This intermediate specialization equips pharmacy technicians with a comprehensive skill set, encompassing legal compliance, safety protocols, medication optimization strategies, specialized compounding techniques, and effective communication in pharmacy settings. Students gain expertise in navigating pharmacy law, emergency preparedness, ensuring medication safety, mastering syringe use, and compounding medications. Additionally, students are taught how to foster empathetic patient interactions, facilitating a well-rounded and competent approach to a pharmaceutical career.
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This intermediate specialization equips pharmacy technicians with a comprehensive skill set, encompassing legal compliance, safety protocols, medication optimization strategies, specialized compounding techniques, and effective communication in pharmacy settings. Students gain expertise in navigating pharmacy law, emergency preparedness, ensuring medication safety, mastering syringe use, and compounding medications. Additionally, students are taught how to foster empathetic patient interactions, facilitating a well-rounded and competent approach to a pharmaceutical career.
This intermediate specialization equips pharmacy technicians with a comprehensive skill set, encompassing legal compliance, safety protocols, medication optimization strategies, specialized compounding techniques, and effective communication in pharmacy settings. Students gain expertise in navigating pharmacy law, emergency preparedness, ensuring medication safety, mastering syringe use, and compounding medications. Additionally, students are taught how to foster empathetic patient interactions, facilitating a well-rounded and competent approach to a pharmaceutical career.
IMPORTANT: This specialization is not designed to prepare students for national certification. Enrollees will gain the foundational/fundamental knowledge on subject matter relevant to the profession. However, to gain industry certification, a more comprehensive program must be completed through enrollment via approved/eligible schools such as MedCerts.
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Three courses
Pharmacy Law, Emergency Preparedness, and Biopharmaceutics
(11 hours)
Pharmacy Law, Emergency Preparedness, and Biopharmaceutics
(11 hours)
Pharmacy Medication and Safety
(11 hours)
Pharmacy Medication and Safety
(11 hours)
Pharmacy Syringes, Compounding Medications, & Communication
(9 hours)
Pharmacy Syringes, Compounding Medications, & Communication
(9 hours)Learning objectives
- Know current pharmacy laws and medication regulations
- Describe the many factors that affect how a drug behaves for a given individual
- Discuss compounding medications, as well as the associated regulations and manufacturing guidelines
- Explain the importance of empathy when dealing with patients by discussing the pathophysiology of disease
- Know current pharmacy laws and medication regulations
- Describe the many factors that affect how a drug behaves for a given individual
- Discuss compounding medications, as well as the associated regulations and manufacturing guidelines
- Explain the importance of empathy when dealing with patients by discussing the pathophysiology of disease
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