Expansion of MyDispense: A Descriptive Report of Simulation Activities and Assessment in a Certified Pharmacy Technician Training Program [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2023 Background: Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) implemented a pharmacy technician training program in 2016. The curriculum includes 14 weeks of combined didactic and simulation hours (280 h in total), followed by 360 h of experiential learning.
Cassandra R. Doyno +5 more
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Pharmacy Technician-Administered Vaccines: On Perceptions and Practice Reality [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2018 Doucette and Schommer recently surveyed U.S. community pharmacy technicians on their willingness to perform tasks including the administration of vaccines.
Alex J. Adams +2 more
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Defining the Role of the Pharmacy Technician and Identifying Their Future Role in Medicines Optimisation [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2017 Background: Traditionally, pharmacy technicians have worked alongside pharmacists in community and hospital pharmacy. Changes within pharmacy provide opportunity for role expansion and with no apparent career pathway, there is a need to define the ...
Melanie Boughen +3 more
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Pharmacy Technician Efficacies and Workforce Planning: A Consensus Building Study on Expanded Pharmacy Technician Roles [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2023 The expansion of pharmacy technician scope of practice in recent years, though remaining somewhat contentious, has afforded multiple opportunities for pharmacy technicians to provide additional assistance within the pharmacy.
Wesley Sparkmon +5 more
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Systemization of a pharmacy technician career ladder in a multi-hospital system [PDF]
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2021 Purpose: Hospital consolidation into larger, systemized health systems has enabled system-wide standardization of promotion processes, including pharmacy technician career ladders.
Niaz Deyhim +6 more
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Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician Attitudes and Experiences with Technician-Administered Immunizations [PDF]
Vaccines, 2022 In response to the increased demand for healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act amendments and guidance authorized pharmacy technicians, who are not otherwise authorized in their state,
Alexis DiMario +3 more
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A qualitative evaluation of pharmacy technician opinions about administering immunizations [PDF]
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023 Introduction: Pharmacy technicians began administering immunizations in Idaho State as part of a new administrative rule in 2017. Rapid expansion of pharmacy technicians as immunizers occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kimberly C. McKeirnan, Elyssa Hanson
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Pharmacists' perceptions of pharmacy technician occupational values [PDF]
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023 Background: Pharmacy technician scope of practice has expanded in recent years to attempt to alleviate the responsibility burden placed on pharmacists in some states. However, little research has examined the ways in which pharmacists attempt to persuade
Wesley Sparkmon +6 more
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Pharmacist—Pharmacy Technician Intraprofessional Collaboration and Workplace Integration: Implications for Educators [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2020 Globally, concerns have been expressed regarding the impact of regulation of pharmacy technicians. After more than a decade of experience with technician regulation in Ontario, Canada, uptake of the full scope of practice for technicians has been ...
Maryam Jetha +4 more
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Using Real-Life Data to Strengthen the Education of Pharmacy Technician Students: From Student to Research Assistant [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2020 This commentary is based on the experience of teaching and observations of how pharmacy technician students can expand their perspective on patient safety by using real-life student-gathered patient data collected from community pharmacies.
Bjarke Abrahamsen +4 more
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