PHRA 1413 - Community Pharmacy Practice

Credit Hours: 4
Contact Hours - Lecture: 3 Lab: 3
Introduction to the skills necessary to process, prepare, label, and maintain records of prescriptions in a community pharmacy to include customer service, count and pour techniques, prescription calculations, drug selection and preparation, over-the-counter drugs, inventory management and legal parameters.
Prerequisite: None; Corequisite: PHRA 1309 Recommended.
Student Learning Outcomes
1 - Translate medical and pharmaceutical abbreviations and symbols used in processing prescriptions in a community pharmacy. 2 - Utilize information technology. 3 - Demonstrate the procedures and work flow operations relating to processing prescriptions and preparing medications in a community pharmacy setting.