Many years ago when I first decided to pursue a career as a Pharmacy Technician, I always believed that I would be working in a retail pharmacy chain such as CVS or Duane Reade. As a CVS customer, I would see the Pharmacist and Technicians working diligently behind the counter. I told myself I want to do that, I wanted to help people take away their pain and begin the healing process. My career started and I was typing and filling prescriptions for 8 hours with the occasional break to help a customer
Collins:1 The Life of A Pharmacy Technician During the years, Pharmacy has became one of many huge professions to take. Numerous people will tell you that, you do not hanve to go to school to become a Pharmacy Technician; but if you do not know anything about this profession you are going in clueless. Fortis college was my greatest experiance, with the most amazing people people, and teachers. If it was not for school I would definietly not know the accuracy of speed, the multitasking with communication
uture Pharmacy Technician Their are some current trends into becoming an future Pharmacy Technician one is Leveraging health IT for medication Therapy Management and supporting an expanded role for pharmacists in patient care. Making use of “Big Data” , addressing issues with specialty medications , and the specialty pharmacy gold rush is on. The battle to control the patient journey is intensifying, manufactures are being forced to rethink network strategies, manufactures aren't sure how to organize
Pharmacy Technicians: A Specialized Discourse Community Overview of pharmacy technicians: Do they fit the criteria of a discourse group? When doctors prescribe medication for their patients, a local retail pharmacy is most likely to be utilized to fill the order. However, there is a growing population of older Americans that are no longer able to live independently and must reside in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. In order for this vulnerable population to receive their medications
all students enrolled in pharmacy technician programs are also enrolled in Pharm.D. (Doctor of Pharmacy) programs. This program usually takes four years to complete. Students will need at least two years in college before they can be accepted into a pharmacy program, but most students have three. The first two to three years of the program includes courses in anatomy, biology, chemistry, math, physics, and physiology. The next portion of the program must be taken at a pharmacy college, where the student
Pharmacists must have a Doctor of Pharmacy and need to be licensed, undergoing exams. Assisting Pharmacists, are pharmacy technicians who fill meds and handle all the business work. They basically make sure the Pharmacist did not make any mistakes and check prescriptions. However, pharmacist techs cannot distribute a med. without the approval and handling all the business work. Some states require as low as a high school diploma to become a pharmacy technician, and then some states require certification
My primary interest in a career in Pharmacy came from an overall interest in medicine and health care in general. As a third grader, I had the first severe asthma attack that I can remember that caused the first of several hospital stays. By happenstance, that time sparked my curiosity about medicine. As an eight year old, I wondered just how this magical mist that came through a mask was able to give me a freedom to breath that my body wasn 't couldn 't give me on its own. Throughout high school
from Dumas Exercise 1.6 1. What type of process is the above one: order-to-cash, procure-to-pay or issue-toresolution? This process is order-to-cash 2. Who are the actors in this process? The actors include the pharmacists, the pharmacy technicians, the insurance representatives, the doctors (if necessary), and the patient for whom the prescription belongs to 3. What value does the process deliver to its customer(s)? The customer may retrieve their prescriptions in a timely manner that
As the first generation in my family to go to college I learned the importance of education. I graduated from Benedictine University with a Bachelors in Science and an Environment Certificate. I became intregted by pharmacy when I started to spent countless hours at a hospital watching my grandfather go in and out of surgeries and treatments for cancer. Seeing the different medication being handed to him inspired me to understand biological and chemical processes that happened. A Pharmacists, role
What do you need to become a Pharmacy Technician? In order to become a Pharmacy Technician in the state of Texas you have to register with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy but in order to register you have to complete a list of requirements. You have to have a high school diploma or G.E.D. or at least working towards obtaining one of the two. You have to pass a test from Pharmacy Technician Certification Board called the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination or you can be exempt