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PHT 53

AMBULATORY PHARMACY PRACTICE · 3 units

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About this course

A review of the skills needed to operate effectively in an ambulatory setting, with emphasis on receiving and controlling inventory, processing prescriptions using computerized prescription processing, defining and learning tools that deliver excellent customer service, and medical insurance billing. Provides an introduction of basic non-sterile compounding concepts for the preparation of simple creams and ointments and introduction to basic laboratory equipment, and its requisite maintenance, needed for compound preparation. Intended for students in the Entry/Advanced-Level Pharmacy Technician Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.

Sections this term

Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:09 PM UTC

No section is scheduled at Foothill College for Winter 2027. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

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Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

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