Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacological Terminology
($120 + apx. $85 text)
This class provides an extensive framework of drug information in a concise format. Calculations are simplified into step-by-step processes. Drugs are organized by classifications and include their purpose, side effects, cautions, and interactions. This terminology includes new drugs, information about the uses and effects of herbs, and the USP Quality Review list of similar drug names. The class examines the Internet as a reference tool and directs students to reliable Web sites, provides case studies to stimulate critical thinking, and includes an activity CD-ROM which provides interactive exercises to enhance the learning experience.
Online-Moodle
NUR‐3235AX‐01265 - 1/15-3/5
NUR‐3235AX‐01266 - 3/5-4/16The Pharmacy Assistant
($120 + textbook)
Designed to teach students to assist the pharmacist and other pharmacy staff members obtain, process, and dispense prescriptions, as well as other medications and supplies. This class is designed to prepare the student for the clerical duties assigned to a pharmacy assistant such as making and receiving telephone calls, handling customer service requests, entering computer data, maintaining pharmacy records, assisting with inventory control, handling customer payments, and processing third-party billing.
Online-Moodle
PHM‐3250AX‐01267 - 1/15-3/5
PHM‐3250AX‐01268 - 3/5-4/16Pharmacy Practice for Technicians
($120 + textbook)
This class will help prepare students to take the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination. It focuses on the competencies required by technicians in daily pharmacy practice: new content on the effects of managed care; expanded coverage of the institutional and community settings; new content on over-the-counter drugs and diagnostic agents; expanded calculation section; new content on prevention of calculation errors.
Online-Moodle
PHM‐3250BX‐01269 - 1/15-3/5
PHM‐3250BX‐01270 - 3/5-4/16Pharmacy Practice for Technicians, Advanced
($120 + $56 text)
This class goes beyond the basic training requirements for pharmacy technicians and covers nontraditional areas of pharmacy practice. The expanded pharmaceutical services provide long-term care, home health care, managed care and hospice settings. These settings as well as the typical work environments and necessary skills required of each, are examined in depth. This class defines individual roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Learning objectives, key concepts, and self-assessment questions reinforce important material. Exercises are included that promote critical thinking. Photographs, diagrams and drawings enhance material and examine differences between traditional and nontraditional settings.
Online-Moodle
PHM‐3250CX‐01271 - 1/15-3/5
PHM‐3250CX‐01272 - 3/5-4/16Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Review
($65 + textbook)
This comprehensive review prepares students for the pharmacy technician certification exam. It focuses largely on pharmacy mathematics which constitutes a large portion of the exam and is generally considered the most difficult portion of the exam. In addition, the text focuses on the primary content areas covered in the exam. The review includes a mock certification exam for students to monitor their progress. Both tests are written in the same format as the actual certification exam, providing students with valuable practice. This review of basic concepts to reinforce learning includes a pretest to assess individual's current knowledge and identify areas that require further study, numerous review problems and practice exercises to help users improve computational skills, solutions/answers to review questions and practice exercises to facilitate understanding of the material.
Online-Moodle
PHM‐3250DX‐01273 - 1/15-2/5
PHM‐3250DX‐01274 - 3/5-3/26
N.C. residents 65 years or older are exempt from registration fees in some classes. Please ask when you register if your class is exempt.
