PHT 190LB - Pharmacy Technician Internship

4 Credits, 16 Contact Hours
0 lecture periods 16 lab periods
Topics and discussions of importance to the pharmacy technician. Includes employment search preparation, review of the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam and On-site training in outpatient and inpatient pharmacy services under direct supervision of designated preceptor.

Prerequisite(s): PHT 170 , PHT 171IN , PHT 173 , PHT 175IN , and PHT 179IN  or concurrent enrollment in PHT 179IN . 
Information: Consent of program coordinator is required before enrolling in this course.
  

1. Apply the basic principles, knowledge, and skills learned in the classroom to perform in a pharmacy setting efficiency. 
2. Perform all the duties of a pharmacy technician in an outpatient and inpatient during a clinical rotation for a minimum of 240 hours.
3. Complete a resume based on the personal inventory.
4. Examine interview techniques necessary for successful job placement.

1. Under the supervision of the pharmacist, the intern will perform all the duties of a pharmacy technician regularly assigned to the inpatient pharmacy area. The intern will perform each of the following, as it relates to the specific internship site:

   1. Understand and conform with all policies and procedures relating to the medication distribution to inpatients

   2. Maintain patient medication profiles

      1. Process admissions and discharges
      2. Transcribe/input medication chart orders
      3. Process re-types
   3. Fill the unit dose cassettes or cubicles with the correct medications and supplies
   4. Deliver medications or medication carts if necessary
   5. Prepare medication for ward stock distribution
   6. Maintain emergency boxes or kits
   7. Assist the pharmacist in the distribution of controlled or restricted drugs
   8. Extemporaneously repackage medications into unit dose form, label them, and maintain the necessary control records
   9. Perform inventory control functions, including drug ordering, check-in, stocking, and processing returns
   10. Participate in quality assurance projects, including ward inspections, drug recalls, and drug defect reporting
   11. Maintain necessary inpatient pharmacy records
   12. Handle interpersonal communications with other health care personnel as appropriate
   13. Perform necessary billing procedures
   14. Maintain the inpatient pharmacy area in a clean and orderly manner
2. Under the supervision of the pharmacist, the intern will perform all the duties of a pharmacy technician regularly assigned to the outpatient pharmacy area. The intern will perform each of the following as it relates to the specific internship site
   1. Understand and conform with all policies and procedures relating to outpatient pharmacy services
   2. Maintain patient medication profiles
      1. Initiate profiles for new patients
      2. Update profiles as additional prescriptions are filled

   3. Participate in the drug distribution process

      1. Handle incoming prescriptions
      2. Prepare primary prescription labels and any necessary auxiliary labels
      3. Price prescriptions
      4. Assist the pharmacist in medication preparation
      5. Process prescription refills
      6. Process over-the-counter drug orders
      7. Assist the pharmacist in the distribution of controlled/restricted drugs

3. Perform any necessary recordkeeping functions

   1. Prescription document filing and retrieval
   2. Controlled/restricted drug records
4. Perform inventory control functions, including drug ordering, check-in, stocking and processing returns
   1. Participate in quality assurance projects, including ward inspections, drug recalls, and drug defect reporting
   2. Handle interpersonal communications with other healthcare personnel as appropriate
   3. Perform necessary billing functions, including third-party billing
   4. Maintain the outpatient pharmacy area in a clean and orderly manner

III. Under the supervision of the pharmacist, the intern will perform all the duties of a pharmacy technician regularly assigned to the sterile products pharmacy area. The intern will perform each of the following, as it relates to the specific internship site

1. Understand and conform with all policies and procedures which relate to sterile products services
2. Maintain the IV patient profile
   1. Process admissions and discharges
   2. Transcribe or input medication chart orders
   3. Process retypes