Focus will be on the nervous, endocrine, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory systems. The student will learn the basic concepts of pharmacology, the disease affecting the systems listed above, and the drugs used in treating diseases of these systems. PHT 119 Community Pharmacy 3 Credits Students will experience hands on approach to learning the technical aspects of community pharmacy practice. This course teaches the students to receive and screen written medication prescriptions. The skill of drug preparation are taught.
Students learn to compound nonsterile products using the correct compounding techniques.
Students also learn various methods of inventory control of pharmaceuticals, devices, and supplies including handling their recipt, storage, removal and documenting of these activities. This course will prepare the studnet for a community clinical internship. This course will expose students to some various third party insurance companies and their billing procedures. Students will learn billing and collection of payment for pharmacy goods and services. Students learn methods of payment and verfication of coverage by third party payers.