Healthcare

Prescription Handling and Registration, 30 YH credits.

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Part of a YH programme at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: APOD20JÖN.

Prescription Handling and Registration gives you broad general knowledge of dosage forms, basic pharmaceutical concepts and medical terminology. You learn what work at a pharmacy looks like for the safe and efficient handling of prescription requests. The course is given within TUC Yrkeshögskola's YH program Apotekstekniker (Pharmacy Technician), which is mainly delivered digitally. After the course you have the basics for working with prescription registration at a pharmacy.

Duration: 6 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Beginner
CSN-eligible

Time commitment: 30 YH credits, about 6 weeks of full-time study

About the course.

The purpose of the course is to give knowledge of dosage forms, basic pharmaceutical concepts and medical terminology for safe labelling, picking and preparation of prescriptions, as well as a safe way of working.

The purpose of the course is to give knowledge of dosage forms, basic pharmaceutical concepts and medical terminology for safe labelling, picking and preparation of prescriptions, as well as a safe way of working.

What you will learn

What you learn.

  • You can explain common dosage forms
  • You master basic pharmaceutical concepts and medical terminology
  • You can describe how prescription requests are handled safely and efficiently at a pharmacy
  • You understand the basics of registering prescriptions in pharmacy systems
Curriculum

How the course is built.

  1. Dosage forms

    Review of different dosage forms and their properties.

  2. Pharmaceutical concepts and terminology

    Basic medical and pharmaceutical terminology.

  3. Workflow at a pharmacy

    How work with prescription requests is organised at a pharmacy.

  4. Prescription registration

    Practical work with safe and efficient prescription registration.

Target audience

Who is this for?

The course is aimed at you who are studying the YH program Apotekstekniker (Pharmacy Technician) at TUC and will work with prescription handling at a pharmacy.

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