Pharmacy
Technician
Advanced
Positions
Training
100

These are the requirements for obtaining a position as a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep.  pg 218

Having an associates/bachelors degree,  good communication skills and be self motivated and self-confident

100

These Universities offer nuclear pharmacy training for technicians.  pg 218

Purdue, Ohio State, and The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

100

This advanced technician position involves traveling to a client's site to promote a medication. pg 218

Pharmaceutical Sales Rep

200

The requirement necessary for a pharmacy technician to obtain a position teaching at an accredited college. pg 217

Having a National Certification, and 3 years of experience in the field, meet state regulations, associates degree

200

Things that a medication reconciliation technician can help prevent... pg 216

Drug omissions and duplications, drug-drug interactions, and dosing errors

200

The first task a pharmacy technician will perform during medication reconciliation. pg 216

Develop a list of current medications

200

This is the pharmacy setting that tech check tech may take place if allowed by the state's law. pg 220

Hospital pharmacy or Inpatient setting

300

These are the ways radiopharmaceuticals can be administered. pg 218

By mouth, injection, and installation into the bladder

300

This is comparing patients' medication orders with the medications they were taking before admission to the hospital.  pg 216

Medication Reconciliation

300

These are the advanced practice positions that involve communication with patients.  pg 216/217

Medication reconciliation technician, and Managed Care pharmacy technician

300

In this pharmacy setting, the pharmacist and the technician are not in direct contact with each other.  pg 219

Telepharmacy

300

These are the reasons for the expected growth in employment opportunities for pharmacy technicians.  pg 215

The increasing number of medications being developed, medication safety regulations, and the growth of the older adult population

400

The tasks that a pharmacy purchasing agent may have to complete. pg 215

Meeting sales reps, negotiating prices and contracts, placing orders, all those bullet points

400

These are the tasks that a PBM company would hire a pharmacy technician to do.  pg 217

Process claims for members, Provide benefit information to patients, and Prepare mail-order prescriptions

400

The reason why a nuclear pharmacy technician would have a higher salary than a traditional pharmacy technician  pg 219

There are more risks associated with the position

400

This pharmacy technician position, has a preference that the technician has a bachelors degree in computer science.  pg 220

Pharmacy Informatics Technician

500

This is the provision of pharmaceutical care through telecommunications and information technology to patients at a distance. vocab

Telepharmacy

500

This is the classification of drugs used in nuclear pharmacy.  pg 218

Radiopharmaceuticals

500

This is the most important characteristic needed for someone wanting a position or job in healthcare.  pg 220

Professionalism

500

These are the requirements for many of the non-traditional settings for pharmacy technicians

Previous experience as a technician, an advanced degree, and national certification