Sheila is beginning her pharmacy technician course and learns that there are different pharmacy settings that require different calculations.

Sheila is beginning her pharmacy technician course and learns that there are different pharmacy settings that require different calculations. Retail pharmacies require a pharmacy technician to calculate days supply. Hospital pharmacies require calculating drip rates. Compounding pharmacies require final concentration calculations. She also learns that physicians write prescriptions using Roman Numerals to prevent medical errors. Sheila is excited to master the rules for Roman Numerals and sig codes to help her feel more comfortable reading and transcribing prescriptions.

Though the pharmacist is ultimately responsible for dispensing medications as they are ordered, why do you feel it is important for technicians to be able to read prescriptions accurately?

The pharmacy technician is typically the first set of eyes to read a prescription and enter it into the computer system for filling. Medical errors can be prevented or caught at this first step. Explain what concerns you most about this role of pharmacy technicians?

What study techniques or apps/tools can you use to learn and remember these sig codes and abbreviations that you can share with your classmates