- 1. Pharmacy Technician and Clinical Medical AssistantCareers
for Young and Old
2. Presenters
- Dr. Wendy Flint, Senior Vice President, Boston Reed College,
Napa, CA (Former Director of Continuing Education at College of the
Desert, Palm Desert, CA)
- Rhonda Dixon, Coordinator, Continuing and Community Education,
Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
- Lorrie Berry-Trudeau, Community Education and Contract
Education Coordinator, Shasta College, Redding, CA
- Corine Doughty, Community Education and Contract Education, Rio
Hondo College, Whittier, CA
We are here to help you make a decision to offer Pharmacy
Technician or Clinical Medical Assistant through your fee-based
non-credit program using a third-party approved provider. 3. WANTED
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS! 4. Objectives
- Evaluate the need for Pharmacy Technician or Clinical Medical
Assistant training in your community
- Define PT and CMA Careers
- Share best practices about career certificate programs using an
outside vendor and its profitability for your college
- Share best practices on marketing techniques that worked for
the community college programs
- Summary How to make a decision to offer a pharmacy technician
program
5. Health Industry Need
- Six of the ten fastest growing occupations from 2005-12 are in
the allied health field
- According to the US Department of Labor the need for Pharmacy
Technicians is expected to grow 30% by 2012 (Pays $12 to $24 per
hour).
- 50% increase for Clinical Medical Assistants (Pays $10 to $16
per hour).
- Texas announced a future need of 45,000 nurses
- Walgreens recently announced they will hire 10,000 pharmacy
technicians over the next 5 years
6. Health Industry Need
- It is estimated that the U.S. shortage of registered nurses
(RNs) will increase to 340,000 by the year 2020.
- Though this is significantly less than earlier projections for
a shortfall of 800,000 RNs which was made back in 2000, the study
notes that the nursing shortage is still expected to increase by
three times the current rate over the next 13
years.January/February 2007 issue ofHealth Affairs
7. Demand for Health Career Training 8. Why is there an
increased demand?Any Guesses?
- Older population need for skilled healthcare workforce
- Baby boomers approaching need for medical assistance and
medications
- Increased retail outlets including pharmacies in grocery stores
and Wal-Mart
- 24 hour retail pharmacies more employees for shifts
- People are living longer medical cures
- Some states now allow 2 to 3 pharmacy technicians per
pharmacist
9. Why is there an increased demand?
- More nurses and skilled healthcare professionals leaving the
workforce due to retirement
- Medical Assistants can pursue nursing career paths, using their
education and clinical experience
- Increase in the number or urgent care clinics.
- Increase in the number of nursing home or assisted living
facilities
10. How the Nursing CareerLadder Works RN VN CNA / CMA Minimum
AS Degree required ultimately 11. Pharmacy Technician
Responsibilities
- Does most of the work in preparing and selling prescriptions
(Pharmacists focus on patient care) (Pharmacists check every
prescription that technicians prepare before it is given to a
patient)
- Techs retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure, and mix
medication
- Prepare labels and select prescription containers
- 66% in retail environment
12. Pharmacy Technician Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain patient
- Prepare insurance claim forms
- Take inventory of prescription and over-the-counter
medications
- Clean and help maintain equipment
- In hospitals prepare and deliver medication; assemble a 24-hour
supply
13. Clinical Medical Assistant Responsibilities
- Work in a physicians office or a clinic setting
- Perform procedures for rooming a patient
- Obtain vital signs of a patient
- Administer oral and injectable medications
14. California State Requirements
- Clinical Medical Assistant must meet all training requirements
of the State of California as set forth in Section 1366 of the
California Code of Regulations and qualified to take the optional
California Medical Assistant Associations certification exam.
- Pharmacy Technician becomes eligible to apply for registration
as a Pharmacy Technician upon completion of 182 hours of classroom
instruction and 120 hours of pharmacy externship coordinated by an
approved provider in the state.Students are prepared to take the
optional national Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)
exam.
15. Pharmacy Technician Great Career for All Ages
- Work evenings, nights and weekends choice of shifts
- Work part time while studying to become a pharmacist
- Learn medical terminology while studying to be a nurse
- Opportunity for higher wages than retail
- All ages welcomed in the field
- Great new career for boomers or part-time career for beyond
boomers
16. Clinical Medical Assistant Great Career for All Ages
- Choice of shifts in urgent care clinics, nursing homes, or
hospitals.
- Learn medical terminology while studying to be a nurse
- Minimal requirements to enter field.
- All ages welcomed in the field
- Many CNAs want to move up into this career
17. Pharmacy Technician and Clinical Medical Assistant Training
and the 21 stCentury Working Population
- Certificate Programs with Theory and Lab for busy adults
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- On Saturdays or 2-evenings a week
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- Accelerated and integrated for adult learners
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- Uses adult learning theory of practice and student-to-student
engagement
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- Allows for family daycare
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- A great career pathway for other health careers, including
nursing
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- Includes an externship in a pharmacy or doctors office
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- Provides opportunity for employment
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- Affordable compared to private institutions
18. An Aging Workforce *Source: Bureau of Labor
Statistics,Monthly Labor Review , February 2004 19. Rhonda Dixon,
Coordinator, Community and Continuing Education
- Healthcare workforce need
- Courses currently and in the future
20. Lorrie Berry-Trudeau Community Education and Contract
Education CoordinatorRedding, California
- New campus downtown Redding
- Community Education mission
- Current Courses: Pharmacy Technician and Clinical Medical
Assistant
- Marketing ideas that worked
21. Corine Doughty, Community Education and Contract Education,
Whittier, CA
- Working with disadvantaged students
- Using SLM (Sallie Mae Financial) Loan process
- Working with college MIS program (i.e. PeopleSoft)
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22. We can help you register your students 23. 24. CDI Web-Based
Registration System
- No local servers to purchase or maintain.
- No specialized software to install or update.
- Immediate access to mission-critical data.
25. Cost of Programs Nationally
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- College Certificate with third-party vendor - $2195 - $2425
(cost to student)
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- College/University Credit or Non-Credit Certificate Programs -
$4000 - $6000
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- Private schools - $6000 - $10,000
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- Major cities - $10,000 - $17,000
26. How Do I Make a Decision?
- Evaluate if your college or a college near you already has a
non-credit or credit pharmacy technician program.
- Evaluate the number of retail pharmacies, grocery pharmacies,
urgent care clinics, doctors offices, assisted care facilities and
hospitals in your area.
- Talk to a few retail pharmacies and question their interest in
having externship placements from your college that are fully
trained and/or PTCB test ready or passed.
- Both programs include externship coordination.
- Test the market there is no risk to you.