Pharmacy Technician
GES 117 -- 300 hours
Course Objectives
- Define the differences between the hospital and retail pharmacy setting.
- Demonstrate ethical conduct in all duties performed.
- Understand the laws that govern pharmacy, whether federal or state mandated.
- Discuss the HIPAA requirements and their application to pharmacy.
- Interpret physician orders and prescriptions.
- Prepare and distribute medications.
- Define medical and pharmaceutical terms, and common abbreviations.
- Understand the pharmacology of medications in relation to the anatomy affected.
- Perform pharmaceutical calculations.
- Communicate effectively with patients and medical professionals.
- Understand the importance of confidentiality of all patient information.
- Process insurance billing and/or collect payments.
- Control inventory.
- Determine what information is necessary to process a prescription.
- Accurately fill a prescription.
- Determine what informaiton is necessary to fill a physician order.
- Accurately fill a physician order.
- Pass the National Certification Exam.
Upon completion of the GES Pharmacy Technician Course, the student will be able to: