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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: |
02/08/2010 |
Pharmacy Technology,
Degree
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SPECIFIC
PROGRAM STANDARDS |
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PH03-02-01 |
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PH03-02-04 |
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PH03-03-02 |
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PH03-03-03 |
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Appendix A |
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Appendix B |
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Appendix C |
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Standard
Number: PH03-02-01 (Admission Requirements)
Statewide
admission requirements are implemented for the Pharmacy Technology, Degree program.
Admission
refers to regular admission into a Degree program.
Statewide
program admission requirements consider state and national occupational
licensing and certifying requirements, where applicable. The institution
develops and implements clearly stated Degree program admissions policies and
procedures.
Admission
requirements are related to the functions of the Pharmacy Technology, Degree
profession.
The
institution develops, implements, and publishes clearly stated Pharmacy
Technology, Degree program admission and advanced placement policies and
procedures.
The
requirements for admission to the Pharmacy Technology, Degree 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 test of reading, language, and math as
specified in GDTAE document Minimum Program Entrance Scores; and
d.
proper completion of application and related
procedures.
Admission
of transfer students to the Pharmacy Technology 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:PH03-02-04 (Provisional Admission
Requirements)
Statewide
provisional admission requirements are implemented for the Pharmacy Technology,
Degree 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, Degree 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, Degree program are:
a.
attainment of 16 years of age;
b.
Documentation
of high school graduation, satisfaction of High School Equivalency Certificate
requirements, or approval based on evaluation by admissions officers and
program faculty;
c.
Achievement
of minimum provisional admission scores on tests of reading, language, and math
as specified in GDTAE document Minimum Program Entrance Scores; and
d.
Proper
completion of application and related procedures.
All
Pharmacy Technology, Degree 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: PH03-03-02 (Program Numbering System)
A
Major Code of PH03 and a CIP Code of
51.080503 are applied to the Pharmacy Technology, Degree program.
Assignment
of a statewide Major Code PH03 and CIP Code
51.080503 to the Degree 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: PH03-03-03 (Program
Consistency and Sequence)
The
Pharmacy Technology, Degree 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 PH03 and are consistent
statewide. Each specific course is
assigned an alphanumeric descriptor that serves as a statewide course
identification code.
The
Pharmacy Technology, Degree program is assigned a Major Code of PH03, and utilizes
essential components designated for that program number statewide. Program components include, but are not
limited to:
Pharmacy
Technology, Degree
The
Pharmacy Technology associate degree 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
associate degree program graduates are prepared to function as pharmacy technicians
in positions requiring preparations of medications according to prescriptions
under supervision of a pharmacist.
Program graduates are to be competent in the general areas of humanities
or fine arts, social or behavioral sciences, natural sciences or mathematics,
and computer literacy. Program 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. Program graduates
receive a Pharmacy Technology Associate of Applied Technology degree and are
employable as pharmacy technicians.
(a)
General Core Courses (Degree)
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GENERAL EDUCATION
AREAS OF STUDY (Required minimum:
25 quarter hours) |
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AREA I |
English/Humanities/Fine
Arts |
Minimum 10 quarter
hours |
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Successful
completion of ENG 1101 is required as 5 of a minimum 10 quarter hours. |
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Successful
completion of a Humanities/Fine Arts is required as 5 of minimum 10 quarter
hours taken from the following academic fields: |
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Art |
History |
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Creative
Writing |
Humanities |
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English
– Literature |
Literature
and Cultural Studies |
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Ethnic
Studies |
Music |
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Film
Studies and Criticism |
Theatre |
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AREA II |
Social/Behavioral
Sciences |
Minimum 5 quarter
hours |
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Courses
that address Social Sciences/Behavioral Sciences taken from the following
academic fields: |
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Communications |
Political
Science |
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Economics |
Psychology |
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Ethnology |
Sociology |
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AREA III |
Natural
Sciences/Mathematics |
Minimum 5 quarter
hours |
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Successful
completion of MAT 1100 or MAT 1101 or MAT 1111 is required as 5 minimum
quarter hours. |
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Courses
may be taken from the following academic fields: |
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Astronomy |
Physics |
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Biology |
Mathematics |
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Chemistry |
Computer
Science |
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Program Specific
Requirements |
BIO
2113 and BIO 2114 are required courses based on occupational competencies |
10 |
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Minimum
Required Hours |
35 |
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(b)
Occupational Courses (Degree) |
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Course Code |
Occupational Course Title |
Class |
D. |
P. |
Contact |
Credit |
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Basic
Inorganic Chemistry [P]
MAT 1111 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
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Introduction
to Healthcare [P]
Provisional admission |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
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Medical
Terminology for Allied Health Sciences [P]
Provisional admission |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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Pharmaceutical
Calculations [P]
MAT 1111 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
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Pharmacy
Technology Fundamentals [P]
Provisional admission |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
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Principles
of Dispensing Medications [P]
PHR 1000 [C]
PHR 1040 or PHR 1050 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
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Principles
of Sterile Medication Preparation [P]
PHR 1010 [C]
PHR 1050 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
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Pharmacology [P]
PHR 1010 [C]
PHR 1030, PHR 1050 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Pharmacy
Technology Practicum [P]
PHR 1010, PHR 1020 [C]
PHR 1030 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
21 |
7 |
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Advanced
Pharmacy Technology Principles [P]
PHR 1030, PHR 1050, SCT 100 [C]
PHR 2070 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
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Advanced
Pharmacy Technology Practicum [P]
PHR 1030, PHR 1050, SCT 100 [C]
PHR 2060 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
21 |
7 |
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Introduction
to Microcomputers [P]
Provisional admission |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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Minimum Required Hours |
34 |
20 |
45 |
99 |
59 |
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(c) Program Final
Exit Point Pharmacy Technology, Degree (d) Credits
Required for Graduation 94 minimum quarter-hour credits
required for graduation |
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The
Pharmacy Technology, Degree 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, Degree
Program Curriculum Model
The
standard curriculum for Pharmacy Technology, Degree 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 the Pharmacy Technology, Degree 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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Occupational Course Title |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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ENG 1101 |
Composition
and Rhetoric I |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Area
II Behavioral/Social
Science |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Area
III Natural
Science/Mathematics |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Minimum
Required Hours
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15 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
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Course Code
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Occupational Course Title |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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Area
I Humanities/Fine
Arts |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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BIO 2113 |
Anatomy
and Physiology I |
4 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
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Area
II Behavioral/Social
Science |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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TOTAL |
14 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
15 |
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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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BIO 2114 |
Anatomy
and Physiology II |
4 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
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AHS 104 |
Introduction
to Healthcare |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
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AHS 109 |
Medical
Terminology for Allied Health Sciences |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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Area
II Behavioral/Social
Science |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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TOTAL |
14 |
3 |
6 |
20 |
15 |
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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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AHS 1015 |
Basic
Inorganic Chemistry |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
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PHR 1000 |
Pharmaceutical
Calculations |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
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PHR 1010 |
Pharmacy
Technology Fundamentals |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
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TOTAL |
11 |
6 |
0 |
17 |
14 |
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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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SCT 100 |
Introduction
to Microcomputers |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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PHR 1020 |
Principles
of Dispensing Medication |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
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PHR 1040 |
Pharmacology |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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TOTAL |
10 |
8 |
0 |
18 |
14 |
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Sixth 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 1030 |
Principles
of Sterile Medication |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
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PHR 1050 |
Pharmacy
Technology Practicum |
0 |
0 |
21 |
21 |
7 |
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TOTAL |
4 |
4 |
21 |
29 |
13 |
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Seventh 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 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
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PHR 2070 |
Advanced
Pharmacy Technology Practicum |
0 |
0 |
21 |
21 |
7 |
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TOTAL |
4 |
3 |
21 |
28 |
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
Updated: 002/08/10