Dispensary-based calculations for pharmacy technicians

Course description:

We have developed this e-learning programme to support pharmacy technicians with dispensary-based calculations to ensure accuracy and safety when preparing, dispensing and checking prescriptions for patients.

After completing this e-learning programme, you should be able to:

  • demonstrate an understanding of basic mathematical concepts
  • explain how medicine strengths are expressed
  • describe sources and consequences of errors and methods to reduce these
  • apply methods to calculate medicine doses for adult and paediatric patients
  • calculate medicine doses based on body weight and body surface area
  • complete a variety of pharmacy dispensary-based calculations accurately.

We rely on a small team and user feedback to keep Pharmacy Courses running. Notice something looks odd? Let us know!
Pharmacy Courses is designed to introduce learners with potential education providers, we regularly update our course catalog. While every effort has been made to ensure the data we offer is up to date, we recommend that you confirm the information directly with the provider through an official channel.
Visit website
Delivery Mode: 
Related Topics: 

Stay in touch with PharmacyCourses

We'd love to stay in touch with you with exciting updates on pharmacycourses.co.uk and more! If you'd like to join our mailing list, please enter your email address here. Don't worry - we don't spam, and we don't sell your information!

Please note by submitting this form, you consent to your data being processed in accordance with our privacy policy for the purposes of email marketing. 

Ready to explore?

Register with PharmacyCourses.net
It's free to join and always will be!
REGISTER
Pharmacy Training is a trading name of Habeda Ltd, 205 Lavender Hill, London, England, SW11 5TB.
A company registered in England & Wales with the registration number 13907256.