Pharmacy
PHM101 Introduction to Pharmacy Technology
1 credit hours, 1 Lecture hours
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
PHM110 Pharmacy Calculations
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
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 Elementary Algebra or equivalent; PHM101 Introduction to Pharmacy Technology; and enrollment in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program. W
PHM120 Pharmacy Operations/Laboratory
3 credit hours, 4 Lecture/Lab hours
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
PHM130 Pharmacy Infomation/Law & Ethics
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
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. Sp
PHM150 Pharmacy Technician Practicum
3 credit hours, 9 Lab hours
Provides workplace experience in a healthcare or related setting. Prerequisite: Third term standing in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program. Sp
PHM151 Pharmacy Seminar
1 credit hours, 1 Lecture hours
Prepares students for the national pharmacy certification examination given upon completion of pharmacy technician education. National certification, as a certified pharmacy technician, is a requirement of the Oregon Board of Pharmacy. Also covers identification potential career opportunities. Prerequisite: Third term standing in the Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacology program. Sp
PHM205 Pharmacy Specialized Care
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
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. Sp
PHM210 Over-the-Counter (OTC) Products
2 credit hours, 2 Lecture hours
Covers medications, both prescription (legend) and non-prescription over-the-counter (OTC) drugs available to pharmacy customers. W
PHM215 Sterile Compounding/Cytotoxic Med
3 credit hours, 5 Lecture/Lab hours
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
PHM220 Multicultural Patient Healthcare
2 credit hours, 2 Lecture hours
Introduces approaches to healthcare for multicultural patients. Covers aspects of western medicine as practiced in the United States. Sp
PHM230 Pharmaceutical Drug Classifications
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers the sources and classifications/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
PHM231 Pharmacology 1
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
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 Drug Classifications (or concurrent enrollment) or consent instructor and BI231 Anatomy and Physiology (or concurrent enrollment). F
PHM232 Pharmacology 2
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Continues pharmacological principles involving therapeutic medications and diseases/ pathophysiology involving the cardiovascular, muscular, immune, hematology, and respiratory systems. Prerequisite: PHM231 Pharmacology 1 and BI232 or concurrent enrollment. W
PHM233 Pharmacology 3
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Continues pharmacological principles involving therapeutic medications and diseases/ pathophysiology affecting the endocrine, gastrointestinal, renal, and reproductive systems. Prerequisite: PHM232 Pharmacology 2 and BI233 or concurrent enrollment. Sp
PHM250 Pharmacy Externship
5 credit hours, 15 Lab hours
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. Sp
PHM280A-L Cooperative Work Experience
1-12 credit hours, 0-34 CWE hours
Places students in a business, industry or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction. Field experience supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. Offered as needed.
Updated October 26, 2007 by Marketing and Student Recruitment.