Reflection paper midpoint My internship experience has proved to be valuable and has provided me with new knowledge. Attending as a pharmacist intern student is rewarding. I am able to observe the pharmacist and technicians‚ and can interact with patients. I was able to see the working relationship between the pharmacist and the technicians. I got a glimpse about what a pharmacist can do in the community for patients. As an internship student‚ I thought I could only do fill drugs. However
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HongPhuong Le Introduction to Healthcare 116 January 6‚ 2011 Health Occupations Research Assignment Pharmacy technician is someone who is supposed to be having a working knowledge of medicine and multiple tasks. They assist pharmacists‚ fill prescriptions‚ and perform various customer service assignments. Another common assignment includes fielding patient questions regarding information on drugs‚ health concerns‚ and prescriptions. They then must calculate‚ measure‚ weigh‚ mix‚ and pour
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Pharmacy Technician Certification Board‚ exam scoring requirements per www.ptcb.org The pharmacy technician performs activities related to three broad function areas. The specific responsibilities and activities that pharmacy technicians may perform within each function area are: I. Assisting the Pharmacist in Serving Patients (66% of exam) | A. | Receive prescription/medication order(s) from patient/patient’s representative‚ prescriber‚ or other healthcare professional 1. Accept new
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Introduction In this paper‚ I will develop a pharmacy process map and cover the following: SIPOC model‚ root causes‚ identify tools to be used and provide a solution to the pharmacy’s on-going problem. Process Map Here are the key problems that a pharmacy may have could be transcribing what the physician wrote on the prescription. Next anther problem could be when the insurance company only pays for a generic version or they do not pay at all. Another problem could be the medication is filled
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Assignment CVS/Pharmacy “Staying healthy isn’t easy these days. Health care costs keep rising. People are overwhelmed and confused by all the changes. They’re looking for help. They’re looking for solutions that make a difference. At CVS Caremark‚ we know that to make a difference‚ you have to do things differently. So we’re reinventing pharmacy to help people on their path to better health.” (info.cvscaremark.com) This is the mission statement of CVS. CVS/Pharmacy is known for their pharmacy and helping
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Reflection: Observation Of Elderly I work as a Pharmacy Technician and the majority of patients I encounter are elderly. I wasn’t sure where I was going to do my observation but then realized what better place than where I work in the pharmacy. Our older patients tend to be on more medications and have more chronic health conditions than our younger ones and it seems the elderly have a harder time being compliant with their medications. The most common reason for non-compliance is slight
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professional values and behaviour in pharmacy‚ which was set out in the Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians and is now captured in the Standards of Conduct‚ Ethics and Performance. This lists seven principles‚ three of which are concerned with the interests and welfare of patients‚ and their participation in decisions about their care. Understanding how to appropriately appear‚ act and identify yourself as a regulated pharmacy professional is an important aspect to
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accomplish specific results. These medications must be precisely prepared and properly delivered. The common perception is that pharmacists prepare medications and technicians simply deliver them. This view of their job is both accurate and inaccurate. Pharmacy technicians are most often seen as the pharmacy’s “delivery-boy”. Technicians are responsible for timely delivery of medications. However‚ delivery of medications is more than the act of getting drugs to a patient. The delivery of medication is directly
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Pari Azam MLT125 November‚ 17‚ 2015 Pharmacy Observation Pharmacy Observation / Interview I started my observation at 10:00 am and finished at 11 O’Clock AM on November 15/2015 in a Walgreen pharmacy located at 9150 Skokie Blvd.‚ Skokie IL. First I met Pharmacist Majid Kamal and the working Technician‚ Betty. They both greeted me with professional manners. First Pharmacist Majid Kamal checked
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O“Observation” By Henry David Thoreau “Observation‚” by Henry David Thoreau‚ is a passage that presents the idea that there is no such thing as pure objective observation‚ only subjective observation. Written during the Age of Enlightment‚ philosophes Thoreau stated that observations do not need to be true and accomplish an overall purpose because observations come from the individual and what he or she believes in. Thoreau was able to illustrate this idea in this text through examples like “though
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