Videos Compounding from your Kitchen? 27 Mar 2022 In the newest episode of Drug School, we explore a way to study the metric system using something found in your kitchen. Join us to see how! https://youtu.be/8crSQQRuyUU
Videos Meet Michelle Hill, MPH, CPhT 11 Jan 2020 In this episode of Drug School, Michelle Hill, MPH, CPhT and I discuss ways that pharmacy technicians can expand their roles by getting more advanced degrees. We also discuss ways…
Regulation News… I Went to School for 6 Years for This? 29 Jun 201929 Jun 2019 I recently read that Walmart laid off a large portion of its pharmacy staff. Another Wordpress blogger also a pharmacist experienced the same thing about Kroger pharmacies. This is a…
Videos Pharmacy and Public Health 22 Jun 2019 https://youtu.be/DST9jmQkQDI A while back I interviewed Alex Barker, PharmD author of "Indispensible: Your Prescription For A Fulfilling Pharmacy Career". It dawned on my after this semester, I'm following the path…
Videos Clinical Implications of Legalized Marijuana 21 May 201919 May 2019 https://youtu.be/9Yjf4NsqWYY Twenty-four states have legalized medical marijuana and a handful of states have legalized recreational marijuana. The challenge is that you will never find the drug in a pharmacy system,…
Videos Becoming a Technician in Alabama 19 May 201919 May 2019 https://youtu.be/71sjSiJqOig In this episode of Drug School, we explore licensing regulations for Alabama. This is one of the most restrictive states for pharmacy technicians as far as scope of practice…
Videos Caring for Veterinary Patients in Community Pharmacy 11 May 201912 May 2019 https://youtu.be/VTVhmmjjCpI My friend and pharmacist Thomas Magnifico and I presented this at the Michigan Pharmacists Association Annual Convention in 2018. This episode goes through the common medicines that retail pharmacists…
Videos More Law Talk… Fraud, Waste, and Abuse 10 May 20199 May 2019 https://youtu.be/YxYsIIRMmEc If ever there were a topic I didn't ever wish I had to discuss it would be this one. Fraud, waste, and abuse costs our healthcare system billions of…
Videos How to Become a Pharmacy Tech in An Unregulated State 9 May 20199 May 2019 https://youtu.be/nRj8qZASgLM There are currently 5 states and 1 US Territory that does not regulate their pharmacy technicians. Those states are Colorado (though that will change next year), Wisconsin, New York,…
Videos How Does Pharmacy Here Compare to Canada 7 May 20197 May 2019 https://youtu.be/tm018dVmahk In a high energy episode of Drug School, I get to interview Canadian pharmacist Loretta Lynn from the Edmonton area. We compare how pharmacies are regulated and how technicians…
Videos Dosing Calculations-The Basics 6 May 20195 May 2019 https://youtu.be/IGOJHOQvZE4 Calculating days supplied and number of doses per day are the basics of being a pharmacy technician. This is the calculation that retail technicians make daily. Hospital techs do…
Videos Drug School Goes to the D 5 May 20195 May 2019 https://youtu.be/7kE79e5mX9Q Back in February of 2019, I went to Detroit to attend the Michigan Pharmacist Association Annual Convention and Exposition. If you've never gone to a conference, then you need…
Videos It’s Law Time 4 May 20195 May 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khek8OMaDEg So we've reached my specialty, pharmacy regulation. Today's lesson on Drug School is the basics on how laws are created and regulations are promulgated. Comment below with questions or…
Videos Imagine Practicing Without A Pharmacist 3 May 201919 May 2019 For two technicians, this is our daily reality. Meet Jacob and yours truly. Jacob Boor, works as a pharmacy technician in an oncology clinic in Southeast Michigan. Under Michigan's rules…
Videos Career Advice- The Prescription for a Rewarding Career 27 Apr 201926 Apr 2019 On this episode of Drug School, we welcome entrepreneur and author Alex Barker, PharmD. He is the owner of the Happy PharmD a career coaching service. For more on Alex:…
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