PM220 — Pharmacy Technician Internship
This course teaches the Pharmacy Technician student the principles and importance of pharmacy technician procedures: accurate computation in dispensing, pricing, systems of measure, compounding mixtures and solutions, preparing parenteral products, aseptic techniques, law & ethics and operations of community based and institutional pharmacies. The internship is to provide the student with real-life experiences with an opportunity to practice learned theory and clinical skills. Students will work under supervision at the internship site. The benefits to the students include the opportunity to practice learned theoretical and clinical skills, by being exposed to different situations and to have the opportunity to demonstrate (at their internship site) their abilities, which could lead to future employment. During the 90 hours of the internship, your relationship with other professionals and consumers of services in hospitals and the community will be emphasized.
Prerequisites: PM205