60 prefilled syringes of triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/mL intralesional suspension, for office use, with no patient names and no individual prescriptions, and asks for a bulk price.
618 words, about 3 min3A Too-Cheap Wholesaler, an Import Request, and a Supplement Claim
An independent Mississippi pharmacy's buyer forwards a cold email: a licensed wholesale distributor in another state offers generic apixaban 5 mg, 60-count bottles, at 45% below the pharmacy's primary wholesaler price, drop-shipped within 48 hours, with package pedigree available on request, minimum order 30 bottles. The pharmacy has never done business with this company and the buyer has not verified it.
612 words, about 3 min4A Resigned PIC, an Expired Technician, and an Out-of-State Floater
On a Friday afternoon the district manager of a Mississippi chain pharmacy tells the staff pharmacist that the pharmacist-in-charge resigned that morning and walked out, and that she is now the PIC effective immediately because corporate will file the paperwork Monday. The store's lead technician's Board registration expired three weeks ago; she says the renewal is in process and HR says she can keep working because her badge still scans.
573 words, about 3 min5Missing Oxycodone, Missing Records, and a Board Inspector
A new pharmacist-in-charge at a Mississippi hospital outpatient pharmacy reconciles the Schedule II perpetual inventory and finds 340 oxycodone 15 mg tablets and 12 vials of fentanyl 100 mcg/2 mL unaccounted for over the past five months. The last biennial inventory was done three years ago; several Schedule II invoices are missing and two DEA Form 222 or CSOS records cannot be located.
621 words, about 3 min