PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS, DISPENSING AND COMPOUNDING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PHM SCI 420 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Read and accurately interpret prescription and medication orders Audience: Undergraduate 2. Correctly identify, interpret and utilize for calculation, the information presented in a written problem, a prescription or medication order, and directions taken from the labeling of a container Audience: Undergraduate 3. Accurately calculate the quantities needed to compound a dosage form, the dosage of ingredients, and the amount of any drug source required to fulfill the dosing needs of the patient Audience: Undergraduate 4. Know the dimensions or units of measurements for drugs and chemicals, expressions of quantity and concentration for drug products and preparations, and appropriate methods of expressing doses and dosing regimens for patients Audience: Undergraduate 5. Perform the accepted techniques used for extemporaneous compounding of non-sterile drug products Audience: Undergraduate 6. Identify the physical and chemical properties of drugs, pharmaceutical necessities, excipients, and dosage forms, and practice with handling and manipulating them Audience: Undergraduate 7. Use a variety of pharmacy references for determining appropriate doses and dosage regimens, and drug delivery systems Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Read and accurately interpret prescription and medication orders Audience: Undergraduate 2. Correctly identify, interpret and utilize for calculation, the information presented in a written problem, a prescription or medication order, and directions taken from the labeling of a container Audience: Undergraduate 3. Accurately calculate the quantities needed to compound a dosage form, the dosage of ingredients, and the amount of any drug source required to fulfill the dosing needs of the patient Audience: Undergraduate 4. Know the dimensions or units of measurements for drugs and chemicals, expressions of quantity and concentration for drug products and preparations, and appropriate methods of expressing doses and dosing regimens for patients Audience: Undergraduate 5. Perform the accepted techniques used for extemporaneous compounding of non-sterile drug products Audience: Undergraduate 6. Identify the physical and chemical properties of drugs, pharmaceutical necessities, excipients, and dosage forms, and practice with handling and manipulating them Audience: Undergraduate 7. Use a variety of pharmacy references for determining appropriate doses and dosage regimens, and drug delivery systems Audience: Undergraduate