1. PassAssured 2017 Ohio Connections to Education Conference
Pharmacology for Medical Careers
2017 Ohio Connections to Education Conference
Nick Milasnovich
National Sales Manager
PassAssured provides a complete online training program called Pharmacology for Medical Careers.

2. Pharmacology for Medical Careers
Pharmacology is the solution to tie all of your Health Science programs together.
Benefits for Students:
They will be able to identify drugs
CTE program leads to national certification as a pharmacy technician
They will be able to enter the job market right after high school
HOSA Competitive Events preparation: Pharmacology, Clinical Specialty, Health Career Display, Medical Math, and Job Seeking
As a result of incorporating pharmacology into Health Science pathways, students will be better prepared for the workforce.
Pharmacology is the solution to tie all of your health science programs together and is the basis upon which all healthcare is founded.
Nearly every medical field or health care pathway uses pharmacology in some form or fashion.
Incorporating pharmacology into your CTE programs will allow the students to become more marketable in the work force.
Benefits students will have from taking the PassAssured program:

3. Pharmacology Complimenting Other Pathways
Dental Assistant
Nursing
EMT
First Responder
Pharmacology will compliment the other existing health career pathways that your schools may already have.
Some courses your school may currently offer are Dental Assisting, Certified Nursing Assistant, EMTs, and First responders.
All of these professions need to have a working knowledge of pharmacology.

4. Pharmacology for Medical Careers
In the U.S., total employment for healthcare occupations was nearly 12,219,330 in May of 2014
Ohio employs 564,420 health professionals
Healthcare occupations growth expectancy is 19% nationally from 2014 to 2024, adding about 2.3 million new jobs
Pharmacology is necessary for all health occupations.
Here are a few statistics from the U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS: (
In the United States the total employment in healthcare occupations was nearly 12,219,330
in May of 2014.
Kentucky employs health professionals.
Employment of healthcare occupations is projected to grow 19 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 2.3 million new jobs. Healthcare occupations will add more jobs than any other group of occupations.

5. Working In Ohio As a registered Pharmacy Technician in Ohio
Students gain great health career experience
Excellent way to work while in college
Advantageous to use on application to a professional school
Stepping stone to additional health care careers
The PassAssured course will completely prepare an individual to sit for and pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam or ExCPT.
Some individuals choose pharmacy technician as a life long career while others use it as a stepping stone to another health career.
Working as a pharmacy tech there are many job locations such as hospitals, retail stores, home health agencies, and prisons.
Many of these locations have flexible hours which makes it easy to work part time while in college.
Having the Pharmacy Technician credentials is advantageous when applying to other professional health science programs.

6. Pharmacy Technicians Per the 2016 Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ohio average annual wage $28,700 or $13.80 per hour
National average annual wage $28,900
9% growth expectancy between and 2024

7. Pharmacy Technicians
Transcribe written prescriptions or refill requests
Demonstrate phone / communication skills
Maintain computerized patient profiles
Count, fill, and create labeled prescriptions
Compound prescriptions
Mix IVs
Manage inventory
Some of the duties that pharmacy technicians perform are:
receiving, counting, filling and labeling prescriptions,
communicating with customers and other health professionals,
managing inventory,
and at some locations compounding and i.v. admixture.

8. Pharmacology for Medical Careers
Quick preparatory – Spring semester
before graduation
Course content &
Lesson Plans
Prepared
No formal training for Educators/
Facilitators
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM DURING A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR’S SPRING SEMESTER JUST PRIOR TO GRADUATION. THIS WAY, THE MATERIAL IS FRESH ON THE STUDENT’S MIND WHEN HE OR SHE GOES TO WORK OR SITS FOR THE NATIONAL PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM.
The course can be expanded over an entire school year if necessary. Some educators add additional curriculum or incorporate clinicals for their students.
SINCE THE COURSE IS PRE-CREATED, THE EDUCATOR DOES NOT NEED A PHARMACY BACKGROUND TO TEACH THE COURSE.
THE TRAINING FOR THE EDUCATOR/FACILITATOR IS AS SIMPLE AS WATCHING A TWENTY MINUTE VIDEO AND FREE OF CHARGE. NO ON-SITE VISITS ARE NECESSARY. Educators may call or the PassAssured office with any questions they may have

9. The Educator Side
Implementation of PassAssured’s program is easy: the Educator facilitates the students’ progress throughout the course and the course content and testing are completely online.
The Educator that is facilitating the program has a minimal amount of work involved.
As a facilitator, they may tightly or loosely control the progress of the students.
The program is completely online.
Implementation of PassAssured’s program is easy: the Educator facilitates the students’ progress throughout the course and the content is completely online.

10. The Educator Side Automatic Grading: Quizzes, Study Aids, Tests, Exams
All quizzes, tests, Study Aids, and Exams are graded automatically and the facilitator has access to view performance of all completed tests in detail.

11. The Educator Side
Educator’s resources are complimentary and program includes Lesson Plans and a printable E-Book (“LearnFiles”)
All of the educator’s resources from PassAssured are complimentary, including detailed lesson plans.
Every year an order is placed the educator receives a complimentary student use program.
Each of the videos in the six main sections of our program have what we call “Learn Files”, or a printable e-book for the students and educator to use for notes and study reference. The Learn Files contain content that is covered in the associated video, as well as providing additional information about the topic at hand.

12. Pharmacology for Medical Careers
Logistics
Secondary/
Post-Secondary
Self contained class
Class within a class
Distance learning
Independent study
There are several different ways to use PassAssured’s Pharmacy Technician Training Program.
It is used in the secondary and post-secondary markets as a complete class, you may have as many students as you need
a class within a class, You may have a CNA class and one student wants to take the pharmacy technician program
for distance learning, you may have a student with illness that makes them home bound or a student get pregnant and you can still monitor their progress
or for independent learning, your school may not want to buy the program but you have a student that is interested in taking the course

13. The Student Side Senior Level Course (12th Grade Only) Prerequisites
10th Grade Reading and Writing Skills
Algebra 1
Start working at school, finish at home
Accessible via Internet
Consistent review of all content is necessary for success
Study all material until certification exam is passed
The student is able to start the program at school and complete assignments at home. Everything is accessible via the internet.
Internet Explorer 8 (or higher) or an up to date version of Chrome, Safari,
FireFox has issues sometimes
Repetition is encouraged.

14. The Student Side Compatible PC and Apple desktops, laptops and tablets
The PassAssured program is accessible on a pc or an ipad.

15. The Student Side Over 40 videos covering: Orientation Federal Law
Medical Review
Aseptic Technique
Calculations
Pharmacy Operations
The PassAssured program now has over 40 videos covering topics in Orientation, Federal Law, Medical Review, Aseptic Technique, Calculations, and Pharmacy Operations.

16. Printable files, the “Learn Files”, is the textbook
The Student Side
Printable files, the “Learn Files”, is the textbook
no additional purchase necessary
Each of the subsection videos in the program contain printable notes or “Learn Files.”
If you print these out for each student the notes will fill up a 2 inch 3 ring binder. So as part of the class supply list you may ask students to bring a ream of paper, a binder, and dividers.

17. Built-in Study Aids and Flashcards
The Student Side
Built-in Study Aids and Flashcards

18. Test questions randomly generated
The Student Side
Test questions randomly generated
Pulls from a database of over 1,500 question sets
Test questions are randomly generated from a database of over 1,500 questions. Real time feedback is given on tests and quizzes.

19. Ohio Pharmacy Technician law & Rules
Effective April 8, 2009: A “qualified”
pharmacy technician means a person who
is under the supervision of a pharmacist and to
whom all the following apply:
Be at least 18 years of age
Possess a high school diploma
Pass a criminal records check
Pass a competency exam approved by the OHBOP

20. Ohio Pharmacy Technician Law & Rules (Continued)
Effective September 21, 2009: The following are qualified pharmacy technician exams offered by a national pharmacy technician certification program accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.
The examination provided by National Healthcareer Association: Exam for Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT)
The examination provided by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board: Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE)

21. 3/6/2017
National Healthcareer Association (ExCPT)
Fee: $115
Requirements:
Successfully completed a pharmacy tech training program within the last 5 years
Have a high school diploma or GED equivalent, or are within 30 days of earning high school diploma
No felony conviction
No disciplinary action by State Health Regulatory Board
ExCPT Exam:
100 scored items and 20 pre-test items
Two hours and ten minutes allotted time
Proctored at PSI Laser Grade Testing Centers

22. PassAssured and NHA Bundle
PassAssured PMC
$299
NHA
Practice Test
$35
ExCPT Exam
$115
Sub-total $429 - $70 discount =
$379 bundle price

23. Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) www.ptcb.org
Fee: $129
Requirements:
High school diploma or its equivalent
Full disclosure of criminal actions
PTCB Exam:
90 Questions (80 scored)
One hour and fifty minutes allotted time
After students complete the PassAssured course and graduate high school they can take the PTCB Exam.
Currently the Texas State Board of Pharmacy only recognizes the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Exam. We are avidly trying to change that. Texas needs to accept the ExCPT Exam as another certifying exam.
The exam is $129 and you must be a high school graduate or have your GED

24. Pharmacology for Medical Careers
Created by a pharmacist; PassAssured has been training pharmacy technicians electronically since 2001
The program is implemented in over 30 states
One-on-one customer service
Why choose PassAssured?
Over 30 states use the program includes hundreds of schools within these states.
Educators and Curriculum Directors who use our program continue to return to us year after year to train their students to become pharmacy technicians.
When a teacher or administrator calls or s the office, they get a real person and a response right away
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RETURNED OR CALL IN ONE – TWO HOURS, WE DID NOT GET IT.

25. PassAssured’s Information
$299/student for one year license
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The cost of the PassAssured program is $299 per student for a one year license.
PassAssured can be contacted via , fax, or phone.
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26. Buckeye Educational Systems (BES)
150 Industrial Avenue
Lexington, OH 44904

27. Questions?