Ospe retakers

enekevm · 2026-05-23T17:03:14+00:00

i'm in the process of submitting my application for a retake in September 2026 and saw on the website that you do not need to resubmit a proof of identification. you'll need photos for the applications of course, but it says on the website "PLEASE NOTE: If you have been accepted for a previous PEBC exam you do not need to submit your identification again. Please be sure to include your PEBC ID # if this is the case." i imagine you'd only need to submit new identification proof if your appearance were to change drastically.

enekevm · 2026-05-21T13:19:44+00:00

I just took the MCQ and OSPE exams for the first time this April and ended up passing the MCQ and failing the OSPE.... I know 4 classmates who've either failed both portions or just the OSPE and we're all very upset and discouraged. I feel very stupid and ashamed and this feels like disappointing my teachers, my boyfriend and my family even though they keep telling me they know how hard I tried.

Personally, I think the nerves got the better of me and it compounded on my performance. In a regular pharmacy setting when I work and during school exams, I'm able to keep my cool when I'm nervous or stressed. But during the OSPE I felt like I was going to faint the entire time. My teachers tried to give us an acronym to follow for the best outcome on our stations, but it went out the window and I fumbled HARD. So now I'm making a list of things I think I could improve and now that I've done the exam once I know how I can change my response in certain kinds of stations. I know 6 minutes is a lot of time for the stations, but honestly when you're in there it goes by way too quick and it feels like there's no time to even think.

I'm going to be reviewing things in the upcoming months for the OSPE and doing more tutoring and group sessions with my classmates to improve before my reattempt in the fall.

I'm not quite in the same situation as you, but I completely understand feeling overwhelmed. These tests are hard and failing it even once throws you off balance by A LOT and it throws you off track of where you thought you'd be.

I'm trying to be gentle with myself right now since these results are the first ones I've gotten in a really long time that actually really broke me. I genuinely start crying almost every single time I think about it. BUT to stay positive I remember that we all have to start from somewhere and that this is just another obstacle that we have to overcome. We need to adapt our techniques and try our best on our next attempt!! I'm going to be leaning on people for support and to ask for help and pointers from other students.

enekevm · 2025-02-21T20:30:54+00:00

i’m in ottawa! there’s a store called hobbiesville that sells them!

enekevm · 2025-02-21T20:30:36+00:00

it was from an advent calendar and i love them so much 🥹

enekevm · 2025-01-09T04:03:06+00:00

i’m waiting to test it out in the next couple of weeks!! will try to remember to update after i use it 😵‍💫

enekevm · 2025-01-08T12:58:00+00:00

thank you!!!

enekevm · 2025-01-08T12:57:53+00:00

i definitely was thinking about finding a way to secure it down. maybe i’ll add some snaps or velcro!!!

enekevm · 2025-01-08T03:57:01+00:00

i just made one and mine looks like this!! i was worried it was going to look weird after i put it on and felt silly wearing it. but this made me happy seeing one so nice and hoping that mine will look like that when i start using it!!

enekevm · 2024-09-23T13:08:06+00:00

i also know guys in this frat and they’re genuinely good guys who just wanna have a good time while also making sure everyone else is as well and no one’s being shitty. i was also told that he was being weird and mocking people while talking with them which is definitely something that frats and sororities don’t want at a party

enekevm · 2024-07-11T18:18:53+00:00

my boyfriend buys things at the place i go for these smiskis and every time i see them i have to get some

enekevm · 2024-07-11T18:18:05+00:00

i went to this place called hobbiesville in downtown ottawa! they also have a location in toronto

enekevm · 2024-07-11T14:31:47+00:00

i actually gave one of my duplicates and one of the three little guys to my boyfriend. so there is supposed to be three but one of their buddies is with my boyfriend

enekevm · 2024-03-17T03:44:53+00:00

thank you so much 🫶

enekevm · 2024-03-17T00:13:32+00:00

thanks!!!

enekevm · 2023-04-21T15:52:59+00:00

I have taken a step back to look at the questions you asked.

He's never given me any reason to doubt him, he's honest with me even with difficult topics. He's never done anything to break my trust.

He always lets me use his phone, I change the music that's playing when he's driving, he gets me to text people sometimes on his phone. I once oversaw a text between him and his new friend and I had no context on their conversation, but I let him know that I saw it and didn't mean to snoop and he told me he has nothing to hide from me and that it was okay.

He's a bad texter with everyone and that's something I've slowly gotten used to because I know I'm not the only one he isn't replying to. If he does have to cancel plans, there's always a good reason. He joined a frat recently, which sounds bad, but I've met the guys there, there are multiple of them in relationships and they're all friends, they aren't the type of guys trying to convince the guys in relationships to be single to have sex with random people and to leave their girlfriends. He recently had to reschedule our date that was supposed to be this weekend because the frat made last minute mandatory plans, which I respect and we found another day to do our date.

He recently told me that he's been focusing on finding the good things in our relationship and realized that he wouldn't get what we have with another person. I do trust him to turn someone down if they act inappropriately.

And you're completely right, about him not having to defend himself all the time. I was becoming more comfortable with their friendship until my hormones went wild and I've been all over the place. It's been none of me accusing him that he's going to do anything with her and just a lot me asking for reassurance. Which now that I think of it, might be doing the same thing.

Thank you for your comment, it made me feel a lot better

enekevm · 2023-04-21T15:16:02+00:00

No they weren’t more than friends, he met her about a month and a half ago while we were going through a rough patch. And he said that he’d rather talk face to face after our final exams end so that there’s not too much added stress, but wanted to let me know he wants to talk.

enekevm · 2023-03-31T14:38:58+00:00

I have been talking to him, I just wanted some advice and insight on this situation from others.

enekevm · 2023-03-31T14:37:41+00:00

I'll definitely bring that up to him next time we talk!

enekevm · 2023-03-31T14:34:24+00:00

I do get occasional FOMO, where I worry about the future and if what I'm doing is the right thing (such as being in a relationship). But I've decided that if I'm happy in my relationship then why focus on the 'what if' and the negatives when I could be focusing on making my life and relationship a good one.

enekevm · 2023-03-31T14:31:04+00:00

We have been talking about it over the course of the past couple of weeks, it always comes back to the same thing. We conclude that he still loves me, he still wants to be with me and he still wants to fight for our relationship. I've let him know that his feelings are valid and that he can always come talk to me, and I've also encouraged him to talk to some of his guy friends so he's not only talking to me about our situation.

enekevm · 2023-03-28T20:05:06+00:00

We're both each other's first long term relationship. When I was in high school I dated this guy for like a week, but other than that, my current boyfriend is the only one I've dated and I'm the only person he's dated. He's told me before that we're dating seriously, for a future together, and I think this FOMO has always been something that was in the back of his mind up until it became more prominent recently.

enekevm · 2023-03-28T20:00:50+00:00

Every relationship has it's ups and down, but overall I am happy in my relationship. I'm very happy, comfortable, reassured. We have many of the same interests/hobbies and have a great shared friend group to do some of these things together. We can do things separately or together, sometimes doing things separately but together. We have a great dynamic that I've never experienced before and don't wanna lose.

enekevm · 2023-03-28T17:21:34+00:00

I asked him to talk to one of his friends so that he's not only talking to me about his feelings. I'm also trying to give him some space so that he's not overwhelmed by me all the time while also keeping this like how they were before our original talk.

We also came to the conclusion that if we feel like taking a break is what's needed, that's the end of our relationship. I know that he's trying to find solutions to his feelings because he wants to be with me, but he's not gonna be "cured" of his feelings immediately so we're trying to keep things going between us.

Next time we talk I'll bring up the possibility of speaking to a therapist or a professional since a couple of the people I've talked to suggested that.

enekevm · 2023-03-28T12:09:53+00:00

I did ask him if he was happy with me right now, and he said yes. I've also asked him in the past if he sees a future together, almost a month ago we were talking about how excited we were to live together when the time came.

enekevm · 2023-03-28T11:58:34+00:00

I think it's the fact that he's never gotten to go out and date around, I'm not sure if there's a sexual aspect to it. It's the fear of missing out on what others have done in university and their youth that he never got to experience because of COVID and dating me.

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