PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
Date and Time
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
- February 7 - April 20, 2023
- Skip April 4, 6
- Tuesdays and Thursdays
- 6-8:30pm
Location
Coastal Pines Technical College
Fees/Admission
$1,299
Description
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 29, 2023
Schedule
- February 7 - April 20, 2023
- Skip April 4, 6
- Tuesdays and Thursdays
- 6-8:30pm
Description
This comprehensive course will prepare learners to enter the pharmacy field and take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Content includes pharmacy medical terminology, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining generic and brand names drugs and much, much more. This program will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to pursue certification including the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam.
Program Objectives
- Define the difference between retail and hospital pharmacy settings
- Demonstrate ethical conduct in all duties performed
- Explain the laws that govern pharmacy, whether federal or state mandated
- Interpret physician orders and prescriptions
- Prepare and explain the administration of medications
- Define medical and pharmaceutical terms and common abbreviations
- Explain the pharmacology of medications in relation to the anatomy affected
- Perform pharmaceutical calculations
- Communicate effectively with patients and medical professionals
- Recognize the importance of confidentiality of all patient information
- Process insurance billing and/or collect payments
- Control inventory
- Discuss important milestones and leaders in the history of pharmacy practice
- Identify the requirements, behaviors, characteristics, and career options for the pharmacy technician
- Describe how advances in technology and research impacts pharmacy practice
- Describe the commonly used drug reference resources including the major reason for use and the organization
- Describe the drugs in the current Top 200 Drug List including brand and generic name, drug classification, and uses
- Creating a Pharmacy Law Timeline
- Translating a Medical Record
- Translating a Prescription
- Translating a Medication Order
- Checking a Prescription for Completeness
- Counting Oral Medication in a Community Pharmacy Setting
- Filling a Medication Order
- Unit-Dosing and Repacking
- Assisting Patients with OTC Products
- Withdrawing Medication from a Vial or Ampule
- Transferring Liquid into an IV Bag
- Product Pricing and Profitability
- Treating Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System
- Treating Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System
- Treating Disorders of the Respiratory System
- Treating Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
- Treating Disorders of the Immune System
- Treating Disorders of the Renal System
- Treading Disorders of the Endocrine System
- Treating of the Reproductive Systems
- Treating Disorders of the Nervous System
- Preventing Medication Errors
- Pediatric Dosing
- Geriatric Dosing
Certification Opportunities