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State Board Approval Date: |
10/01/2009 |
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Implementation Date: |
Summer 2010 |
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Last Updated: |
12/17/2009 |
Pharmacy Technology,
Diploma
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SPECIFIC
PROGRAM STANDARDS |
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PH02-02-01 |
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PH02-02-04 |
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PH02-03-02 |
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PH02-03-03 |
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Appendix A |
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Appendix B |
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Appendix C |
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Standard
Number: PH02-02-01 (Admission Requirements)
Statewide
admission requirements are implemented for the Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program.
Admission
refers to regular admission into a Diploma program.
Statewide
program admission requirements consider state and national occupational
licensing and certifying requirements, where applicable. The institution
develops and implements clearly stated Diploma program admissions policies and
procedures.
Admission
requirements are related to the functions of the Pharmacy Technology, Diploma
profession.
The
institution develops, implements, and publishes clearly stated Pharmacy
Technology, Diploma program admission and advanced placement policies and
procedures.
The
requirements for admission to the Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program are:
a. attainment of 16
years of age;
b. documentation of high
school graduation or satisfaction of High School Equivalency Certificate
requirements;
c. achievement of
minimum regular admission scores on tests of reading, language, and math as
specified in GDTAE document Minimum Program Entrance Scores; and
d. completion of application and
related procedures.
Admission
of transfer students to the Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program is contingent upon their
meeting the following requirements:
a.
regular
admission and good standing at a regionally accredited diploma or degree
granting institution; and
b.
proper completion of application and related
procedures.
Standard Number:PH02-02-04 (Provisional Admission Requirements)
Statewide
provisional admission requirements are implemented for the Pharmacy Technology,
Diploma program.
Provisional
admission is granted to qualified students who do not meet the regular
admission requirements of the program.
Provisionally
admitted students are allowed to take developmental studies courses and/or
certain occupational courses as designated in the course sequence standard.
The
institution develops, implements, and publishes clearly stated policies and
procedures for entry into programs on a provisional basis.
Provisional
admission to the Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program is afforded those students who
do not meet program requirements but do meet provisional admission
requirements.
The requirements for
provisional admission to the Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program are:
a.
attainment
of 16 years of age;
b.
achievement
of minimum provisional admission scores on tests of reading, language, and math
as specified in GDTAE document Minimum Program Entrance Scores; or
recommendation by program faculty and designated admissions personnel on the
basis of interview and assessment of student potential; and
c.
completion of application and
related procedures.
All
Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program students initially admitted on a
provisional basis meet regular admission requirements prior to graduation.
Provisionally
admitted students whose English, math, and/or reading achievement levels do not
meet regular program admission requirements are required to enroll in
developmental studies courses approved by the State Board of Technical and
Adult Education.
Standard Number: PH02-03-02 (Program Numbering System)
A
Major Code of PH02 and a CIP Code of
51.080502 are applied to the Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program.
Assignment
of a statewide Major Code PH02 and CIP Code
51.080502 to the Diploma program is the basis from which statewide programmatic
consistency is developed.
Each
degree/diploma/certificate program complies with the assigned Major Code(s)
established in the relevant program-specific standards of the State Board of
Technical and Adult Education.
Each
authorized degree/diploma/certificate program is assigned a Major Code and CIP
Code.
Each
degree/diploma/certificate program having a given Major Code is consistent with
all other programs throughout the state that have the same Major Code.
Degree/diploma/certificate
programs having multiple specializations are assigned a specialization Major
Code for each option.
Standard Number: PH02-03-03 (Program
Consistency and Sequence)
The
Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program utilizes essential course components
consistent with statewide program requirements.
Specific course alphanumeric identification Codes are assigned to each
course. Students are required to
progress through two course categories in a developmentally valid sequence.
Programs
are assigned an identical Major Code PH02 and are consistent
statewide. Each specific course is
assigned an alphanumeric descriptor that serves as a statewide course
identification code.
The
Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program is assigned a Major Code of PH02, and utilizes
essential components designated for that program number statewide. Program components include, but are not
limited to:
Pharmacy
Technology, Diploma
The
Pharmacy Technology program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for
careers in the pharmacy field. Learning
opportunities develop academic and professional knowledge and skills required
for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Pharmacy Technology graduates are prepared to
function as pharmacy technicians in positions requiring preparation of
medications according to prescriptions under supervision of a pharmacist. Program graduates are to be competent in the
general areas of communications, math, interpersonal relations, and computer
literacy. Graduates are also to be
competent to perform basic occupational functions including pouring, weighing,
or measuring dosages; grinding, heating, filtering, dissolving, and mixing
liquid or soluble drugs and chemicals; procuring, storing, and issuing
pharmaceutical materials and supplies; and maintaining files and records. Graduates of the program receive a Pharmacy
Technology diploma which qualifies them as pharmacy technicians.
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(c)
Program Final Exit Point Pharmacy
Technology, Diploma |
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(d) Credits
Required for Graduation 79
minimum quarter-hour credits required for graduation |
The
Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program must conform
to the institutional accreditation requirements of the Council on Occupational
Education (COE) or the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission
on Colleges (COC).
General Information
Pharmacy
Technology, Diploma
Program Curriculum Model
The
standard curriculum for Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program is set up on
the quarter system. A suggested sequence
for the program is given below with area of specialization . Technical institutes may implement Pharmacy Technology, Diploma program by using the
sequences listed below or by using a locally developed sequence designed to
reflect course prerequisites and/or corequisites.
Course Code
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General Core Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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AHS 109 |
Medical
Terminology for Allied Health Sciences |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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ENG 1010 |
Fundamentals
of English I |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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MAT 1012 |
Foundations
of Mathematics |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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PSY 1010 |
Basic
Psychology |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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18 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
18 |
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Second
Quarter
Course Code
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General Core Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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PHR 1000 |
Pharmaceutical
Calculations |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
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SCT 100 |
Introduction
to Microcomputers |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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AHS 1011 |
Anatomy
and Physiology |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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PHR 1010 |
Pharmacy
Technology Fundamentals |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
TOTAL
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15 |
7 |
0 |
22 |
18 |
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Course Code
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General Core Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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PHR 1030 |
Principles
of Sterile Medication Preparation |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
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PHR 1040 |
Pharmacology |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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AHS 1015 |
Basic
Inorganic Chemistry |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
TOTAL
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12 |
6 |
0 |
18 |
12 |
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Fourth Quarter
Course Code
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General Core Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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PHR 1020 |
Principles
of Dispensing Medications |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
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PHR 1050 |
Pharmacy
Technology Practicum |
0 |
0 |
21 |
21 |
7 |
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4 |
0 |
21 |
29 |
13 |
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Fifth Quarter
Course Code
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General Core Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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PHR 2060 |
Advanced
Pharmacy Technology Principles |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
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PHR 2070 |
Advanced
Pharmacy Technology Practicum |
0 |
0 |
21 |
21 |
7 |
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4 |
2 |
21 |
27 |
12 |
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Additive
plastic/foil tamper resistant caps
Amino acids
Automated
compounder (Clintec,Automix/Micromix7, Baxa)
Automated
dispensing system, Institutional and community
Balance(s), prescription (Class A) with
metric/apothecary weight set(s) and weighing (powder) papers
Balance(s), triple
beam
Bates sequential
stamper
Beakers
Blister packing
system (nursing home)
Capsules, empty
Chemicals
Compounding record
forms
Computer system
w/appropriate inpatient, outpatient/retail software
Concentrated
dextrose
Emergency carts
Emergency kits
Filters
Funnels
Georgia Pharmacy Act, Rules, and Regulations of the
Georgia Board of Pharmacy
Georgia Controlled
Substance Act
Graduates,
cylindrical
Graduates,
apothecary
Handbook on poisons
Horizontal and
vertical laminar flow hood(s)
I.V. fluids
I.V. large volume
bags
I.V. patient
medication profile system(s)
I.V. sets
(transfer, 1, 2)
I.V. bottles
Invoice forms
Labels, auxiliary
Labels,
I.V.
Labels,
prescription
Light/dark field
viewing box
Medical dictionary
Medication order
sheets/files
Medication stock: (tablets, capsules,
ointments, ophthalmics, solutions, suspensions,
emulsions, tinctures, elixers, injections, Tubex, vials, ampules)
Medication stock: (vials, ampuls,
Abboject7 syringes, vials with powder for reconstitution, Add-Vantage7, Cris7
System, Tubex7)
Minibags, major
types of IV fluids
Mortars and
pestles, glass and wedgewood
Narcotics locker
Narcotics record
forms/inventory
Needles
Ointment bases and
glass
Patient medication bins/carts/boxes
Patient
prescription files
Patient
prescription folders
Patient
prescription pads
Pill/ointment
tile(s), spatulas
Prepackaging logs
Prepackaging system
Prescription
processing system (software) including profile system(s), manual and computer
generated
Prescription vials,
child resistant tops
Purchase order
forms
Reconstitution pins
Reference sources (ie. Drug Facts and Comparisons, PDR, Identi Drug, Handbook
for Injectable Drugs, Davis Drug Guide, Tabors
Refrigerator/freezer
with thermometer
Remington's OR U.S.
Dispensatory OR
U.S.P. and National
Formulary
Spatula, tablet
counting
Specialized
laboratory area with
sink/running water (mock pharmacy)
Stamp, red
"c"
Stirring rods and
flasks, glass
Stock storage/pic
station work area (storage bins for
stock)
Syringes
Telephones
(intercom type in lab area)
Transfer/reconstitution
pumps, electrical
(ADS
100, Baxa) and manual (MultiAdd,
BD, etc.)
Tray, tablet
counting
Typewriter
Posted: 12/17/09