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Hi, I feel this is all we need to know as far as Pharmacoeconomics are concerned. Suma's attachment is very good too.

HI Khadija dear, Yes. If you join the group then we will be very fortunate. I still remember your quote which became my motto : "stick the sticker to the bread earner":D. By the way friends, Khadija is a great motivator. I am so glad to see you here. I do miss Cherifda though. Ok getting back to the books, I have finished hypertension. Does anyone know any good website for quizzing our hard earned knowledge ??

Hi, I am from Columbus. I am planning to write NAPLEX in June. I have started my preparations. It would be great if I can join you guys.

Hi Jyn, Congrats for finally getting in there. I wish you success. Sorry I wasnt able to respond to your mail as I had gone to India and got busy there. I came back last week and seeing your long wait i got scared of IDFPR and am trying for internship in Ohio. I have applied to quite a few pharmaciesover there and waiting for their response. Once again all the best for NAPLEX. Do keep us posted with your experiences.

Graduates Educated Outside the U.S. or one of its Territories 1. Submit official transcripts issued by the pharmacy college or university, with school seal affixed. An official translation of the transcript must be submitted if transcript is not in the English language. 2. Submit processing fee payment in the amount of $75. Fee payment must be in the form of a check or money order made payable to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. DO NOT send in fee for examination as referenced on REFERENCE SHEET until such time as you have been advised as to the status of your application for examination. (Regarding the evaluation process of unapproved pharmacy education programs: All applicants must have completed secondary education and a university level five year program of pharmacy education leading to the first professional degree. If the program from which you graduated IS NOT a Pharmacy program approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, your program must be evaluated by the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The evaluation process for each pharmacy program consists of an extensive review period and all Applications for Licensure and/or Examination received from graduates of unapproved programs during the evaluation process will be held pending a final decision by the State Board of Pharmacy and the Department.) 3. Forward four-page application, supporting documentation, and $75 fee payment to: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Attn: Division of Professional Regulation, P.O. Box 7007, Springfield, Illinois 62791. NOTE: You may contact the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and inquire as to whether your pharmacy education program is in the process of being evaluated or has already been evaluated by the Board of Pharmacy and the Department. IMPORTANT: Upon receipt of your application the Department may request additional information from you and the college/ university regarding the pharmacy program you attended. In order for your application to be processed, ALL REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION MUST BE SUBMITTED with the application and required fee unless otherwise directed in the instructions.

Hi Jyn, I got busy with some urgent work and had to leave US so that is why I could not mail them my documents. But I am eagerly waiting your results. All the best to you. I will keep you updated with my processing. Regards.

Hi, I wanted to know the ece evaluation report that I have to send to Illinois idfpr board.. 1) does it have to be general or course by course? 2. do I have to ask ece to mail ii directly to idfpr or do i have to mail it myself along with other documents? Oh and by the way, I had called the no. 2177828556 idfpr to ask these queries. The first time, I called and ask the requirements. The operator lady answered my queriries politely. but I had forgotten to ask abt my ece doubts. So I had to call again. Ihe second time I called I got hold of her after 45 minutes and when I ask the requirements again she hung up on me. The next day , that is today, I called again and she hung up on me again. How rude! made me seeth with anger. Also made me realise how tough it is to be a foreigner here. Well hats off to all the people who make success here because its really a tough ordeal making it through all the racism and hatred that lingers around us. Does anyone know where I can complain about her rude behavior? Thanks for the support. Take care. -

hi, Sorry for the long hiatus. Currently I am trying for internship in Ohio. As far as I know only Il and New Jersey have the five year course rule. other states so far accept 4 year foreign Pharmacists with fpgec. the best way to find out up to date stuff is to call the state board and speak to them directly. all the contact info is available on nabp.net. hope this helps. fizz

fpgee books for sale hi i have photocopies of the following books: 1. manan shroff theory vol. 1 20 $ 2. morris cody notes 2001 65$ shipping and handling is 10 dollars pls lemme u have to let me know as soon as possible as i want to sell these books. i have passed fpgee in one attempt with help of these books. i have written notes and highlighted these copies but they r in good condition bye

I would like to congratulate all the test takers who have passed.. kudos to all of you and those who are still waiting for the results. Just hang on and all the best.

hi everyone just wanna wish everyone all the best may all the hard work that all ofu have done pay off.keep ur cool and dont panic. and dont try to cram on the exam day inside the hall..i did and it didnt work my one most imp tip is read the qs fast try to solve the whole paper in 2 hrs then review it twice and then darken ur responses in the answer sheets u will find mistakes and have to correct them. dont spend more than a min on any q i have recieved my fpgec and hope the same for all of u take care and do ur best inthe exams:tup: splly for my old fpgeemates like kavee, arabella etc if they r writing this time

u can also get aquainted for free when u register as u get a free test /tutorial online at ets.

hi i have photocopies of the following books: 1. manan shroff theory vol. 1 20 $ 2. morris cody notes 2001 85$ shipping and handling is 10 dollars pls lemme u have to let me know as soon as possible as i want to sell these books. i have passed fpgee in one attempt with help of these books. i have written notes and highlighted these copies but they r in good condition.

chek the earlier posts here: http://www.www.urch.com/forums/toefl/66346-my-two-cents-tips-toefl-novice.html

the pdf file given below shows us what type of questions are asked in speaking After looking at the rubrics we now know what ets is expecting to hear Lets look at how we can improve each aspect of the answer for independent tasks: 1. Fluid expression....this means u shud talk without pausing ..talk slow so u have time to think ahead..minimize umms and ahhs...if u want to correct something use I MEAN ..eg the boys is..i mean the boys are.. talk till the very end..its ok if the recording stops b4 u stop but vice versa means less points 2. clear intelligible speech..talk loud into the mic..dont worry abt disturbing others etc. dont rush the next two qualities come with a lot of practice.if u think ur pronunciation is bad try practising with all question samples only as mostly our spoken vocab is quite ltd and mastering to pronounce that is enuff. it definitely helps to get a english tutor for improving these skills. i also had taken tuitions and it helped me a lot. 3. minor lapse in intonation and pronunciation - dont speak like a robot..do remember to pronounce like americans..but dont worry no need for the accent:doh: 4. effective use of grammar and vocabulary with high degree of automaticcity and good contrl of sentence strucs 5. response sustained, well dvlpd, coherent clear progression of ideas.this just means remember to use transitions for integ tasks: 1.variable pace 1 or 2 ums and ahs are ok here 2,effective word choice u can practice this dont try to use hi fi vocab here just do what u r comfortable with 3.clear progression of ideas this just means remember to use transitions 4. convey rlvt info with appropriate detail u have to mention the prob here properly dont go into the example details as u have no time. 5. grammar use-efficient expression of relevant ideas so just make sure u dont make grammatical mistakes..speak loud and stress at proper words to get tone in ur response. one more thing as u see in the rubric its not mentioned that u have to have an american accent to score and thats true..if american accent comes naturally to u fine. otherwise dont make the mistake i was gonna commit..(but didnt:rolleyes: ) fake a US accent..it diverts ur mind so u pay less attnt to imp stuff like grammar and relevance.

u can find the essay list at the end of ets powerprep book or old toefl cbt bulletins.

im in chicago i recieved it 2 days bak

pls chek the ets tips link on the toefl tips thread nabp reqmt 18,21,26,24

it will help to chek out the scoring rubrics given by ets for speaking to understand what to give importance to. the rubrics and many other tips can b seen in this file: http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/TOEFL/pdf/TOEFL_Tips.pdf splly chek out pgs 26, 28 and 51

sorry for not posting anything since 2 days as my family was sick with stomach flu. u have posted a very good q newfpgee ..abt intonation Intonation. i had searched abt this word all over the net, in all toefl books..but never got a satisfactory answer.later when i saw american accent training boook then i got to know waht it is . and the concept is also explained nicely in cambridge also (for more details see my first post in this thread) Intonation is defined in many books as the rhythm of ur speech...but what do we know abt rhythm what is it anyway???? it is the pitch, tone and qualityy of ur voice all together. well when u talk daily think of a sentence or record it and try to convert it to music.. \eg hey!! its raining outside!!!....how does this sound to a person in another room ..daai dada daada dadaa thats what is intonation. in american language the rhthm of speech goes down as the sentenc ends..ie u lower ur pitch at the last word..also u have to modify the pitch to stress at imp words in the sentece. now why does ets give intonation so much imp?? thats cos when we r asked to speak in a mic we get nervous concentrating on the topic and grammar..then u must have noticed in ur recordings..it sounds mechanical like the automatic answering systems of banks and phone companies like a robot. we have no tone and our speech looks bland. thats why people advise to speak in the mic like u r spking to a friend who is sitting infront of u..use emotion in ur language. and barrons says it helps to start answering with a smile on ur face. note: indians tend to raise the pitch as the sentence ends thats why their accent seems different even if they pronounce just like americans. intonation can b changed only with a lot of practise and there has to b someone experienced to listen to u and judge ur tone and pitch.

:blush: newfpgee thanku for ur comments but i dont think i deserve them as most of u know from fpgee forum im just good at searching and posting stuff here also im trying to collaborate all the info that seems scattered over this forum.

TOEFL iBT: Improving Your Speaking Skills Advice for Speaking Skill: Speaking about Familiar Topics Performance Level: Limited Score Range: 10–17 Take a conversation/pronunciation class. This will help improve your fluency and pronunciation in English. Develop friendships with people who want to speak English with you. Interaction with others will help you to improve your speaking ability. If you can't find a native English speaker, find a friend who wants to practice speaking English and promise to speak only English for a certain period of time. Practice speaking for a limited time on different topics without a lot of preparation. Time yourself as you speak.Write down several questions about general topicsfamily friends cities countries places you are familiar withSelect a question and answer it aloud. Try to speak for one minute. [*]Give yourself about 20 seconds to think about what you did yesterday. After 20 seconds, begin to recount what you did. Try to talk for one minute. Pay attention to your use of the past tense. Try to use connecting words and phrases such as first, then, while I was. [*]Give yourself about 20 seconds to think about what you will probably do tomorrow. Try to talk for one minute. After 20 seconds, begin to talk about what you are planning to do. Try to use different forms of the future tense. [*]Use books that come with audio programs to study pronunciation, stress, and intonation in English. Advice for Speaking Skill: Speaking about Familiar Topics Performance Level: Fair Score Range: 18–25 Look for opportunities to speak to native speakers of English. Interaction with others will help improve your speaking ability.Find a speaking partner. Set aside time each week to practice speaking to each other in English. If you can't find a native English speaker, find a friend who wants to practice speaking English and promise to speak only English for a certain period of time. [*]Practice speaking for a limited time on different topics without a lot of preparation. Time your responses to questions. Make a list of some general speaking topicspeople persons you admire places you enjoy visiting things you enjoy doingThink of a specific example for each topic (a parent, the market, reading books) and talk about each for one minute. [*]Select one of the topics above and write down 3 verbs and 3 adjectives relevant to the topic. Try to use the words as you speak. [*]Concentrate on speaking clearly with good pronunciation and intonation. Speak with confidence and open your mouth more widely than you normally do. It is difficult to understand you if you speak word by word. Try to speak in "thought groups." Take a reading passage and mark the thought groups first. Then read it aloud paying close attention to these groups of words and ideas. Get a book on tape or get a transcript from a news report, interview, or play.Listen to the performance and mark the pauses, stress, and intonation on the transcript. Then read the transcript and try to imitate the pauses, stress, and intonation patterns. [*]Use books that come with audio recordings to study pronunciation, stress, and intonation in English Advice for Speaking Skill: Speaking about Campus Situations Performance Level: Limited Score Range: 10–17 Practice speaking English every day. This will develop your fluency and confidence. Develop friendships with people who want to speak English with you. Interaction with others will improve your speaking ability. If you can't find a native speaker, find a friend who wants to practice speaking English and promise to speak only English for a certain period of time. Practice expressing opinions.Read an advice column in the newspaper (such as "Dear Abby" in the United States).Identify the problem being described. Tell a friend about the problem (summarize the problem) and then say what you think would be the best advice. Read the advice given in the column. Compare your suggestions for a solution to the advice given in the column. Talk about the differences with your friend. [*]Read a short newspaper article and give your opinion about it. [*]Practice summarizing information you heard or read. Read a short newspaper article.Write down important vocabulary from the article and look up the pronunciation of these words or ask an English speaker to tell you how to pronounce them. Summarize the article using the new words and practice your summary several times. Each time you will become more fluent. [*]Watch a short scene from a movie or TV program (about 2 to 3 minutes long). Summarize what each character was doing and explain why the character was doing it. Practice the summary and explanation several times; then record yourself as you speak. [*]Practice pronunciation and intonation by reading aloud. Record yourself so that you can hear your accent; pay attention to your mistakes. Work on pronouncing word endings TOEFL iBT: Improving Your Speaking Skills Advice for Speaking Skill: Speaking about Campus Situations Performance Level: Fair Score Range: 18–25 Practice speaking English every day. This will develop your fluency and confidence.Find a speaking partner. Set aside time each week to practice speaking with your partner in English. If you can't find a native English speaker, find a friend who wants to practice speaking English and promise to speak only English for a certain period of time. [*]Practice speaking about everyday issues relevant to students' lives. Read articles from campus newspapers or on the Internet.Discuss the articles with a speaking partner or friend. Practice summarizing the articles and expressing your opinions about the articles. [*]Listen to a college radio station in your area. Make a list of the kinds of topics being discussed. Use the list to generate discussion topics with your speaking partner or friend. [*]Concentrate on speaking loudly and clearly with good pronunciation and intonation. Practice speaking in "thought groups." It is difficult to understand you if you speak word by word. Remember to pause after prepositional phrases and related thought groups. Drop your voice and make your intonation go down to indicate that your thought is complete or that a sentence has ended. Add emotion and feeling to what you are saying. Practice the same speech in your native language and pay attention to your hand movements and emotions. Use the same emotion when you give your response in English. [*]A good resource is the book English for Academic Success, published by Houghton Mifflin. There are 16 books with a companion Web site. TOEFL iBT: Improving Your Speaking Skills Advice for Speaking Skill: Speaking about Academic Course Content Performance Level: Limited Score Range: 10–17 Record yourself speaking in English.Read a paragraph from an academic course book and practice summarizing the paragraph aloud. Practice several times and then record your summary. Listen to your summary again a week later. Transcribe what you said and review your mistakes. [*]Practice speaking about current events. Read newspaper articles, editorials, cultural events, etc. in English. Share the information that you read with a friend in English. Visit a university class and take notes in the class. Then use your notes to tell a friend about some of the information you heard in English. Develop your academic vocabulary. Write down important new words that you come across while reading or listening and practice pronouncing them. Listen to a weather report and take notes on what you heard. Then give the weather report to a friend in English. [*]Practice speaking for a limited time on academic topics. Write down important words and phrases from a textbook or from a short radio or TV program in English. Write three questions about the material you read or heard. Try to answer the questions by speaking aloud. Begin speaking with a general statement or idea. Support your ideas with details, reasons, or examples from the texts. Use appropriate connecting words to make the relationship between ideas clear.first second for example therefore because Advice for Speaking Skill: Speaking about Academic Course Content Performance Level: Fair Score Range: 18–25 Practice speaking for a limited time on different academic topics.Read a short article from a newspaper or a textbook. Write down key content words from the article. Write down 2 or 3 questions about the article that include the content words. Practice answering the questions aloud. Try to include the content words in your response. After practicing, record your answers to the questions. [*]Concentrate on speaking clearly with good pronunciation and intonation. Try to speak in "thought groups." It is difficult to understand you if you speak word by word.Take a reading passage and mark the thought groups first. Then read it aloud paying close attention to these groups of words and ideas. Get a book on tape or get a transcript from a news report, interview, or play. Listen to the performance and mark the pauses, stress, and intonation on the transcript. Then read the transcript and try to imitate the pauses, stress, and intonation patterns.

Most people dont know this but ets scores the speaking part ina wierd way although its 30 marks for 6 questions. the answers are divided as Speaking about Familiar Topics Speaking about Campus Situations Speaking about Academic Course Content Performance Level in eaxh section: Weak(0-9) Limited(10-17) Fair(18-25) Good(26-30) each of these sections is rated from 1-4 accordign to the scoring rubric now in order to get nabp reqmts u have to get 26 or more in the speaking section... which means u have to get an avg 3.33 overall. now u can get either 3 or 3.5 or 4 but not 3.33 so ur aim shud b to score 3 in most qs and a 3.5 or 4in at least 1 question that will b 2 fairs and 1 good that means at least 1 of ur answers shud b perfectly perfect according to ets standards.

thanku everyone and dear friends who have not made it inshallah u all will pass too...ill try to post tips as much as i can.. i dont wanna brk the order of my posting so here r the listening tips; from ets::: Advice for Listening Performance Level: Intermediate Score Range: 15–21 Practice listening to something in English every day and gradually increase the amount of time that you listen.Listen to different kinds of materials.Listen actively. Try to answer the “wh” questions.who what when where why how [*]Listen passively to get the general idea of what’s being said. [*]Keep a listening log (a list of everything you listen to each day/week). Write a one-sentence summary to remember the main idea of what you heard. Write down new expressions, idioms, and vocabulary that you hear. [*]Use dictations and other exercises to help your listening ability. Ask an English speaker to dictate an article to you. Good sources of material are newspapers, magazines, and textbooks.First, write down exactly what you hear Then only take notes on the important points that you hear [*]Do information gap exercises, using unfamiliar content and complex structures. [*]Use the resources in your community to practice listening to English. Visit places in your community where you can practice listening to English.If possible, enroll in an English class. Go to a museum and take an audio tour in English. Follow a guided tour in English in your city. Call or visit a hotel where tourists stay and get information in English about room rates, hotel availability, or hotel facilities. Call and listen to information recorded in English, such as a movie schedule, a weather report, or information about an airplane flight. [*]Watch or listen to programs recorded in English. Watch television programs.CNN, the Discovery Channel, or National Geographic Watch movies, soap operas, or situation comedies on television Do this with a friend and talk about the program together [*]Rent videos (turn off the captions!) or go to a movie in English. [*]Listen to a book on tape in English. [*]Listen to music in English and then check your accuracy by finding the lyrics on the Internet (e.g., www.lyrics.com). [*]Listen to English language recordings that come with a transcript. Listen to each recording at least three times. The first time, take notes about the main ideas you hear The second time, read the transcript and listen for the ideas you wrote down The third time, write down any words and phrases that you didn't understand and look them up [*]Go to Internet sites to practice listening. National Public Radio (www.npr.org) CBS News (www.cbsnews.com) Randall’s Cyber Listening Lab (www.esl-lab.com) BBC World Service.com Learning English (www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish) [*]Practice speaking English with others. Exchange language lessons with an English speaker who wants to learn your language. [*]Begin to prepare for academic situations. Visit academic classes in English. Record lectures or presentations and replay them several times.Listen to short sections several times until you understand the main points and the flow of ideas. Stop the recording in the middle and predict what will come next. [*]Become familiar with the organization or structure of academic lectures. Pay attention to the difference between main ideas and details presented.Listen for the general (main) ideas Pay attention to detailsfacts examples opinions [*]Pay attention to the structure. lecture or presentation—introduction, body, and conclusion narrative story—beginning, middle, and end [*]Learn to recognize different styles of organization. theory and evidence cause and effect steps of a process comparison of two things [*]Think carefully about the purpose of the lecture. Try to answer the question, “What is the professor trying to accomplish in this lecture?” Write down only the information that you hear. Be careful not to interpret information based on your personal understanding or knowledge of the topic. [*]Take notes while you listen to a talk or lecture. This will help you identify the main ideas of the talk. Practice doing simple dictations to work on your ability to listen and write at the same time. Work with a partner. Listen to a talk and take notes individually.Compare your notes with your partner’s and check for differences (and similarities) Use your notes to tell your partner what you heard [*]Use your notes to write an outline or summary. [*]Gradually increase the length of the talks (and your summaries). [*]Listen for signals that will help you understand the organization of a talk, connections between ideas, and the importance of ideas. Listen for expressions and vocabulary that tell you the type of information being given.Think carefully about the type of information that these phrases show.opinion (I think, It appears that, It is thought that) theory (In theory) inference (therefore, then) negatives (not, words that begin with “un,” “non,” “dis,” “a”) fillers (non-essential information) (uh, er, um) [*]Identify digressions (discussion of a different topic from the main topic) or jokes that are not important to the main lecture. [it’s okay not to understand these!] [*]Listen for signal words or phrases that connect ideas in order to recognize the relationship between ideas. Think carefully about the connection between ideas that these words show.reasons (because, since) results (as a result, so, therefore, thus, consequently) examples (for example, such as) comparisons (in contrast, than) an opposing idea (on the other hand, however) another idea (furthermore, moreover, besides) a similar idea (similarly, likewise) restatements of information (in other words, that is) conclusions (in conclusion, in summary) [*]Pay attention to the connections between examples. When you hear two details, identify the relationship between them Write a sentence connecting the examples using the appropriate connecting word [*]Pay attention to intonation and other ways that speakers indicate that information is important Important key words are oftenrepeated paraphrased (repeated information but using different words) said louder and clearer stressed [*]Pay attention to body language and intonation patterns used to express different emotions. Emotions are often expressed through changes in intonation or stress Facial expressions or word choices can indicate excitement, anger, happiness, or frustration [*]Listen for pauses between important points. [*]During a lecture, pay attention to words that are written on the board. Listen for numbers that you might hear in prices, times, or addresses Listen for verbs and other expressions that show if an event is happening in the past, present, or future NOTE: References to other sources and Internet sites are provided as a service and should not be understood as endorsements of their content. these are very lovely tips. these listening skills are very helpful for speaking section also. try to use books like barrons and cambridge . listen to the lectures and note down the main points and then look at the samples given and see if u have covered everything of relevance. lu have to learn to sift the 'questionable" items from the blah blah. most importantly learn not to let ur mind wander when u r listening to long lectures in succession . practice to concentrate in such situations.