Dispensing Medicines

PHT004

  • Level 4
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 32 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $731 NZ Domestic
    $2,563 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 7 hours per week
  • Availability
    Monthly course availability for upcoming periods
    2027 Not available
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The purpose of this online dispensing medicines course is to prepare you to be able to dispense medicines and reconstitute antibiotics under supervision

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

  • Describe processes for dispensing in the pharmacy and identify their role as a pharmacy technician in each process.
  • Identify situations where an intervention is required prior to a prescription being dispensed.
  • Prepare and accurately dispense a full range of prescriptions and pharmaceutical orders under supervision of a pharmacist, and within legislation and standards appropriate to dispensing.
  • Reconstitute antibiotic medicines under supervision of a pharmacist.
  • Apply knowledge of checking systems and respond to near misses and errors.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.

For online learning you need:

  • Access to a laptop or desktop computer
  • Reliable broadband internet and a data plan

Find out more about online learning

If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.

How to apply

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