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Level 4
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20 Credits
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0.1667 EFTS
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Delivery type:Online
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Course duration: 32 weeks
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Course cost:$731 NZ Domestic$2,563 NZ International
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Workload - Approximately 7 hours per week
The purpose of this online dispensing medicines course is to prepare you to be able to dispense medicines and reconstitute antibiotics under supervision
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to
- Describe processes for dispensing in the pharmacy and identify their role as a pharmacy technician in each process.
- Identify situations where an intervention is required prior to a prescription being dispensed.
- Prepare and accurately dispense a full range of prescriptions and pharmaceutical orders under supervision of a pharmacist, and within legislation and standards appropriate to dispensing.
- Reconstitute antibiotic medicines under supervision of a pharmacist.
- Apply knowledge of checking systems and respond to near misses and errors.
Assessment
This course is 100% internally assessed
Textbooks
No textbooks are required for this course
Computer and internet requirements
This course is delivered online, so you will access your course material and submit assessments online. Our online courses may include reading, videos, quizzes or activities, and you may need to download content.
For online learning you need:
- Access to a laptop or desktop computer
- Reliable internet and data plan.
If you are unsure if your current computer, Windows or internet access will allow you to study online, please contact us before applying to enrol.
How to enrol
Before enrolling in this course you need to:
- choose the qualification you will study the course under
- check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.