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North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) Syllabus
Licensure exam assessing pharmacy competency for US pharmacist licensure.. The complete North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) outline — 5 subjects, 22 chapters and 105 topics — laid out so you can see exactly what has to be covered and tick each item off as you go.
North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) subjects
Each subject below has its own page with the full chapter → topic → sub-topic tree and a set of real exam-style flashcards.
5 chapters · 32 topics · 17 sub-topics
Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Calculations4 chapters · 19 topics
Drug Safety: Interactions, Adverse Effects, and Toxicology4 chapters · 19 topics · 2 sub-topics
Pharmaceutics, Compounding, and Drug Delivery4 chapters · 15 topics
Pharmacy Practice, Law, and Patient Care5 chapters · 20 topics
North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) flashcard decks
276 question-and-answer cards across 5 decks, written against this syllabus. Preview any deck free.
How to work through the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) syllabus
The outline on this page is arranged the way the syllabus itself is: subject, then chapter, then topic, then sub-topic. That last level is what most study plans skip, and it is where coverage actually goes wrong — a chapter marked "done" often has three sub-topics inside it that were never touched.
Weight your plan accordingly: Pharmacotherapy and Disease State Management carries 32 topics while Pharmaceutics, Compounding, and Drug Delivery carries 15. Giving both the same number of weeks is the most common planning mistake for North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX).
The ~85 hour estimate above is a first pass only: roughly 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic. Revision cycles, past papers and mocks sit on top of that number.
North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) syllabus FAQ
What subjects are in the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) syllabus?
North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) covers 5 subjects: Pharmacotherapy and Disease State Management, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Calculations, Drug Safety: Interactions, Adverse Effects, and Toxicology, Pharmaceutics, Compounding, and Drug Delivery and Pharmacy Practice, Law, and Patient Care. Together they contain 22 chapters and 105 named topics.
How much do you have to study for North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX)?
The full North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) outline breaks down into 22 chapters, 105 topics and 19 sub-topics. Pharmacotherapy and Disease State Management is the largest single subject with 32 topics across 5 chapters.
How long does it take to cover the whole North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) syllabus?
Roughly 85 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 4 weeks.
Are there North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) flashcards?
Yes — 276 question-and-answer flashcards across 5 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.
Is this North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) syllabus free to use?
Yes. Every page here is free to read, and importing the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) syllabus into the Examius app to tick off topics as you finish them is free too, in United States and everywhere else. No account is needed to start.
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