PTCB MTM study plan
PTCB MTM · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Medications and Medical Concepts
Build a one-page reference table of the top 25 drug classes tested on MTM exams (mechanism, key counseling point, monitoring parameter).
Explain the MOA and adverse-effect profile of antihypertensives, anticoagulants, and diabetes agents out loud without notes.
Map 15 high-risk drug-disease interactions (e.g., NSAIDs in CKD, beta-blockers in asthma) onto a flashcard set.
Complete 40 Domain 1 practice items and log every missed concept with a one-line correction.
Your checkpoint
Drug-class reference table (25 rows) plus a missed-item log covering at least 40 Domain 1 questions.
Medications and Medical Concepts
Differentiate signs, severity, and initial management steps for 10 common adverse drug events (bleeding, hypoglycemia, angioedema, hyperkalemia, etc.).
Apply renal and hepatic dose-adjustment logic to 12 drug scenarios using CrCl and Child-Pugh criteria.
Summarize counseling points for inhalers, insulin devices, injectable biologics, and anticoagulants as a patient handout outline.
Recite lab monitoring intervals for 10 narrow-therapeutic-index or high-alert medications from memory.
Your checkpoint
An ADE recognition-and-response sheet covering 10 adverse events with severity tiers and pharmacist action steps.
Medications and Medical Concepts & Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Strategies
Complete a timed 60-item mixed Domain 1 set at 80% or higher accuracy.
Classify 20 drug-related problems into indication, effectiveness, safety, and adherence categories.
Rank 15 medications using the Beers Criteria and high-alert medication lists, stating the reason for each flag.
Draft three sample MTM recommendations in the standard 'problem, assessment, recommendation, monitoring' format.
Your checkpoint
Timed 60-item Domain 1 set with a documented score and a written analysis of the top three recurring error patterns.
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Strategies
Sequence the steps of medication reconciliation across admission, transfer, and discharge using a written workflow.
Outline root-cause-analysis logic and identify contributing factors in 8 short medication-error vignettes.
Distinguish look-alike/sound-alike, LASA, and high-alert safety strategies and apply them to 10 product pairs.
Describe five adherence assessment tools and select the appropriate one for given patient profiles.
Your checkpoint
A one-page medication reconciliation workflow diagram plus an 8-vignette error-analysis worksheet.
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Strategies
Interpret quality metrics (star ratings, HEDIS, CMS part D measures) and connect each to a pharmacist intervention.
Build a patient-safety checklist for a community pharmacy covering dispensing, counseling, and follow-up.
Apply immunization screening and documentation requirements to 10 patient scenarios.
Complete 50 Domain 2 practice items and record rationale for every incorrect choice.
Your checkpoint
Domain 2 practice set at 80%+ plus a pharmacy patient-safety checklist with at least 12 actionable items.
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Strategies & MTM Administration & Management
Assemble the core elements of a comprehensive medication review (CMR) into a repeatable script.
Draft a complete SOAP-format MTM note for two synthetic patients using the Pharmacist eCare Plan or equivalent structure.
Identify the required components of a personal medication list and medication action plan.
Explain how MTM services are billed (CMS Part D MTM, CPT codes) in 5 sentences without notes.
Your checkpoint
Two complete SOAP-format CMR notes for synthetic patients, each including a medication action plan.
MTM Administration & Management
Outline the workflow for recruiting, scheduling, and following up on MTM patients in a pharmacy setting.
Map documentation and billing requirements to three payer scenarios and list the data elements each requires.
Draft a 10-minute staff training outline on delivering MTM services.
Design a simple outcomes-tracking template (clinical, humanistic, economic) for an MTM program.
Your checkpoint
A one-page MTM program operations sheet covering patient flow, documentation, billing, and outcome metrics.
Medications and Medical Concepts & Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Strategies & MTM Administration & Management
Complete two full-length timed practice exams under exam-day conditions.
Review every missed item from both exams and group errors by domain to spot remaining weak areas.
Re-drill the 30 highest-frequency facts across all three domains using spaced repetition.
Write a personal exam-day plan covering timing strategy and item-flagging rules.
Your checkpoint
Final practice-exam score report with a corrected-item review log and a written exam-day strategy sheet.
Milestones
Week 4: Score 80% or higher on a mixed 50-item Domain 1 + Domain 2 quiz, and show the completed medication reconciliation workflow.
Week 6: Produce two complete CMR SOAP notes and pass a self-graded checklist of all required documentation elements.
Week 8: Score 80% or higher on two full-length timed practice exams spanning all three domains.