Retail Pharmacy Assistant Program Curriculum

In this course, you’ll examine the goals and values of Ashworth College, time management, creating a realistic weekly and monthly study schedule, the nature and purpose of assessments, how to study effectively to prepare for and take an online examination, and developing the skill sets necessary for success in the 21st century. You’ll also learn more about the allied health career options that are available to you and the necessary information you’ll need to be ethical, professional, and successful in those roles.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Identify skills needed to be a confident and independent online learner.
• Differentiate between the various available allied health professions.
• Describe the legal and ethical issues that arise when working in a healthcare facility.

In this course, you’ll study the history and evolution of the pharmacy profession as well as the responsibilities of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. You’ll also familiarize yourself with common medical and pharmaceutical terms and symbols and review the regulations and standards of the pharmacy profession.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Summarize the origins, history, and evolution of the pharmacy profession.
• Describe the roles and duties of pharmacy professionals.
• Identify common medical terms and symbols used in pharmaceutical documentation and prescription orders.
• Recognize the purpose of pharmacy regulations.

This course features discussions on how drugs are named, administered, classified, and identified. You’ll also learn how to perform conversions and calculations in regard to ratios, proportions, decimals, percentages, and systems of measurement.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Identify drugs by their generic and trade names, classifications, and other characteristics.
• Differentiate between routes of drug administration OO Convert and calculate drug doses in both the household and metric systems.
• Convert and calculate values from ratios, proportions, decimals, and percentages.

In this course, you’ll review a variety of drugs and their purposes, advantages, risks, and effects on the human body.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Differentiate between antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals.
• Compare drugs that affect the central nervous system, as well as the respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal, urinary, and cardiovascular systems.
• Identify drugs used as muscle relaxants, nonnarcotic analgesics, hormones, and topicals.
• Recognize drugs that are used for chemotherapy.

This course begins by comparing and contrasting different types of pharmacy operations throughout the community. This course also describes situations and best practices seen in hospital pharmacy settings. Additionally, you’ll review common responsibilities of pharmacy technicians, including interpreting and processing prescriptions, maintaining electronic records, handling insurance and billing issues, managing inventory, and controlling infection and disease. Finally, you’ll learn about the role that Health Insurance Privacy and Portability Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration play in medical environments.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Differentiate between types of pharmacy operations.
• Explain how pharmacy technicians perform job-related tasks, such as processing prescriptions and third-party payments, managing inventory, and controlling infection and pathogens.
• Recognize the pharmacy technician’s role in a hospital pharmacy practice.
• Summarize how the Health Insurance Privacy and Portability Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration impact the medical environment.

In this course, you’ll learn how to define basic medical terms. Then, you’ll study key technologies and communication and writing skills commonly used by pharmacy technicians. Finally, you’ll use pharmacy management software to simulate the day-to-day tasks of a pharmacy technician before preparing for your national pharmacy technician certification exams.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Define terms and abbreviations associated with different body systems.
• Identify the technologies, applications, writing and communication skills, and other concepts commonly used by healthcare professionals.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the day-to-day tasks of a pharmacy technician using pharmacy management software.
• Summarize how the Health Insurance Privacy and Portability Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration impact the medical environment.