The course will be completed using your standard textbooks and my lesson manual.
I will upload my personal lecture audio under this post throughout our 8 weeks together.
The lesson manual includes content covering 8 lessons, quizzes, previous final exams, and information pertaining to how to conduct yourself on externship. Please use this manual as your guide to complete this course. It will take both in class and out of class studying to complete each of the 8 lessons. Each lesson should take you at least 4 hours to cover.
Please refer back to the lessons as needed.
I will not print lessons, it is up to you to follow the material accordingly. The links are below.
Quiz 1 will be given on May 14, 2019. You will have 45 minutes to complete the quiz (9am – 945am). There will be a brief break and then a review of the quiz by your instructor for the remainder of the class.
Quiz 2 for May 15, 2019 will be rescheduled. We will instead cover Lesson 3 and go into more depth review of the material thus far. We will also have a lab to get hands on knowledge of the material covered.
Homework — please continue to keep studying the top 200 drugs from your text. You should now be memorizing pages 4, 5, and 6 of the top 200 from your workbook.
Quiz 2 will be next Wednesday May 22, 2019 over the top 200. Use previous quizzes from last year to study for Quiz 2. There will be 75 questions on quiz 2 and you will have 1 hour to complete the quiz.
To receive extra credit on quiz 2, please look over the top 200 and type up a summary on 25 drugs of your choice. For each medication — list the brand name of the drug, the generic name of the drug, the classification of the drug, and the body part the drug acts on.
For example… ProAir HFA is an inhaler and is classified as a respiratory agent, the generic name is Albuterol HFA and the body part that the drug acts on is the lungs. The drug acts in a manner to open the airways so that a person can breath normally.
If you type up 25 drugs and do it as I’ve asked you, you can receive up to 25 points extra credit on quiz 2. Remember, it must be typed!!! And you must turn this in on Tuesday May 21, 2019 to receive credit.
Please continue to look over the externship material. Sign the final page of the agreement, informing me that you’re committed to a 40 hour externship, and please talk to DHR and/or JCCEO to inform them of your intentions to become a registered pharmacy technician — you need to be registered prior to going on externship. This costs $103.
Tuesday May 21, 2019 we reviewed Lesson 3 and began covering Lesson 4. We finished the first problem in Lesson 5. Please work on the second question in Lesson 5 and read Chapter 6.
Audio from Tuesday May 21, 2019:
Wednesday May 22, 2019 the second quiz for this session was administered.
After taking into account the 25 point bonus — the class average for quiz 2 was 77.8%
A review of Chapter 6 continued during this lecture post quiz. Please continue to work on Chapter 6 and review Lesson 1-Lesson 5 for class next week.
Tuesday May 28, 2019 the third quiz was administered by Janiece. All those present received a 100% on the quiz.
Wednesday May 29, 2019 we completed Lesson 7 — please continue to review Lesson 7. We reviewed Lesson 5.
Lecture Audio May 29, 2019:
For Quiz 4 prepare in this way:
Memorize section A conversions from Lesson 5
Be prepared to answer multiple choice questions that relate to prescription examples Baby Girl Roberts, Janet Jackson, and Henry Ford from Lesson 5.
Lastly, review the Alligation Hydrocortisone example that can be found on page 184 in your text. This example will be used for your quiz.
June 4, 2019 the quiz will be 25 questions. We will then review Quiz 4 –> proceed to a lab on compounding –> and review Lesson 8.
Please review your syllabus, our time together is nearing the end.
June 4 — Quiz 4 and practical compounding lab
June 18 — Final Exam
June 19 — Review of the Final Exam administered on the 18th and Final Grades
Please continue to study, work diligently on your pharmacy technician registration, work on your resume’, and begin submitting applications to local pharmacies
If you find a job as a pharmacy technician or as a pharmacy cashier prior to externship, you will not have to complete an externship.
50 point extra credit!!!!!!
Write two paragraphs describing each lesson that we have completed thus far. We have completed Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7.
Give 2 examples from each lesson and why each example is important in becoming a pharmacy technician.
For example in your paragraph you describe Pharmacy Technician Registration in the State of Alabama…
In Lesson 1 we discussed how to become registered as a pharmacy technician. It is important that pharmacy technicians know that in the State of Alabama we register by using albop.com. The annual fee is $103 with renewals occurring in odd years.
Remember 2 examples from each lesson, each example should be 1 paragraph in length. This must be typed. 12 point font. Times New Roman. Double spaced.
If anytime remains we will begin covering Lesson 8.
Externships will be emailed out this Friday June 8, 2019. It is your responsibility to contact the Pharmacy Managers/Lead Technicians to setup days that you can complete your 40 hours of training. You will have 3 weeks to complete training. You are exempt from externship if you have found a job in Pharmacy.
June 11 2019 — Janiece will cover Lesson 8/Discuss Externship
June 12 2019 — Practice Final Examination/Discuss Externship
Link to practice final exam — please use your books and internet to study
Session 2 was successful. Six students completed this non-credit course and did well. They are now prepared to become registered pharmacy technicians and begin the process of becoming functional/capable assistants to practicing Pharmacists in a community pharmacy setting.
The final session consisted of talking, encouragement, and a review of the Session 2 — Final Exam.
Lastly, the highlight of the session is when the students took over and became the teachers of the material — that really shows their passion and grasp of the material covered. Check it out yourself!
Thanks again for the memories and congratulations to those that completed the session!
How many ml’s must be dispensed for 30 day supply?300ml
What is the patient’s dose in milliliters? 5ml bid
Would it be appropriate to dispense a 30 day supply? No, the stability is only 28 days, but to keep compounding simple, we will use a round number and dispense 300ml.
How many tablets will we need to compound this prescription? 10mg/ml x 5ml = 50mg/dose x 2 doses/day =100mg/day x 30 days = 3000mg. To compound we will use 300mg tablets. 3000mg/300mg/tablet = 10 tablets will be used to compound.
Homework: Review Compounding Log, Review Compounding Recipe, Create a Prescription Label based on Alabama Law
This lecture will be conducted by Janiece, a Certified Pharmacy Technician. There will be no audio recorded for this lecture. The lecture and lab will consist of the following:
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