Lesson 1 - Introduction to Pharmacy Assignments

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1 Assignment 1 At Your Service Lesson 1 - Introduction to Pharmacy Assignments Review the At Your Service scenario on page 8 of the Pharmacy Technician Practice and Procedures textbook. Then answer the following question. 1. Was the pharmacy technician correct in answering the customer s question, or should he have informed the pharmacist of these questions? Why? Assignment 2 Critical Thinking Questions 1. Go to a local pharmacy and ask the pharmacist what he or she looks for when interviewing pharmacy technicians. 2. What three characteristics of pharmacy technicians do you feel are the most important and why? 3. Which pharmacy setting do you find exciting as a pharmacy technician? Why? Assignment 3 HIPAA Scenario Susan Taylor is the mother of a 16-year-old girl. She suspects that her daughter Pamela has begun to take birth control pills without her permission and goes to the local pharmacy her family uses and asks if her daughter has filled a prescription recently. The new pharmacy technician looks up Pamela s profile and informs Susan that Pamela filled a prescription for a birth control patch 3 weeks ago. Susan confronts an enraged Pamela, who calls the pharmacy supervisor and demands that the pharmacy technician be fired for giving her mother information about her prescription history without her permission. 1. Should the pharmacy technician have given Susan Taylor information about the drugs her daughter was taking?

2 2. What actions should the technician have taken? 3. How should the technician be disciplined? Assignment 4 Internet Activities 1. Go to and identify the type of services provided by Caremark. 2. Compare the required knowledge skills for pharmacy technicians by the PTCB and ASHP, which are found on their websites: and Assignment 5 Apply Your Knowledge Answer each question on the lines provided. 1. Why is there a need for pharmacy technicians today? 2. Why do you want to become a pharmacy technician? 3. Pretend that you are a pharmacist; what characteristics would you like to see in a pharmacy technician? 4. What is the most important responsibility of a pharmacy technician?

3 5.What is the importance of continuing education in the practice of pharmacy? 6. A physician s office attempts to give you a new prescription over the telephone. What do you do? 7. Which pharmacy setting do you find most interesting? Why? 8. A patient who has hypertension asks you if he can take Drixoral; what do you tell the patient? Assignment 6 Practice Your Knowledge Goal To become familiar with the various pharmacy technician careers in your community. Assignment Using the Internet, identify the various career opportunities in your community and record the information in the following table. How many chain pharmacies are there, and what are their names? How many independent pharmacies are there, How many franchise pharmacies are there, How many other retailers (grocery stores, mass merchandisers, and discounters) have a pharmacy in their store, and what are their names? How many hospitals are in your community, What are the names of the HMOs in your community?

4 What are the names of any mail-order pharmacies in your community? Assignment 7 Pharm Facts Use an online reference such as or to complete the following table. Brand Name Generic Name Strengths Dosage Forms Achromycin Amoxil Augmentin Bactrim DS Biaxin Ceclor Ceftin Cipro Cleocin Duricef E.E.S Flagyl Floxin Gantrisin Garamycin Keflex List One Indication of the Medication List Five Adverse Effects of the Medication

5 Lorabid Macrodantin Pen Vee K Rocephin Vancocin Vantin Vibramycin Zithromax