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PHARMACOLOGY (for Pharmacy Technicians)

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

• General principles of pharmacology as they relate to health occupation professionals. 
• Introduction to pharmacology with drug classifications, actions, therapeutic uses, adverse effects, methods of administration, client education and dosage calculations
• Pharmaceutical nomenclature and classification
• Mechanisms of drug actions, interactions, indications and contraindications
• Methods and side affects of administering therapeutic agents primarily in the nervous, endocrine, skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
  
  
  

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  PREREQUISITES

• Currently enrolled in MK Education’s Pharmacy Technician program
• Practicing pharmacy technician with a minimum of 1500 hours completed
  
  
  

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PROGRAM HOURS

• 60 contact hours
  
  

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INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

• Licensed and practicing pharmacist
• 3rd or 4th year pharmacy student
  
  
  

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CERTIFICATION

• No certification for pharmacology
• Pharmacy technicians can take the PTCB exam or ExCPT exam