Pharmacy

Clinical - Pharmacy Technician/Assistant w/Insurance (96 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1060 82010	585080	MTWThFS	8:00AM - 4:30PM	11/30/09 - 12/31/09	Off Campus	$218.13	Elias
PHRA 1060 82009	584109	MTWThFS	8:00AM - 4:30PM	12/21/09 - 1/08/10	Off Campus	$218.13	Elias
PHRA 1060 84009	559390	MTWThFS	8:00AM - 4:30PM	8/24/09 - 9/11/09	Off Campus	$223.13	Elias
PHRA 1060 84008	559388	MTWThFS	8:00AM - 4:30PM	8/17/09 - 9/07/09	Off Campus	$223.13	Elias
Prerequisites: All required coursework and approval of Program Coordinator. Perform technician duties in a community pharmacy setting. Duties include customer service relations; workplace roles and expectations; processing prescriptions; inventory, data entry, recordkeeping, and legal parameters. This class includes the required liability insurance.

Community Pharmacy Practice (64 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1013 81001	584122	TTh	8:30AM - 12:30PM	10/06/09 - 11/24/09	S167	$320	Fulcher
PHRA 1013 81003	584130	TTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	10/15/09 - 12/10/09	S167	$320	Staff
Prerequisite: Introduction to Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Math I. Introduction to the skills necessary to process, prepare, label, and maintain records of physicians' medication orders and prescriptions in a community pharmacy. Designed to train individuals in supply, inventory, and data entry. Includes customer service, count and pour techniques, pharmaceutical compounding, prescription calculations, drug selection and preparation, over-the-counter drugs, record keeping, stock level adjustment, data input, editing and legal parameters. Text required.

Computerized Drug Delivery Systems (48 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1006 81001	584227	TTh	8:30AM - 12:30PM	10/22/09 - 12/03/09	S175	$250	Staff
Prerequisite: Completion of Institutional Pharmacy Practice. An overview of current pharmacy technology, including equipment and devices for drug distribution, preparation and manufacturing. Topics include mechanical, automatic and robotic drug delivery systems. Explore computer applications in a hospital setting. Hands-on application of mainframe and PC hardware and software; menus and screeens; inputting, editing and query techniques; and financial and inventory features. Lab manual and 3.5" disk required.

Institutional Pharmacy Practice (48 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1049 81001	584347	MW	8:30AM - 12:30PM	9/14/09 - 10/21/09	S167	$235	Floyd
PHRA 1049 81002	584348	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	10/05/09 - 11/11/09	S167	$235	Staff
Prerequisites: Completion of Community Pharmacy program. Students explore the roles and practice of a Pharmacy Technician within an institutional setting. Topics include: hospital pharmacy organization; workflow; personnel regulations;sterile compounding; packaging and labeling, drug storage, drug distribution systems, cart fills, drug utilization evaluation, drug formulary criteria and quality assurance. Text required.

Insurance Customer Service in Healthcare (16 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
INSR 1017 82003	584350	MTWTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	12/14/09 - 12/17/09	Y101	$100	Staff
INSR 1017 84001	559428	MWThF	8:30AM - 12:30PM	8/17/09 - 8/21/09	S167/S175	$100	Jenkins
INSR 1017 84002	584349	F	8:30AM - 12:30PM	10/02/09 - 10/23/09	Y104	$100	Staff
Learn to communicate effectively in a community pharmacy practice setting. Learn basic skills for effective communication with insurance customer service representatives as part of the insurance claims billing process.

Intravenous Admixture and Sterile Compounding w/Liability Insurance (80 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1045 81001	584351	MW	8:30AM - 12:30PM	10/26/09 - 12/23/09	S167	$358.13	Floyd
PHRA 1045 81002	584353	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	11/16/09 - 2/03/10	S167	$358.13	Staff

Introduction to Pharmacy (64 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1001 84003	584356	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	8/24/09 - 10/12/09	S167	$320	Staff
PHRA 1001 84002	585086	MWF	8:30AM - 12:30PM	8/24/09 - 9/30/09	S175	$320	Jenkins
An overview of the qualifications, operational guidelines, and job duties of a pharmacy technician. Topics include definitions of a pharmacy enviornment, the profile of a pharmacy technician, legal and ethical guidelines, job skills and duties, verbal and written communication skills, professional resources, safety techniques, and supply and inventory techniques. Text required.

Introduction to Pharmacy Online (64 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1001 84004	585099	Online	-	8/24/09 - 9/30/09	Online	$320	Webster
An overview of the qualifications, operational guidelines, and job duties of a pharmacy technician. Topics include definitions of a pharmacy enviornment, the profile of a pharmacy technician, legal and ethical guidelines, job skills and duties, verbal and written communication skills, professional resources, safety techniques, and supply and inventory techniques. Text required.

Pharmaceutical Math I (48 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1009 81003	584688	TTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	8/25/09 - 10/01/09	Y101	$235	Staff
PHRA 1009 81001	584690	TTh	8:30AM - 12:30PM	8/25/09 - 10/01/09	S175	$235	Fulcher
Learn basic pharmacy mathematics as used by pharmacy technicians. Topics include: review of basic operations; metric system; apothecary systems of weight and volume; and applications of solving pharmaceutical and dosage problems for practical application of skills. Text required.

Pharmaceutical Math I Online (48 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1009 81004	584694	Online	-	8/25/09 - 10/01/09	Online	$235	Leyva
Learn basic pharmacy mathematics as used by pharmacy technicians. Topics include: review of basic operations; metric system; apothecary systems of weight and volume; and applications of solving pharmaceutical and dosage problems for practical application of skills. Text required.

Pharmaceutical Math II (32 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1047 81001	584698	TTh	8:30AM - 12:30PM	9/15/09 - 10/08/09	S167	$180	staff
PHRA 1047 81002	584701	TTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	10/06/09 - 10/29/09	Y101	$180	Staff
Prerequisites: Completion of Community Pharmacy Technician course work. Students explore mathematics as used by Institutional Pharmacy Technicians, where emphasis is placed on weight and volume in the metric system. Lab applications are directed to solving parenteral dosage problems. Topics include: ratio and proportion, dilution and concentration, milliequivalent units, and intravenous flow rates. Text required.

Pharmaceutical Math II Online (32 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1047 81004	584706	Online	-	10/06/09 - 10/29/09	Online	$180	Leyva
Prerequisites: Completion of Community Pharmacy Technician course work. Students explore mathematics as used by Institutional Pharmacy Technicians, where emphasis is placed on weight and volume in the metric system. Lab applications are directed to solving parenteral dosage problems. Topics include: ratio and proportion, dilution and concentration, milliequivalent units, and intravenous flow rates. Text required.

Pharmaceutical Update for Health Professionals (16 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1003 84001	559399	MW	8:30AM - 12:30PM	8/24/09 - 9/02/09	S167	$100	Albrecht
Explore contemporary issues and topics relevant to a Pharmacy Technician. Topics may include automation, advanced technology and procedures, professional organization membership, quality assurance and continuing education.

Pharmacology for Technicians (64 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1005 81003	584721	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	10/14/09 - 12/09/09	S175	$320	Staff
PHRA 1005 81001	584717	MW	8:30AM - 12:30PM	10/05/09 - 11/25/09	S175	$320	Albrecht
Prerequisites: Introduction to Pharmacy, Pharmacy Math I, Students gain a working knowledge of pharmaceutical drugs and their uses in this foundational course. Topics include: how to prepare dosages and fill prescriptions; quality assurance; drug classes, drug characteristics and nomenclature, drug storage, safety procedures, drug actions on the human body and routes of administration. Text required.

Technical Customer Service in Healthcare (32 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
EECT 1000 81001	593190	F	8:30AM - 12:30PM	10/16/09 - 12/18/09	S167	$180	Staff
Prerequisites: Completion of Community Pharmacy Technician program and Institutional Pharmacy Practice. Learn general principles for communication with both internal and external customers within the Institutional pharmacy practice setting. Skill development in the areas of: building/maintaining positive customer relationships, team building, conflict management, time management, intercultural diversity, adapting to change, and adherence to regulatory requirements for best practices and process improvement.