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Pharmacy Technician Course Descriptions

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Pharmacy Technician students in Healthcare Career Program at Arizona College in Glendale Arizona.

Pharmacy Technician Program – Schedule Of Courses

A Pharmacy Technician works under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. The duties and responsibilities of technicians are consistent with their training and experience. Pharmacy Technicians, as part of a team, fill requisitions for drugs after review of the physician’s order using unit-dose or appropriate packaging. They are involved in reviewing orders for drug allergies, dosing, interactions and incompatibilities.

Pharmacology Course Descriptions

The objective of the Arizona College’s Pharmacy Technician program is to provide a sound educational environment for instruction and training to equip its graduates for entry-level positions in pharmacy-related services. Approximately half of the program consists of lecture/demonstration and half hands-on laboratory procedures.

 

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 111

Pharmacology: Cardiovascular & Renal
3.0 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 114

Pharmacology: Nervous, Ear & Eye
3.0 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 117

Health & Wellness with Blister Packaging
3.0 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 121

Sterile Preparations: IV Basics
1.5 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 122

Sterile Preparations: TPN & Chemotherapy
1.5 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 123

Sterile Preparations: Special Therapies
1.5 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 130

Pharmacy Law & Ethics
3.0 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 133

Pharmacy Calculations
3.0 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 142

Data Entry Systems & Third-Party Billing
1.5 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 151

Retail Pharmacy Systems
2.5 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 152

Inventory Systems & Non-Sterile Compounding
2.5 Credits

Pharmacology Courses: PHM 154

Technology & Special Topics
2.5 Credits

Computer, Health Care Fundamentals & Professional Studies, and Externship Course Descriptions

A Pharmacy Technician prepares parenteral medications and properly labels all dispensable and secondary products. Technicians participate in drug utilization, evaluation and quality assurance programs and consistently review a pharmacy’s inventory of drugs expired, withdrawn, recalled, inadequately labeled or other non-usable drugs. These examples of duties are not all encompassing or restrictive and are expected to vary with changing needs and priorities.

 

Computer Courses: COM 108

Microcomputer Concepts & Keyboarding
2.5 Credits

Health Care Fundamentals & Professional Studies: ADM 101

Career Development
2.5 Credits

Health Care Fundamentals & Professional Studies: ADM 107

Medical Administrative Practices
2.5 Credits

Health Care Fundamentals & Professional Studies: BIO 126

The Body as a Whole
3.0 Credits

Health Care Fundamentals & Professional Studies: BIO 127

The Body’s Circulation & Defense
3.0 Credits

Health Care Fundamentals & Professional Studies: MTP 118

Medical Terminology
3.0 Credits

Externship: EXT 160

Externship
5.0 Credits

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