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Is It Time for Medication?. Laurel Andrews Health Science Teacher NF Woods/Mooresville High School Je NF Woods/Mooresville High School. CLASS SIZE. NCDPI recommended maximum enrollment: 20 Spring 2012: Mooresville had12 students.
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Is It Time for Medication? • Laurel Andrews • Health Science Teacher • NF Woods/Mooresville High School • Je • NF Woods/Mooresville High School
CLASS SIZE • NCDPI recommended maximum enrollment: 20 • Spring 2012: Mooresville had12 students
Adapted CTE Course Blueprint of Essential Standards for7232 Pharmacy Technician(Recommended hours of instruction: 135-180)
TOOLS • Computers with internet capabilities • 2 inch binders • Print Paper • Notebook paper • Calculators • Projector • Nursing Drug Handbook • Pencils
CERTIFICATIONS • www.ptcb.org--STAY FAMILIAR WITH THIS! • National certification • PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board)offers the PTCE (Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam) • NHA (National Healthcareer Association) offers the ExCPT (The Exam for theCertification of Pharmacy Technicians)
HELPFUL TIPS • http://www.pharmacy-tech-study.com/index.html
OBSERVATIONS • Use of on-line resources vs. notebooks • PassAssured notes are outline form--not text book • Students preferred on-line resources--”instant gratification” • I’m partial to the PassAssured notes due to alignment with assessments
OBSERVATIONS • Second semester senioritis • GOOD LUCK!!! • Stay structured and consistent • I’ve used Fridays as “staff meeting” days--served simple breakfast and had time for socializing • Sticker chart :P • Pharmacy Tech Honors ...
STATE TESTING • Created true midterm (paper) and put key in Elements (Spring 2011) • Midterm data showed weakness in Fed. Law and Med. Review • Med. Rev. paper quiz was born- • Given once a week • Weighted same as unit tests • 10 new meds/week--cumulative each week • Brand/Generic/Indication
STATE TESTING • Calculations Hurdle • Paper supplement • Group work • 1:1 (Teacher: Student or Student: Student)
STATE TESTING • Instructional Management in Elements • Emulated PassAssured tutored exam • 2011 11/14 proficient, 78.5% • 2012 7/12 proficient, 58% :’(
PUN FUN A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: “Keep off the Grass.” She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. A chemist walks into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist, "Do you have any acetylsalicylic acid?" "You mean aspirin?" asked the pharmacist. The chemist replies, "That's it, I can never remember that word!"
STUDENT FEEDBACK • I took the test this morning and passed. They said in about 1-3 weeks I should get something in the mail with a breakdown of my scores. I felt that the test was fairly easy. Of the two hours given to take it I was done in 50min mainly because I either knew or didn't. There was only about 5 questions in all that I had never really seen some form of before. The area most concentrated was calculations and they were very straight forward and types of problems I had seen before. Surprisingly when I started reviewing I realized that I had retained most of the material I had learned. I think this was mainly because of the repetition. • After taking the test and seeing what was on it I think the class prepared me for it completely. I think at the end of the year when you made us take each test at least 3 times helped. For me it was almost more about repetition and seeing the problems. I could easily take the test and get an A first time open notes but when I had to take it cold I had to actually absorb what I was getting right and wrong. I know that it might be hard getting it all in but a suggestion would maybe be taking the test a minimal of three times. Once with notes and the others cold. I would also maybe recommend if possible that for the cold test to count as the other two test they need to be a 75 or 80. To some people who are not as efficient getting their work done this might be hard to get through all the curriculum but I do think it would help. • All but one of the drugs on the test were in our weekly quizzes so that helped a great deal because the grade motivated most of us to take the time to learn the drugs. • I think the idea of part paper and computer may help keep students on task more even if it is one of the test just printed.