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Working Professional Doctor of Pharmacy
Identify the challenges confronting the field of pharmacy today and in the future and determine effective means of response to these challenges and changes.While most working professional Pharm.D. programs just bridge the degree gap, the advanced content of the University of Florida program complements your practice experience for a higher level of competence and autonomy. University of Florida's highly successful Working Professional Doctor of Pharmacy (WPPD) program has prepared pharmacists to become leaders in the emerging role of pharmacy in the patient care process since 1994. You will learn a consultative approach to identifying drug-related problems and systematically applying drug knowledge to resolve and prevent these problems with a focus on proactive disease state management.It will never be easier to further your education and your career! Earn the best Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from one of the best pharmacy schools. Designed for your busy schedule, this program delivers all course materials directly to you. You can be assured that you will complete this 3-year program on time and continue to take care of your work, family, and personal responsibilities with unprecedented levels of support. University of Florida's WPPD program is designed with these goals in mind:
- Ensure students become clinicians who can work collaboratively while thinking independently
- Educate pharmacists as flexible, innovative leaders in the pharmaceutical care and medication therapy of patients
- Instill in students a commitment to the lifelong learning necessary for pharmacists to remain experts in the safe and effective use and distribution of medications to patients
- Increase the student's level of pharmacotherapeutics knowledge and upgrade their skills and credentials to the Pharm.D. level
Certificate in BioOrganic Principles of Pharmaceutical Science
The Lehigh University BioOrganic Principles of Pharmaceutical Science graduate-level certificate program has been developed for employees dealing with drug discovery and evaluation issues who work in pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device manufacturing companies. The certificate covers the basic biochemical molecular principles governing drug design, synthesis, mode of action at biological targets, metabolism, and formulation. Students will gain enhanced knowledge regarding bioorganic principles related to pharmaceutical science. Students need four courses for a total of 12 credits to complete certificate. Students will take any four of the following for certificate completion: Elements of Biochemistry I, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Elements of Biochemistry II, BioOrganic Chemistry, Topics in Organic Chemistry, Advanced Topics in Chemistry, Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Organic Reactions, Process Chemistry, Topics in Biochemistry.
*Note: Either one of these courses is suggested as a starting point in the program.
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Penn Foster Career School Penn Foster Career School is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), which is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. |
The Penn Foster Pharmacy Technician Program can help you make a difference. You'll work closely with pharmacists to provide medication and health care products to patients. Learn how to prepare prescriptions for patients; receive prescriptions from doctors and hospitals; verify insurance and prescription information; assist the pharmacist with everyday duties; and much more. When you're a trained pharmacy technician, you'll discover plenty of opportunities in the various types of pharmacies and drug dispensing work sites. You can work for a retail pharmacy, your local druggist, a hospital, or at one of the many in-store pharmacies cropping up in superstores across the country. This program includes the textbooks, lessons, and learning aids you need to complete your program along with toll-free instructional support and access to student services by email, phone, and mail. Learn the skills you need to become a Pharmacy Technician – at home, at your own pace.
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Ashworth College Ashworth College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
which only accredits schools meeting their rigorous academic criteria,
including a commitment to continuous improvement. |
Professional Pharmacy Technology Program
The Pharmacy Technology Course is comprised of 20 comprehensive lessons. They are easy to follow, yet challenging and stimulating at the same time. Each lesson begins with a subject matter preview and objectives, an introductory note from your instructor and a vocabulary builder of new words and terms. This is a comprehensive course that teaches prospective pharmacy technicians all about the indications, dosage calculations, side effects and administration methods of the major classes of drugs. You'll also learn about the techniques for weighing, compounding, measuring, reducing and blending ingredients accurately; preparing infusions and solutions; sterilization procedures; using ratios, fractions and proportions and much, much more.
The pharmaceutical industry is expected to surge over the next decade due to the increased needs of a larger and older population – make sure you're ready for this unique opportunity! Convenient online training, live student support and relevant course materials will prepare you to take this next step in your career. Your training will prepare you to work alongside pharmacists in any number of pharmacy settings from pharmacy calculations to inventory management.