Dispensing, Compounding, and Calculations.

Catalog description

This course covers pharmacy dispensing related topics. Using medications from the Top Drugs list, students will learn how to provide effective consultations, how to communicate effectively with health care professionals, and the process of dispensing medications. Other topics covered in this course include Interpretation of common pharmacy sig abbreviations, brand and generic names of the top medications as well as the major therapeutic use for the majority of those drugs. Students will learn basic non-sterile compounding skills and parenteral compounding skills. This course also covers mathematical concepts as they apply to the practice of pharmacy.