PILLS 8th General Meeting

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PILLS 8th General Meeting

• Pre-Pharmacy Opportunities
• Tuesday, March 17th 2009

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Introduction

• Why do I need experience?
• Pharmacy schools like it!
• Shows commitment
• Finding out if pharmacy is for you!
• Exploring different settings
• Talking to professionals
• Exposure

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Highland Hospital

• Duties
• Pharmacy Interventions
• Filing Prescriptions
• Formulary Inventory
• Benefits
• Experience Clinical Pharmacy
• Shadow Pharmacists
• Interact with Pharmacy Students
• Interact with Highland Staff

• Available 3-4 hours a week
• Attend Volunteer Orientation
• Interest in Pharmacy
• Responsible and Committed

Location 1411 E 31st St. Oakland, CA 94602
Contact Info Jason Pokorny Volunteer
Services Coordinator jpokorny_at_acmedctr.org
Sue Lee Head Volunteer leesuej_at_gmail.com
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Tang Center Pharmacy

• Location
• University Health Services Tang Center
• 2222 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA
• Pharmacy Tasks
• Collect prescriptions from patients
• Organize filled prescriptions
• Help pharmacy clerk/tech as needed
• Commitment 3 hours/week
• How to Obtain Position
• Application process begins around May for Summer
  shift
• Application can be downloaded online
• Application must be submitted to pharmacy by end
  of semester
• Interviews for positions will be conducted over
  phone

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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

• Location 2450 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley CA
• Duties
• Prepare drugs for the Robot
• Assist pharmacy technicians
• Check expiration dates
• File paperwork
• Special Projects

• Qualifications and Requirements
• Show your interest in pharmacy!
• Commitment
• Complete 100 hours in one year
• Once a week, 3 hours per shift
• How to apply
• http//www.altabatessummit.org/how/volunteer.html
• Application on website
• StudentProgram_at_SutterHealth.org

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Chimes Pharmacy
3210 College Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705

• Duties
• Customer service
• Inventory
• General upkeep of the pharmacy
• Assistant to the pharmacist
• Benefits
• Retail experience in unique independent pharmacy
• One-on-one interaction with the pharmacists and
  customers
• Paid position

• Commitment
• At least a year for 8-12 hrs/week
• How to Apply
• Positions usually filled through recommendations
  from existing employees
• May inquire near the beginning of each semester

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Abbotts Compounding Pharmacy
2320 Woolsey Street, Berkeley CA (cross street
Telegraph)

• Individualized Medication Formulated for Each
  Patient!
• Clerk Duties
• Package Deliveries
• Customer Service
• Answer phone calls
• Provide support to Technicians and Pharmacists
• Benefits
• See the more personal side to pharmacy!
• Hone and develop skills important for pharmacy
• Communication, adaptability, team work, problem
  solving, multi-tasking
• Opportunity to compound and learn more about the
  chemistry behind medications
• Commitment
• 1-2 afternoon shifts a week (shifts can go from
  1-530pm or 130-530pm)
• Hiring Process
• Through the PILLS listserv
• Submit resume, and cover letter
• Go through Interview Process
• Secure Letter of Reference

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Longs Drugs/CVS Pharmacy

• Downtown Berkeley 2300 Shattuck Ave
• North Berkeley 1451 Shattuck Ave
• Pharmacy clerk duties
• Ring up customers for prescriptions
• Process refills and type new prescriptions
• Bill and call insurance companies
• Check in drug orders
• Time commitment minimum of 12 hours a week
• Qualifications
• Be ready to work for 2 years (mainly freshmen and
  sophomores)
• Be ready to work during school breaks and
  holidays
• Have good communication skills
• Reliable and approachable

North Berkeley Longs pharmacy manager, Danielle
Tran, will be conducting interviews during NCPPS
on April 11th!! Register for NCPPS and bring your
resume and cover letter!
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Pharmacy Technician Certification

• www.ptcb.org for online registration and general
  information about the exam
• After receiving the Authorization to Test (ATT),
  schedule exam online at pearsonvue.com/ptcb
• Test fee is 129 and can choose location and
  date/time
• Starting April 1st, Pearsonvue will offer
  continuous testing dates
• Closest location to UCB is 1000 Broadway at the
  Transpacific Center, Ste 470 Oakland CA 94607

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Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam
Composition

• 90 multiple choice questions, 10 of which are
  pretest questions that do not count towards final
  score
• 2 hours given for exam but includes time for
  brief tutorial
• 66 - assisting pharmacist in serving patients
• process personal data for patient profiles
• check prescription for accuracy and completeness
• process prescriptions with billing information
• fill and prepare medication for pharmacist to
  check
• 22 - maintaining medication and inventory
  control systems
• place orders for medications and supplies
• place supplies in inventory under proper storage
  conditions
• quality assurance
• 12 - participating in administration and
  management of pharmacy practice
• more quality assurance
• update and maintain patient profiles in
  accordance with HIPAA
• procedures and policies for sanitation and
  destruction of pharmaceuticals and supplies

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Pharmacy Technician Certification Work as a
Licensed Technician

• To be licensed will need to get fingerprinted
  and send in a passport sized photo along with an
  application fee (total 100)
• Retail setting such as Longs or Walgreens
• Hospital pharmacy
• Compounding pharmacy
• High volume pharmacy