Course Descriptions
<br />calculations, medical terminology, and lecture specific
<br />prescription drugs. Students will also practice in
<br />diverse pharmacy settings; including sterile and non -
<br />sterile compounding, prescription processing, hospital
<br />& retail procedures, and overall professionalism.
<br />There are no prerequisites.
<br />Module 4.0 units 40/40 leeilab
<br />PT 160 Retail Pharmacy Procedures
<br />The module covers the business and administrative
<br />section of pharmacy, pharmacy associations and the
<br />urinary system. Students will learn to decipher
<br />physician's orders, pharmaceutical calculations,
<br />medical terminology, and lecture specific prescription
<br />drugs. Students will also practice in diverse pharmacy
<br />settings; including sterile and non -sterile
<br />compounding, prescription processing, hospital & retail
<br />procedures, and overall professionalism. There are
<br />no prerequisites.
<br />Module 4.0 units 40140 lec/lab
<br />PT 170 Additional Settings and OTC Medications
<br />The module covers the operations side of retail
<br />pharmacy, over the counter medications, alternative
<br />medicine, vitamins and minerals, and anti -
<br />Inflammatory and antihistamines. Students will learn to
<br />decipher physician's orders, pharmaceutical
<br />calculations, medical terminology, and lecture specific
<br />prescription drugs. Students will also practice in
<br />diverse pharmacy settings; including sterile and non -
<br />sterile compounding, prescription processing, hospital
<br />and retail procedures, and overall professionalism.
<br />There are no prerequisites.
<br />Module 4.0 units 40140 lec/lab
<br />PT 180 Health Insurance & Billing
<br />The module covers the basics of health insurance
<br />including how to handle insurance claims in pharmacy
<br />settings. Students will learn pharmacy billing in various
<br />pharmacy settings and how to expedite the handling
<br />and processing of online insurance claims. In addition,
<br />students will learn how to manage rejected claims, the
<br />differences between private insurance and managed
<br />care and how managed care options affect
<br />reimbursement. In addition, students will learn about
<br />the many types of managed care plans and
<br />government managed insurance programs, along with
<br />content about various prescription payment methods
<br />including the essentials of Medicare policies and
<br />regulations, payment, and reimbursement. There are
<br />no prerequisites.
<br />Module 2.5 units 120 extern hours
<br />PT 190 Externship
<br />Externship is the final module following successful
<br />completion of classroom training and is designed to
<br />provide a realistic workplace environment in which the
<br />student will refine technological, procedural, decision- Module 3.0 units 20/60 lec/lab
<br />making, and interpersonal skills. On the job WD 140 Shielded Metal Arc Welding
<br />externships are completed in approved facilities that This module teaches students the shielded metal arc
<br />provide students with the opportunity to apply the welding (SMAW) process utilizing low -hydrogen (E-
<br />knowledge and skills acquired during the training
<br />program. Externs work under the directed supervision
<br />of school personnel and are evaluated on skill
<br />performance, subject knowledge, professionalism, and
<br />participation/attendance. All absences during the
<br />externship must be made up. Externship evaluations
<br />become part of the student's permanent record.
<br />Satisfactory completion of externship training is
<br />required for graduation. Prerequisite: Successful
<br />completion of modules 110-180.
<br />Welding
<br />Module 3.0 units 20/60 lec/lab
<br />WD 110 Welding Principles and Safety
<br />This module introduces the students to the basic
<br />principles of Welding, the different welding processes
<br />and employment in welding. The module will address
<br />workplace safety and safe operating procedures.
<br />Additionally, this module provides students with
<br />training in OSHA 10 regulations and CPR First Aid
<br />training. Students will be instructed on storing and
<br />moving equipment, shielding gasses and storing fluids
<br />in a safe manner. This module also teaches the safe
<br />use of many welding tools and the different types of
<br />welding equipment. This course will cover the
<br />characteristics of hazardous wastes and its safe
<br />handling, storage, and disposal. There are no
<br />prerequisites.
<br />Module 3.0 units 20160lec/lab
<br />WD 120 Welding Blueprint Reading and Planning
<br />This module teaches students the basic elements of a
<br />welding blueprint, which consists of drawings and
<br />welding symbols, and how to read them. The module
<br />introduces students to planning procedures including
<br />reading a working drawings, selecting materials and
<br />procedural steps. Students read and apply a drawing
<br />to a project. Prerequisite: WD 110.
<br />Module 3.0 units 20/60lec/lab
<br />WD 130 Gas Metal Are Welding
<br />This module teaches students the gas metal are
<br />welding (GMAW) or MIG welding process, including
<br />equipment, welding terms and safety procedures.
<br />Students will learn setup, operation and perform bead,
<br />single and multiple pass butt and tee., lap and outside
<br />corner welds in the flat, horizontal positions. Students
<br />will learn how to produce single V-groove butt joint
<br />welds in the vertical up, flat and overhead position.
<br />Fillet lap and T-joint welds in the horizontal and vertical
<br />down position will be included. Students will also be
<br />able to utilize the spray transfer method to produce fillet
<br />lap joint welds in the Flat and horizontal position and
<br />single V-groove welds in the flat position. Prerequisite:
<br />WD 110,
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