Study at home learning to become a Pharmacy Assistant.
If you want a career as a Pharmacy Assistant, our tutor supported open distance learning Pharmacy Assistant course provides the necessary knowledge, skills and qualification without disrupting your current lifestyle.
The DCA Home Learning Pharmacy Assistant course provides training in the core skills needed to embark on a rewarding career as a Pharmacy Assistant. The DCA supported self-study Pharmacy Assistant course is specially designed, allowing you to learn the skills of Pharmacy Assistance through flexible and cost-effective home study at your own time and pace.
With the DCA Home Learning Pharmacy Assistant course, online study resources and a personal tutor are available to guide you throughout the course, and your Student Advisor is a Freephone call away. What's more, because the distance learning Pharmacy Assistant course is so comprehensive, no prior knowledge or skills are required. The DCA Pharmacy Assistant course provides an entry level diploma as proof our your competence and skills.
If you'd like to earn more money and enjoy working as a Pharmacy Assistant, the DCA home study course is the ideal distance learning training course for you.
Medical terminology for Health Professionals
• Basic word structure
• Medical terminology relating to each of the body systems
Fundamentals of anatomy and Physiology
• Cell structure
• Cell metabolism
• Tissues
• The integumentary system
• The skeletal system
• The articular system
• The nervous system
• The cardiovascular system
• Nutrition and the digestive system
• The reproductive systems
Introduction to Pharmacology
• Mathematics of drug dosage
• Principles of pharmacology
• Drug classification
• Special situations in pharmacology
• Substance abuse
• Drug therpy for older adults
• Herbal therapies and drug/herb interactions
Working in a pharmacy
• Standard operating procedures
• Health and Safety
• Patient confidentiality
• Regulations, law and ethics
• Product selection – over the counter prescriptions |
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| This course has proved to be of great value in my chosen career. I have had the opportunity to train as a Pharmacy Dispenser and am about to start NVQ level 3 in Dispenser skills. I have made the right decision and love my job and studies. — Helen Parkins |
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| Thank you for a great course. Really enjoyed it. I have been doing it whilst fighting throat cancer and it has given me something to fight for. It has certainly helped me take my mind of things. — Alison Rock |
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