Pharmacy

ACPE Approved IV Technician Certification Course w/Insurance (56 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1045 82003	604532	TTh	6:00PM - 9:00PM	1/12/10 - 3/18/10	WH167	$606	Webster

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

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1060 83002	603103	MTWThFS	8:00AM - 4:30PM	5/19/10 - 6/11/10	Off Campus	$211	Jenkins
PHRA 1060 83001	603097	MTWThFS	8:00AM - 4:30PM	4/19/10 - 5/15/10	Off Campus	$211	Jenkins
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 83001	605621	TTh	8:30AM - 12:30PM	2/23/10 - 4/16/10	WH167	$320	Glatz
PHRA 1013 83003	604672	TTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	3/23/10 - 5/18/10	WH167	$320	Harper
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.

Community Pharmacy Practice Online (64 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1013 83004	605486	Online	-	2/23/10 - 4/16/10	WH175/Online	$320	Burks
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 83001	604674	TTh	8:30AM - 12:30PM	3/02/10 - 4/13/10	WH175	$250	Jenkins
PHRA 1006 83003	604676	TTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	3/02/10 - 4/20/10	WH175	$250	Ritchey
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 82001	604683	MW	8:30AM - 12:30PM	1/20/10 - 2/24/10	WH167	$235	Floyd
PHRA 1049 82003	604682	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	1/20/10 - 2/24/10	WH167	$235	Ritchey
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 83003	604693	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	5/03/10 - 5/12/10	WH175	$100	Burks
INSR 1017 83001	604684	F	8:30AM - 12:30PM	2/26/10 - 3/26/10	WH175	$100	Jenkins
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 (80 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1045 83001	604694	MW	8:30AM - 12:30PM	3/01/10 - 5/05/10	WH167	$340	Floyd
PHRA 1045 83003	604698	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	3/01/10 - 5/05/10	WH167	$340	Traylor
Prerequisite: Institutional Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy Math II. Participants examine drug classifications, usages and administration specific to hospital and home care settings. Topics include: dose cart management; enteral and parenteral compounding and routes of drug administration, laminar-flow hood, aseptic techniques in intravenous admixture, sterilization processes, hand washing techniques, preparing solutions, pharmaceutical calculations, reference and safety techniques. Text required.

Introduction to Pharmacy (64 Hrs)

Course #	Reg #	Days	Hours	Dates	Room	Fee	Instructor
PHRA 1001 82003	604701	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	1/11/10 - 3/03/10	Y104	$320	Martinez
PHRA 1001 82001	604699	MWF	8:30AM - 12:30PM	1/11/10 - 2/17/10	WH175	$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 82004	604702	Online	-	1/11/10 - 2/17/10	Online	$320	Burks
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 82003	605015	TTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	1/12/10 - 2/18/10	WH155	$235	Olaloko
PHRA 1009 82001	605012	TTh	8:30AM - 12:30PM	1/12/10 - 2/18/10	WH175	$235	Glatz
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 82004	605017	Online	-	1/12/10 - 2/23/10	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 82003	605020	TTh	8:30AM - 12:30PM	1/19/10 - 2/11/10	WH167	$180	Albrecht
PHRA 1047 82001	605019	TTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	1/19/10 - 2/11/10	Y104	$180	Harper
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 82004	611257	Online	-	1/19/10 - 2/11/10	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 83003	605024	MTWTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	5/20/10 - 5/26/10	Y104	$100	Harper
PHRA 1003 83001	605022	TR	8:30AM - 12:30PM	4/20/10 - 4/29/10	WH167	$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 83003	605029	MW	6:00PM - 10:00PM	3/08/10 - 4/28/10	WH175	$320	Martinez
PHRA 1005 83001	605028	MW	8:30AM - 12:30PM	2/22/10 - 4/14/10	WH175	$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 83003	605037	TTh	6:00PM - 10:00PM	4/22/10 - 5/18/10	Y104	$180	Traylor
EECT 1000 83001	605036	F	8:30AM - 12:30PM	2/26/10 - 4/30/10	Y104	$180	Floyd
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.