Meeting & Agendas

The Pharmacy Technician Program Advisory Committee,Curriculum Review Subcommittee, met on 10/17/07 at the ACC Eastview Campus. Members present of the committee are Elizabeth Huss, Renee Acosta, Jason Sparks, and Zach Corbell. Zach Corbell initiated a discussion of the current curriculum and what revisions were necessary to improve the student outcomes at completion of the program. Most of the curriculum remains original material developed and put into place by Renee Acosta. There is a huge need for all of the course materials to be updated.

CURRENT CURRICULUM Semester 1 (11 or 16 week courses) Lec/Lab SCH HPRS 1206 – Med. Terminology 2/0 2 PHRA 1301 – Intro. to Pharmacy 3/0 3 PHRA 1209 – Pharm. Math 1/2 2 PHRA 1413 – Community Pharmacy 3/2 4 PHRA 1449 – Institutional Pharmacy 3/3 4 ____ 15 Semester 2 (11 or 16 week courses) PHRA 1441 – Drug Therapy 3/3 4 PHRA 1345 – IV Admixture 2/2 3 PHRA 2266 – Practicum 0/16 2 ___ 9 Total Credit Hours 24 PROPOSED CURRICULUM CHANGES FOR FALL 2008 Semester 1 Lec/Lab SCH PHRA 1309 – Pharm. Math (16 wk) 3/0 3 PHRA 1291 – Spec. Topic*** (1st 8 wk) 2/0 2 (The Profession of Pharmacy) PHRA 1102 – Pharm. Law (2nd 8 wk) 1/0 1 PHRA 1205 – Drug Classification (2nd 8 wk) 2/0 2 PHRA 1349 – Institutional Pharm. (16 wk) 2/3 3 PHRA 1313 – Community Pharm. (16 wk) 2/3 3 _____ 14 Semester 2 PHRA 1441 – Drug Therapy (16 wk) 3/3 4 PHRA 1345 – IV Admixture (16 wk) 2/3 3 PHRA 2266 – Practicum (16 wk) 0/22 2 _____ 9 Total Credit Hours 23 Primary changes recommended by the four members of the subcommittee include: 1) Removal of Medical Terminology from the curriculum entirely, 2) replacemtent of PHRA 1301 – Introduction to Pharmacy with PHRA 1102 – Pharmacy Law, and PHRA 1291 – Special Topics – “The Profession of Pharmacy”, and lastly, 3) addition of PHRA 1205 – Drug Classification.

Zach Corbell will develop and administer a survey to solicit feedback on all of the changes that have been suggested. Based on feedback and recommendations from members of the committee, the curriculum changes will be adjusted if necessary before submitting changes to the curriculum committee.