Pharmacy Technician Pharmacology

1 class hr/wk, 1 cr.

Introduces the job responsibilities and knowledge and skills required of a pharmacy technician. Overviews assisting the pharmacist in collecting, organizing, and evaluating information for direct patient care.

Prerequisite: current enrollment in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program or consent of instructor.

F

3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Presents the essential mathematics concepts and skills used by a pharmacy technician to calculate medication dosages using the formula, ratio, and dimensional analysis methods. Includes medication, drug calculations, and administration; measurement of doses; drug orders; conversions and reconstitution. Stresses the prevention of medication errors and details the implications of any error.

Prerequisite: grade of “C” or better in MTH070 or equivalent; PHM101; and enrollment in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program.

W

4 class hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Introduces pharmacy operations as they relate to management. Includes pharmacy record maintenance, communication and customer service, inventory systems, insurance procedures, and accounts receivable methods.

Prerequisite: admission to the Pharmacy Technician program.

F

2 class and 2 lab hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Covers the various controls of pharmaceutical inventory, accessing of non-compounded products, and compounding preparation of pharmaceuticals for distribution.

Prerequisite: enrollment in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program.

W

3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Focuses on collecting, organizing, screening, and evaluating information/payment and prescription documentation pertaining to the patient. Covers customer health records as well as determining counseling requirements in accordance with the laws and ethics that apply to pharmacy operations. Also stresses the management of inventory within the pharmacy.

Prerequisite: PHM120 and enrollment in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program.

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4 class hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Prepares students for the national pharmacy certifi cation examination given upon completion of pharmacy technician education. National certifi cation, as a certifi ed pharmacy technician, is a requirement of the Oregon Board of Pharmacy. Also covers identifi cation potential career opportunities.

Prerequisite: third-term standing in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program.

Sp

1 class hr/wk, 1 cr.

Prepares students for the national pharmacy certifi cation examination given upon completion of pharmacy technician education. National certifi cation, as a certifi ed pharmacy technician, is a requirement of the Oregon Board of Pharmacy. Also covers identifi cation of potential career opportunities.

Prerequisite: third-term standing in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program.

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3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Introduces specialty pharmacies. Covers acute care (long-term care), home-care practice, ambulatory, community or outpatient pharmacy practice, pediatrics, elderly, oncology, and nuclear medicine.

Prerequisite: PHM110; PHM130; PHM210; PHM233; and enrollment in the Pharmacy Technician/ Pharmacology program.

F

2 class hrs/wk, 2 cr.

Covers medications, both prescription (legend) and non-prescription over-the-counter (OTC) drugs available to pharmacy customers.

W

2 class and 2 lab hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Provides in-depth concepts of the sterility and quality assurance processes involving cytotoxic/hazardous medication products. Includes performance in accordance with the laws, regulations, and standards which govern.

Prerequisite: PHM110; PHM130; PHM210; PHM233; and enrollment in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program.

W

2 class hrs/wk, 2 cr.

Introduces approaches to healthcare for multicultural patients. Covers aspects of western medicine as practiced in the United States.

W

3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Covers the sources and classifi cations/prototypes of drugs. Examines pharmaceutical names; routes of administration; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of xenobiotics; variables that affect drug actions including contraindications and drug interactions; prescription abbreviations and interpretations; drug marketing; and drug approval processes.

F

3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Focuses on the general concepts of medication therapeutics, as well as the pathophysiology regarding diseases being treated involving cellular physiology and drug transport through the cell membranes. Covers the integumentary, skeletal, nervous, somatic systems and special senses.

Prerequisite: PHM230 (or concurrent enrollment) or consent instructor and BI231 (or concurrent enrollment).

F

3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Continues pharmacological principles involving therapeutic medications and diseases/pathophysiology involving the cardiovascular, muscular, immune, hematology, and respiratory systems.

Prerequisite: PHM231and BI232 or concurrent enrollment.

W

3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Continues pharmacological principles involving therapeutic medications and diseases/pathophysiology aff ecting the endocrine, gastrointestinal, renal, and reproductive systems.

Prerequisite: PHM232 and BI233 (or concurrent enrollment).

Sp

15 lab hrs/wk, 5 cr.

Focuses on developing workplace experience in a healthcare or related setting (one hundred sixty-five hours).

Prerequisite: sixth term standing in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program.

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See CWE—Cooperative Work Experience.