Something that disturbs me about being a pharmacist in retail pharmacy is knowing that I am responsible for what everyone under me does. Something as little as a technician making a dispensing mistake (bottling the wrong drug) can cause me to get fired or even lose my license. I am also bothered about the long hours that pharmacists have to work. About 90% of the job is done on foot and this seems pretty tiresome. I still have questions as to why this is so. What is it about this career that people
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............................................................................................... 9 Virginia Pharmacy Technician Exam Study Guide The Virginia Pharmacy Technician Exam (“Exam”) was developed as an objective means of measuring pharmacy technicians’ knowledge of basic job responsibilities as required by Virginia law. The purpose of this Study Guide is to help pharmacy technicians prepare for the Exam. This Study Guide includes: (1) a description of the major areas covered on the
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Institutional Pharmacy Setting 1 Institutional Pharmacy Setting Axia College of University of Phoenix Leonalda Cruz Institutional Pharmacy Setting 2 An institutional pharmacy provides an array of services for residents of nursing homes‚ hospitals‚ hospice care‚ and other long term facilities. In this particular setting‚ the pharmacist will take responsibility for the medication that the patients’ need and ensures that patients’ medications are appropriate‚ effective‚ safe‚ and they are
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The pharmacy tech Definition: I will translate this title so it’s easily understood. Pharmacy technician = Pharmacy aide/assistant/slave to the pharmacist on duty‚ by this I mean you will end up doing the grunt work of a pharmacist. Role/Status/Functions: the pharmacy technician field can be misleading to people. Most people are sold a bill of goods about this field thinking that once they complete a pharmacy technician training program or course they will have a real rewarding career. However this
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HISTORY OF PHARMACY HISTORY OF PHARMACY The evolution of the profession of pharmacy can be divided into five historical periods: 1. ANCIENT ERA-The beginning of time to AD 1600 2. EMPIRIC ERA-1600-1940 3. INDUSTRIALIZATION ERA-1940-1970 4. PATIENT CARE ERA-1970-present 5. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING ERA-The new horizon ANCIENT ERA Used leaves‚ mud‚ and cool water to stop bleeding and heal wounds They used these methods by observing how animals heal their wounds
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of medical professionals‚ Pharmacy Technicians’ roles have been developing at a fast pace since the very start of the occupation. “As the physician’s role changed from distributing drugs to diagnosing disease and performing surgery‚ the role of the pharmacist emerged. The first pharmacy school opened in 1821 at the college of pharmacy and Sciences in Philadelphia” (Mosby 10-11). That school is now called the University of Sciences in Philadelphia. The tasks of pharmacy technicians have changed in
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What is a Pharmacy Technician you ask? Well I will be glad to tell you! A Pharmacy Technician is a person who is registered with TSBP as a pharmacy technician (of course) who has the responsibility in a pharmacy to provide technical services that do not need professional judgement regarding preparing and distributing drugs. Don’t get so excited we work under direct supervision of and are responsible to a pharmacist. I know you may have a few questions such as do you have to be a certain age‚ do
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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2010; 74 (4) Article 68. SPECIAL ARTICLES Pharmacy Education in India Subal C. Basak‚ MPharm‚ and Dondeti Sathyanarayana‚ PhD Department of Pharmacy‚ Annamalai University Submitted August 16‚ 2009; accepted October 25‚ 2009; published May 12‚ 2010. Pharmacy education in India traditionally has been industry and product oriented. In contrast to the situation in developed nations‚ graduate pharmacists prefer placements in the pharmaceutical industry
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Informative speech outline Topic: Pharmacy Technician General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: Inform on what is a Pharmacy Technician Introduction: I. Attention Getter: How would you feel if you were in desperate need of a medication and no one as at the counter to attend you? II. Orient the Audience: A Pharmacy Technician is the first person you meet when you go to the counter to drop or pick up a medication. III. Need To Know: A Pharmacy Technician to a Licensed Pharmacist
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As a senior in high school‚ I had the choice to opt out of senior activities and enroll into a pharmacy technician degree program. I can honestly say I was very enthusiastic to be receiving my high school diploma and pharmacy technician degree in the same year. My interest for medication would come at a very young age‚ ( preferably around the age of 3 and 4 ). After growing up witnessing my great grandmother take various of medications for an array of health problems‚ it captivated my mind to want
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