Pharmacy

This course introduces students to practice roles of pharmacy technicians. Employment opportunities, medical terminology, drug dosage forms, IV infusion, introduction to prescription interpretation and pharmacy law are emphasized.

Students are introduced to the application of basic math skills to real-life scenarios in pharmacy technician career fields. This course includes review of basic skills, followed by applications of dosage calculations for IVs, tablets, liquids and injectables. Students are also introduced to the applications of math skills determined by body surface area, chemotherapy and pediatric dosing.

Students learn to identify drugs normally used in hospital and retail pharmacy settings. Therapeutic drug classifications, routes of administration, codes and abbreviations, and correct drug name spelling are emphasized. Students also learn to distinguish between generic and trade (brand) names of drugs.

Students learn to categorize the top 200 drugs into the major therapeutic classifications; distinguish between generic and brand names of drugs; identify accepted dosage forms, routes and dosing intervals of each drug. Human medical conditions relating to anatomy and physiology are emphasized. Prerequisite: PHARM 119.

Students learn to assist the pharmacist with preparing and dispensing prescription drugs within the hospital setting. Verbal and written communication skills are emphasized. Students are introduced to appropriate inventory control and purchasing. Prerequisite: PHARM 101, 119 with a 2.0 grade or better.

This course prepares students to develop the knowledge and skills needed to assist the pharmacist in preparing and dispensing prescription drugs in a community pharmacy setting. Verbal and written communications skills, prescription interpretation, and third party billing are emphasized. Prerequisite: PHARM 101, 119 with a 2.0 grade or better.

Students focus on training of sterile parenteral preparation within a hospital, long-term care facilities and home healthcare. Training follows the requirements of USP Chapter 797 Standards.

This course prepares students for success in health careers. Students learn job-readiness skills including work ethics, professionalism, resume writing, communication skills and self-esteem.

Students learn the law relating to pharmacy, agencies that regulate pharmacy practice and quality assurance.

The course introduces students to the procedures permitted the pharmacy technician in the state of Washington regarding community pharmacy. Prerequisite: PHARM 122, 123, 124 with a 2.0 grade or better.

This course offers clinical practice to perfect students' competence in performing pharmacy technician functions that take place under direct supervision of the pharmacist. Students work in a hospital pharmacy assisting the pharmacist. Prerequisite: Completion of all prior required courses with a 2.0 grade or better.

Previously known as HED 145. Drug classifications, apothecary and metric systems of measurement, medications by brand name and generic terms, and use of PDR and hospital formularies are addressed in this course.