Program offered in Texas Location: San Antonio
Pharmacy Technician
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Course Cirriculum
25 Clock Hours – 25 Lecture 2.5 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn how to use basic grammar and parts of speech.
(Prerequisite: None)
B102 Business Communication For Careers 2
25 Clock Hours – 25 Lecture 2.5 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn sentence structure to write effectively. Emphasis is on punctuation and skills needed for effective business english. (Prerequisite: None)
B103 Business Communication For Careers 3
25 Clock Hours – 25 Lecture 2.5 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn correct usage in written and oral communications for business. (Prerequisite: None)
C101 Computer 1
50 Clock Hours – 10 Lecture 40 Lab – 3.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn basic use of word processor and spreadsheet applications.
(Prerequisite: None)
C102 Computer 2
50 Clock Hours – 10 Lecture 40 Lab – 3.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn basic use of database and presentation applications.
(Prerequisite: None)
C107 Computer 7
25 Clock Hours – 5 Lecture 20 Lab – 1.5 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn Rx software for use to fill prescriptions. (Prerequisite: None)
J100 Job Readiness
25 Clock Hours – 5 Lecture 20 Lab – 1.5 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn how to develop possibilities for employment by preparing resumes and interviewing successfully. (Prerequisite: None)
K101 Keyboarding 1
50 Clock Hours – 10 Lecture 40 Lab – 3.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn how to perform the proper keyboarding and formatting techniques. Students will have a goal for speed and accuracy to reach 29 words per minute.
(Prerequisite: None)
O101 Office Procedures 1
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn business office procedures, filing, office machines, processing mail, and ethics. Prerequisite: None)
O102 Office Procedures 2
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn the telephone systems and procedures for communicating properly, time management and working with others. (Prerequisite: None)
O103 Office Procedures 3
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn the fundamental business calculations used in today’s workplace, processing and understanding financial information. (Prerequisite: None)
P100 Professional Development
25 Clock Hours – 25 Lecture 2.5 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn basics of personal and office skills necessary for today’s workplace. (Prerequisite: None)
P101 Introduction to Pharmacy & Pharmacology
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn the role of pharmacy technician, basic concepts of pharmacology, common terms, abbreviations, and Terminology. (Prerequisite: None)
P102 Anti-Infectives & Pharmacy Law and Regulations
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
The students will learn antibiotics treatment, action, side effects, and dispensing. Students will understand the differences between fungi and viruses. Students will learn the law and regulations that govern the practice. (Prerequisite: None)
P103 Nervous System, Drugs, Dose Forms & Routes of Drug Administration
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn sources, and uses of drugs. Students will learn the introduction to pathologies of the nervous system. (Prerequisite: None)
P104 Anticonvulsants & Community Pharmacy
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn various types of drugs to treat other CNS disorders. Students will learn dispensing, labeling, billing third-party insurance, receiving, inventory, and compounding. (Prerequisite: None)
P105 Respiratory, Gastrointestinal & Basic Measurements
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn the drug actions linked to respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. Students will practice basic measurement systems. (Prerequisite: None)
P106 Urinary & Cardiovascular
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn the drug actions linked to urinary and cardiovascular systems.
(Prerequisite: None)
P107 Muscle Relaxant, Hormones & Topicals
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn the drag actions linked to muscle relaxant, hormones, and topical. (Prerequisite: None)
P108 Chemotherapy & Nutrition
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn recombinant drugs and chemotherapy. Students will learn vitamins, nutritional and alternative supplements. (Prerequisite: None)
P109 Certification Preparation Review
25 Clock Hours – 20 Lecture 5 Lab – 2.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will complete a comprehensive review in preparation for certified pharmacy technician exam. (Prerequisite: None)
P110 Calculation
50 Clock Hours – 50 Lecture 5.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will learn the essential calculation concepts and skills used by the pharmacy technician. (Prerequisite: None)
P200 Externship
125 Clock Hours – 125 Ext. 4.0 Quarter Credit Hours
Students will perform on-the-job training that utilizes the skills that the student has learned in class in a pharmacy, hospital, or other appropriate healthcare facility. (Prerequisite: Completion of program course requirements)
