MS MPJE study plan
MS MPJE · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act, Board of Pharmacy rules, and state board authority
Outline the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy's statutory authority, composition, officer roles, and rulemaking, inspection, and subpoena powers from the Practice Act text.
Diagram the disciplinary process from complaint intake through board order and appeal, labeling each statutory step and deadline.
Build a comparison table of pharmacy permit categories (community, institutional, nonresident, specialty) with their distinct requirements.
Write 40 original recall questions on Board authority and score at least 85% without notes.
Your checkpoint
One-page annotated Board-authority and discipline flowchart plus a scored 40-question self-quiz (target >=85%).
Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act, Board of Pharmacy rules, and state board authority & Licensure, registration, and personnel qualifications for pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacies
Differentiate pharmacist licensure, technician registration, and pharmacy permitting by education, exam, fee, and renewal cycle.
List Mississippi continuing education hour requirements and acceptable CE categories for each credential type.
Map technician scope-of-practice and supervision/ratio rules onto specific daily pharmacy tasks.
Compare statutory grounds for license denial versus grounds for discipline and revocation.
Your checkpoint
Credential comparison matrix (requirements, CE, renewal, fees, discipline triggers) plus 25 flashcards covering scope-of-practice limits.
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and FDA drug approval, labeling, and marketing requirements
Trace each FDA marketing pathway (NDA, ANDA, 505(b)(2), OTC monograph, EUA) and identify the evidence standard for each.
Distinguish required prescription and OTC label elements, including 'Rx only', Medication Guides, and patient package inserts.
Explain advertising and promotion limits, REMS obligations, and the 503A versus 503B compounding boundary.
Sequence DSCSA transaction and traceability duties across manufacturer, wholesaler, and dispenser.
Your checkpoint
Two-page decision tree answering 'may this product be lawfully marketed and dispensed in this form?' plus a 20-item pathway quiz.
Controlled substances law: federal CSA scheduling and recordkeeping plus Mississippi controlled substance provisions
Apply CSA schedule criteria to place substances in Schedules II through V and identify the corresponding handling rules.
Reconstruct federal recordkeeping duties: registration, DEA Form 222/CSOS, biennial inventory, and destruction documentation.
Contrast federal and Mississippi controlled substance rules on prescription validity, refills, partial fills, and emergency oral orders.
Detail Mississippi PDMP query and reporting obligations, including who must report, what data, and within what timeframe.
Your checkpoint
Side-by-side federal-versus-Mississippi controlled substance table plus a 30-question self-test scored at >=80%.
Controlled substances law: federal CSA scheduling and recordkeeping plus Mississippi controlled substance provisions & Prescribing, dispensing, compounding, and drug distribution requirements
Identify every required element of a valid controlled substance prescription in Mississippi and flag common defects.
Explain corresponding responsibility and document the red-flag resolution steps a pharmacist must take before dispensing.
Outline Mississippi opioid quantity and prescribing limits, naloxone-related provisions, and any mandatory-query triggers.
Describe lawful distribution channels: wholesaler licensing, pedigrees, returns, and transfers between registrants.
Your checkpoint
50-item mixed prescribing-and-dispensing exam scored at >=80%, with every miss written into a domain-tagged error log.
Prescribing, dispensing, compounding, and drug distribution requirements
Compare USP <795>, <797>, and <800> requirements for nonsterile, sterile, and hazardous compounding and apply them to a sample formula.
List Mississippi rules for prescription transfers, refill authorization, generic substitution, and patient records at transfer.
Draft corrective actions for dispensing-error scenarios involving look-alike/sound-alike drugs, LASA storage, and verification steps.
Distinguish institutional distribution models (unit dose, floor stock, automated devices) and their recordkeeping duties.
Your checkpoint
Compounding compliance checklist organized by USP chapter plus five written scenario responses scored against a self-built rubric.
Pharmacy operations: records retention, inventory, security, reporting, and patient counseling
Construct a retention timeline showing how long each record class (prescriptions, controlled substance records, inventories, counseling documentation) must be kept.
Specify inventory, security, and theft/loss reporting duties, including which agency is notified and when.
Write out Mississippi patient counseling requirements: when counseling is mandated, who may counsel, and permissible exceptions.
Audit a sample pharmacy workflow for security gaps in access control, alarm, and perpetual inventory practices.
Your checkpoint
One-page records-retention and reporting timeline table plus a counseling compliance script with exception checklist.
Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act, Board of Pharmacy rules, and state board authority & Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and FDA drug approval, labeling, and marketing requirements & Controlled substances law: federal CSA scheduling and recordkeeping plus Mississippi controlled substance provisions & Prescribing, dispensing, compounding, and drug distribution requirements & Licensure, registration, and personnel qualifications for pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacies & Pharmacy operations: records retention, inventory, security, reporting, and patient counseling
Complete a timed 120-item cumulative mock exam under exam conditions without references.
Re-teach the three weakest domains identified by the error log, writing a one-page summary for each.
Re-drill all previously missed items until every one is answered correctly twice.
Finalize a one-page rapid-review sheet of Mississippi-specific numbers (deadlines, CE hours, retention periods, quantity limits).
Your checkpoint
Completed 120-item mock exam scored at >=75% plus a domain-tagged error log showing all recurring misses resolved.
Milestones
Week 2: Score >=85% on a 40-item closed-book quiz covering Board authority and credentialing without consulting notes.
Week 3: Correctly classify 20 mixed products into their FDA marketing pathway with no more than one error.
Week 4: Score >=80% on the federal-versus-Mississippi controlled substance self-test and state two rule differences aloud without notes.
Week 6: Complete the compounding checklist and all five scenario responses, with at least four of five meeting every rubric criterion.
Week 7: Reproduce the full retention and reporting timeline from memory with all timeframes correct.
Week 8: Score >=75% on the timed 120-item cumulative mock exam, with no domain below 65%.