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 DEA ARCOS Data Release: NACDS Statement on Pharmacy’s Commitment as Part of the Solution to Opioid Abuse 17 Jul 2019 21 CFR Part 1306 dictates that pharmacists and prescribers share the responsibility to ensure controlled substances are dispensed for a legitimate medical purpose Following the release of the Drug Enforcement…
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…
Uncategorized Prescriptions to go: First Fill program introduced at Windsor Regional — Windsor Star 3 Jun 20191 Jun 2019 Yeah that really was my eye... I recently read how a hospital was delivering discharge medications prior to a patient being discharged. The concept is designed to transition a patient…
Regulation News This Just in From Colorado 31 May 2019 The Colorado Legislature has passed a bill that requires pharmacy technicians to become certified in 2020. This makes Colorado the 46th state to require pharmacy technician licenses, leaving Wisconsin, Hawaii,…
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,…
Uncategorized Becoming a Technician in Alaska 20 May 201919 May 2019 https://youtu.be/n_vbksrtTzI Up in Alaska, certification is not initially required to become a pharmacy technician. This makes getting into the career easier and allows for some on-the-job training. The scope of…
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 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 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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