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NAPLEX Cheating

August 14, 2007

On Monday August 6th, US Marshals seized materials and computers from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and the offices and home of professor Flynn Warren Jr., M.S. This action by the federal court followed investigations and complaints by the NABP into alleged breaches of the NAPLEX (North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination) and MPJE ( Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination).

Following allegations of the NAPLEX and MPJE exams being compromised, there are rumors that NABP is considering shutting down the current version of NAPLEX and MPJE tests.

Written by fred · Filed Under Featured 

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7 Responses to “NAPLEX Cheating”

  1. jsmith on August 14th, 2007 11:07 am

    how is that even possible?

  2. browndav on August 14th, 2007 11:09 pm

    Well, the computer database is out there in cyberspace so it would be possible to hack any such database, but that didn’t happen in this case. I went to the University of Georgia, and I know Flynn. He’s the best professor I ever had. Basically the NABP is pissed that his board reviews are too good. He asks students to report back to him any new material that’s on the exam, and he himself takes the exam occasionally (every 10 years or so) to see for himself. So if I tell him that I got an exam question about Synvisc and he goes over Synvisc in the next years review and tells them that they could ask this or this or this, how is that a copyright violation which is what I’m told they’re going after him for. There is no way he broke into NABP’s system and stole questions. He’s retired, and he still does board reviews because no one else wants to and he cares about the students. Today I am very saddened for my profession, but not for the reasons the NABP wants me to be.

  3. fred on August 15th, 2007 8:19 am

    browndav:

    Thanks for your comment and insight into this news clip.
    I myself never believed that a professor, in anyway, would hack a database or condone cheating.

    However “ethical” his method was… was it illegal? I don’t know. I am not a pharmacist. I do know that I never took any review courses when I sat for the PTCB. I read a book and took a test. Then I realized only about 10% of the book I read was actually tested material.

    As a pharmacist? Would you say that alot of the material on the exam would actually never be used as a practicing pharmacist in a retail or hospital setting?

    -Fred
    webmaster, cphtlink.com

  4. Nikki on August 26th, 2007 3:59 pm

    It is sad to think that anyone would think a professor asking students to report back what they saw on the NAPLEX after signing an affidavit on the exam is legal or proper. It really doesn’t matter if he is the greatest professor at the University of Georgia, the fact that he encourages students to report back information that they should be keeping confidential is just wrong. In my opinion, the best professors aren’t the ones that give you all the answers… but are the ones that make you work for it!!!

  5. Flynn's #1 student on August 30th, 2007 2:49 pm

    I strongly urge you to change the title of this piece. I find it libelous.

  6. Flynn's #1 student on August 30th, 2007 2:51 pm

    One more thing:

    It’s not “NALPEX”.

    Also, as the article states, we have allegations and rumors at this point. The misspelled title was hastily composed, was it not?

  7. fred on August 31st, 2007 8:14 am

    yes… it is NAPLEX… it’s correct in the article, wrong in the title. I apologize for the typo. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I honestly didn’t notice.

    However, the title is not meant to be Libelous. It’s just a headline of a wordpress entry.

    What we have to remember is, that although I take responsibility for the articles I enter on this site (this site does have other bloggers), that it is technically a blog.. Not the New York Times.

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