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Examination Meetings
NABP’s examination meetings bring together pharmacists from all areas of practice and faculty from schools and colleges of pharmacy. The dedicated volunteers who devote their time to this process share the task of safeguarding the integrity and validity of the Association’s examinations.
At workshops held throughout the year, item writers develop items and adhere to the content-related requirements of their designated examination. Review Committees are then responsible for reviewing the examination questions, attending and participating in meetings, and writing new test questions. The item writers and Review Committee members act under the policy and planning guidance of the NABP Executive Committee and the Advisory Committee on Examinations, which oversees the development and administration of all NABP examination and certification programs.
Examination Item Writers
NABP welcomes pharmacists in all areas of practice as well as school and college of pharmacy faculty to apply as item writers for the Association’s examinations and assessments. Item writers develop test items for the following examination and assessment programs:
- North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination® (NAPLEX®)
- Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination® (MPJE®)
- Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination® (FPGEE®)
- Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment® (PCOA®)
- Pharmacist Assessment for Remediation EvaluationSM (PARESM)
Item writers are selected based on the specific needs of the programs. Those who are chosen are asked to attend a workshop at NABP Headquarters with travel, lodging, and other expenses paid by NABP. Attendees receive detailed instructions and training materials describing the item-writing process and content-related requirements for their designated examination.
Interested individuals are asked to complete the online application and upload a current résumé or curriculum vitae. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis and kept on file for a period of five years.
Examination Meeting Dates
2013 Meetings
| Advisory Committee on Examinations August 8, 2013 |
FPGEE Review Committee August 15-17, 2013 |
| MPJE State Specific Review September 11-12, 2013 |
NAPLEX Item Development Workshop September 19-20, 2013 |
| FPGEE/PCOA Item Development Workshop October 24-25, 2013 |
PARE Item Development Workshop November 7-8, 2013 |
2014 Meetings
| NAPLEX Review Committee January 16-17, 2014 |
FPGEE Review Committee February 5-7, 2014 |
| Advisory Committee on Examinations February 27, 2014 |
NAPLEX Item Development Workshop March 6-7, 2014 |
| MPJE Item Development Workshop March 20-21, 2014 |
FPGEE/PCOA Item Development Workshop April 3-4, 2014 |
| PCOA Forum April 24, 2014 |
MPJE Review Committee Annual Meeting June 11-13, 2014 |
| NAPLEX Review Committee July 16-18, 2014 |
FPGEE Review Committee August 6-8, 2014 |
| Advisory Committee on Examinations August 28, 2014 |
MPJE State Specific Review September 4-5, 2014 |
| NAPLEX Item Development Workshop September 18-19, 2014 |
FPGEE/PCOA Item Development Workshop October 16-17, 2014 |
| NAPLEX Standard Setting November 6-7, 2014 |
Meeting dates are subject to change.
