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Introduces students to the practice of pharmacy and the activities/duties of a Pharmacy Technician and provides an understanding of various organizations that provide healthcare services. Emphasis on the provision of pharmaceutical care in each organization. The impact of third-party payers and Medicare/Medicaid and the increasing emphasis on quality care is explored. Students are introduced to terminology and abbreviations, as well as provided an introduction to pharmacy-based computer technology and other technologies used in the pharmacy setting, including facsimile machines, pneumatic tube systems, robotic prescription preparation, and electronic mail. Students use a representative ambulatory care system and institutional system to enter doctor orders/prescriptions, update patient information, and manage medication inventory. Students are also introduced to law and general identification and overview of laws and ethical principles with application to pharmacy practice. Of key importance is a discussion on the laws/ethical principles that delineate activities performed by pharmacists and activities performed by technicians.

Students review basic mathematics and pharmacy math. Students learn how to perform calculations specific to the preparation and distribution of medications. Students learn to solve various pharmacy math problems: decimals, roman numerals, fractions, metric system, apothecary system, conversions, ratio and proportions, dosage calculations, concentration and dilution, alligations, flow rates, milli-equivalents, TPN preparations, and basic accounting operations.

Provides an introduction to general pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics principles and describes the basic principles of drug distribution and metabolism. Students are introduced to drug classifications. This course provides a working knowledge of the general therapeutic classes of medications and interactions with the human body. It details the anatomy and physiology of various body systems, such as the integumentary gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardio, circulatory, lymph, immune, renal, endocrine, reproductive, and the nervous systems. It focuses on hormones, topicals, muscle relaxants, and NSAIDs. There is a further look into antineoplastics, immunizing, and immunosuppressive agents. The final portion focuses on medications common to geriatric patients, home health-care, and drug and alcohol abuse.

This course gives students a working knowledge of the general and physical properties of medications, and provides an understanding of the fundamentals of sterile product preparation. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of laminar airflow technique technology and aseptic technique with parenteral solutions. Quality assurance and control measures used in the production of sterile products is addressed. It reviews pharmaceutical practices as seen in a variety of institutional settings and describes medication distribution and provision of pharmaceutical care within these settings. This course reviews pharmaceutical practice as seen in ambulatory-care settings, and describes medication distribution and provisions of pharmaceutical care within these settings.

This course allows students to assist with or actively participate in patient care using the ambulatory care knowledge acquired from classroom training.

This course allows students to assist with or actively participate in patient care using the institutional care knowledge acquired from classroom training.