Pharmacy Benefit Management

APPEs, pharmacy organizations, and work at CVS. I will develop professionalism in my classes by learning about the profession in general, how to make an ethically sound decision, and completing community service. I will learn about the profession in general through Dean Spooner’s Introduction to Pharmacy class. In the class we have learned about the changes in pharmacy and how these have impacted the profession as a whole. We are also getting to know about all of the different pharmacy pathways…

Pursuing a career as a community pharmacist is a role that was inspired by the zeal and passion that I have for Biology and Chemistry. This interest has only increased with time due to the professional experience I have gained from the Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship I have partaken in. This opportunity has made me realise that I would like to further pursue a career path that would allow me to become a fully qualified pharmacist, hence why I decided to apply for the course. Although I have…

Scope of Practice of The Pharmacy Team One of the key difference between a pharmacist and a pharmacy Technician is their level of education. Pharmacy technician’s education has been expanding to reduce the work load of the pharmacists and to provide more appropriate and efficient patient care. (Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada,2014, Pharmacy Technician’s Role). “The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) initiated the Blueprint for Pharmacy in 2005 as a strategy to manage and accelerate change…

the prescription medication coverage and how to get reimbursed for the prior medication expenses. I provided them with the information provided by the adjuster. I also provided Dr. Rampersaud a copy so the medications are processed through the pharmacy company. I also stressed to them both…

multiple things a pharmacist technician needs to know, pharmacy and prescription law, ethical procedures, dosage forms, compounding and aseptic technique, as well as the hundreds of brand drugs and their generic forms. Hopefully this paper will put into perspective the importance of knowledge a pharmacist technician needs to know. Pharmacy law Over the past forty years several laws have been implemented which have affected and shaped the pharmacy industry as we see it today. Some of these laws…

Since I was already into science I thought pharmacy would be perfect for me. Throughout my first two years in college I took all my pre requisites for pre pharmacy classes, which were mainly biology and chemistry courses. Then one of my good friends, Fee, told me to take the nutrition 2030 online because it was an easy A. I took it and I really enjoyed this class. I went to my counselor because I wanted to see if I was on the right track for pharmacy and was told I would need to have at least a…

I have researched both for a hospital setting and a community setting. However, I have found that community pharmacy would be a better option for me since it will provide me with the most basic aspects of a pharmacist especially because I don’t have any work experience. For this reason, I would like to start with learning the essential roles that can be learned in a community pharmacy and for my second co-op on spring 2017 I can be ready for the next big challenge and start working with…

Like with everything in California, becoming a licensed pharmacy technician has several requirements. But surprisingly, the level of education is not as high as one would think. The pharmacy technician application takes forty-five days to be processed and requires a $140 non-refundable application fee (Pharmacy Technician Application Instructions, 2017). The basic education requirement needed is only a high school diploma or an equivalent like a general education development…

Working in the field of health care is the noblest vocation I can imagine, and that is the main reason I want to pursue a career in pharmacy. What can be better than devoting myself to the task of healing people and taking care of human life, the most important thing in the world? Pharmacist is one of the most wonderful and needed professions in the modern world that requires total devotion, responsibility, patience, and a lot of skills and knowledge. Everyone knows an expression "cures one…

believe they need to be happy every day and this pill can make that happen. Who among us doesn’t want to be happy, therefore the ad leads people to go to their doctor and list the symptoms they were given on the ad and ask for the drug. There is no benefit to the consumer in making them believe they have an issue they do to possess. Pharmaceutical drugs carry side effects that can be very harmful, some leading to death. Hence the need for a physician prescription to obtain the medications.…