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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
The pharmacy technician student will act both ethically and legally within the scope of practice, including appropriate record keeping for controlled substances. Simulated interactions with patients will enable the student to competently communicate both verbally and in writing. Additionally, the student will practice using drug references and processing patient payments.
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2.00 Credits
The student will identify the various routes of medication administration and dosage forms and their corresponding abbreviations. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts will be explored, including absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination and bioavailability. Students will demonstrate how to use drug information references, developing an understanding of the type of information found in each resource. Medication processes within the community pharmacy setting will be reviewed. Community pharmacy topics will include the role of the technician, filling and dispensing prescriptions, billing, payment, insurance, inventory management and storage.
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2.00 Credits
The pharmacy technician student will participate in simulations of community pharmacy workflow. Activities will include prescription processing, third-party claim adjudication and inventory management. Processes for long-term care prescription processing and packaging also will be simulated.
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3.00 Credits
The pharmacy technician student will learn to interpret medication labels, prescriptions and orders. Conversions between various systems of measurement as well as both basic math and more advanced pharmaceutical calculations will be used to calculate doses. Both retail and institutional pharmacy calculations will be covered, including those necessary for extemporaneous (non-sterile) and sterile compounding. The technician student will also learn basic business math calculations to enhance retail practice knowledge.
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4.00 Credits
This course covers drug names, classifications and mechanisms of action, the use of computers in pharmacy and their practical applications. The student will be introduced to hospital and retail dispensing techniques as well as basic customer service.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHRM1001, PHRM2001. This course covers intravenous drug admixture, TPN compounding, critical care intravenous admixture, and unit dose medication dispensing to nursing units. Emphasis is placed upon medication storage and stability, diabetic supplies, and chemotherapy storage and admixture.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHRM1001, PHRM2001. This course provides the student with basic physical and chemical drug properties, and the functions related to purchasing and inventory control in the pharmacy. Emphasis is placed upon the theory, stability, and safety of drug products, and the procedures required to develop and maintain inventory control.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHRM2002, PHRM2004. This supervised instructional experience in the clinical setting introduces the student to tasks performed by the pharmacy technologist.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHRM2002, PHRM2004. This supervised instructional experience in the clinical setting introduces the student to tasks performed by the pharmacy technologist.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a systematic review of pharmacotherapy. The student will describe the major components, locations and functions of each body system: nervous; endocrine; musculoskeletal; cardiovascular; respiratory; gastrointestinal; renal and urological; reproductive; immune; eyes, ears, nose and throat; dermatological; and hematological. The student will recognize medications used to treat the conditions associated with each body system and be able to identify each drug by both trade and generic names. Immunizations, over-the-counter (OTC) medications, and complementary and alternative (CAM) medicine will also be addressed.
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