School
Health and Human Services
Division
Health Careers
Department
Pharmacy Technician
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Pharmacy Technician
Course Number
124
Course Title
Pharmacology I for Pharmacy Technicians
Credit Hours
3.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Pre-requisites
Acceptance into the Pharmacy Technician program
Catalog Course Description
The first of a two-course sequence in pharmacology for pharmacy technicians. Examines general pharmacological concepts, principals, actions, side effects, dosage forms, and route of administration. Covers concepts in drug development, medication errors, and drug usage. Focuses on pharmacodynamics, autonomic nervous system, central nervous system, and cardiovascular system. In addition, special emphasis is paid to drug effects upon the nervous system.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Core Course Topics
- Introduction to Pharmacology
- Developing New Drugs
- Administration of Pharmacologic Agents
- Medication Errors
- Antidepressants
- Antipsychotics
- Antianxiety Agents
- Anticonvulsants
- Migraine Headaches and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Sleep Disorders and Attention Deficit Disorder
- Narcotic and Non –Narcotic analgesics
- Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, and Huntington’s Disease
- Cardiovascular System: Angina, Hypertension, Heart Failure, Arrhythmia
Core Course Learning Objectives (Separated)
- List the important events and resources in the development of pharmacology through history to the present.
- Discuss common doses of medications identified as effective in treating diseases affecting the nervous system.
- Describe the federal laws that regulate drugs and the agencies that administer them.
- Describe the adverse effects of prescription medications, nonprescription medications and alternative therapies regularly used to treat diseases affecting the nervous system.
- List common doses of prescription and nonprescription medications regularly used to treat disease of the nervous system.
- Differentiate between the abuse potential and the use of controlled substances.
- List the medication examples of each schedule for controlled substances.
- Differentiate between ceiling effect and clearance.
- Describe the pharmacokinetics used in developing and using drugs.
- List the dosage forms of prescription and nonprescription medications commonly used to treat diseases of the nervous system.
- Explain the special problems affecting drug use in the elderly today.
- Identify medication errors made by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
- List the functions of the central and peripheral nervous system.
- Differentiate between narcotic and non-narcotic analgesia.
- List the various types of agents used to treat migraine headaches.
- List the specific drug used for Parkinson’s disease.
- Discuss current therapies for the Alzheimer’s patient.
- Differentiate between antidepressant, antipsychotic, and antianxiety agents.
- Describe the cardiovascular system diseases of the heart and their treatment.
- List and discuss the common hyperlipidemic medications.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of Academic Achievement
Assessment of academic achievement will include a combination of tests, assignments and participation.
General Course Requirements and Recommendations
Instructors (or their designees) reserve the right to require students to provide picture identification for test taking, graded papers or projects or other appropriate purposes.
Texts
To be determined by program faculty.
Approval Dates
Effective Term
Fall 2019
Review Semester
Fall 2019