Pharmacy Technician, D.A.S. - PHM1
Graduates of the Pharmacy Technician diploma are healthcare professionals who assist the pharmacist in a community setting to provide quality healthcare related to medication administration. In addition to the skills acquired to become a pharmacy technician, students will learn to read medication orders, mix parenteral medications, assemble unit-doses of medications and prepare 24-hour patient medication carts. Students will also learn proper labeling for oral and parenteral medications. In order to become a South Carolina state certified pharmacy technician, the student must earn the Pharmacy Technician diploma, work 1,000 hours as a registered pharmacy technician, and pass the Pharmacy Tec
Courses
- AHS 102 — Medical Terminology
- AHS 116 — Patient Care Relations
- ENG 101 — English Composition I
- MAT 155 — Contemporary Mathematics
- PHM 101 — Introduction to Pharmacy
- PHM 103 — Pharmacy Law and Ethics
- PHM 110 — Pharmacy Practice
- PHM 113 — Pharmacy Technician Math
- PHM 114 — Therapeutic Agents I
- PHM 118 — Community Pharmacy Seminar
- PHM 124 — Therapeutic Agents II
- PHM 152 — Pharmacy Technician Practicum I
- PHM 164 — Pharmacy Technician Practicum II
- PHM 173 — Pharmacy Technician Practicum III
- PSY 103 — Human Relations
- PSY 201 — General Psychology