Semester/Year: 4/2

Field Training/week: (6) hours

This course is a continuation of the previous one. Emphasis is placed on some pharmaceutical skills such as compounding, pharmaceutical preparations, dispensing of prescribed pharmaceutical products, drug inventories, storage, checking pharmacy records as well as on effective communication with personnel and developing proper employee attitude. Student will be exposed to the practical aspects of dispensing, non-sterile compounding and inventory control at the training site in a primary health care unit of the Ministry of health. Activities will be performed by the student and evaluated by a preceptor. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of pharmacy operations, utilize references, effectiveness in reading prescriptions, drug packaging and labeling, dispense medications, receiving medicines requests from central medical stores, recording, and efficiently operate computers. This practical field experience will be once a week throughout the term (a total of 72 hours of training).