Inform. CBE/SAIT Dual Credit: Pharmacy Assistant Certificate Program. What is the credential? Post-Secondary Opportunity:

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1 Inform CBE/SAIT Dual Credit: Pharmacy Assistant Certificate Program What is the credential? Pharmacy Assistant Certificate (SAIT) This is a dual credit opportunity. High schools students will achieve credits towards their high school diploma using the CTS, 4 Pharmacy Assistant LDC courses and Work Experience (25 high school credits). Students can achieve 22.5 SAIT credits towards the completion Pharmacy Assistant Certificate. This program will fulfill requirements of both Alberta Education and the SAIT Pharmacy Assistant Program. This program is a two year commitment on the part of the student and includes a summer Work Experience component in a pharmacy setting during the summer following their Grade 12 year. Post-Secondary Opportunity: Are there any post-secondary opportunities for students that result from this credential? Pharmacy Assistant For further information contact: Danica Burrows CTS Specialist dsburrows@cbe.ab.ca Students earn a post- secondary credential from SAIT: School of Health and Public Safety - Pharmacy Assistant Certificate. If a student were to take this program in a post-secondary program at SAIT, it would cost them $ (March 2013). Industry Connection/Opportunities: What are the benefits for students in industry as a result of achieving this credential? Students complete a practicum in an industry setting. Graduates may work in hospitals and community-based retail pharmacies in drug stores, supermarkets and department stores. Graduates would be the junior member of the pharmacy team which would include: Registered Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists. Original Vs. May 16, 2013 Updated March 21, 2014

2 Pathway - Course Requirements: How could this pathway be mapped out? Students would begin this program in their second year of high school. Students must be 18 years of age to participate in the final practicum. Prerequisites: To begin the program: Students must have completed grade 10 to enroll in the program. There is a strong math component in the Pharmacy Assistant Program Students should have at least 60% in Math 10C To complete the program, students require: Complete English Language Arts 30-1 or 30-2 Math 20-1/Math 20-2 completed in their grade 11 year. Math 30-1 or Math 30-2 Students would benefit from: Complete Science 20 or Biology 20 Complete Science 30 or Biology 30 in the first semester of Grade 12. Calgary Board of Education 2 7

3 Table 1: Overview of Credentialed Pathway for Pharmacy Assistant Semester 1: High School Courses LDC Health Care Fundamentals 25 LDC Health Care Professionalism Semester 2: High School Courses HS Credits 5 3 HS Credits Delivery Model SAIT Credits Achieved Instructor Content delivered through SAIT on CBE site Online - CBE 6 SAIT Credits PHAR 203- Pharmacy Concepts PHAR 203 Pharmaceutical Calculations PHAR 211 Assistive Devices PHAR 232 Professional Standards and Ethics 1.5 SAIT Credits PROF 240 Healthcare Professionalism Delivery Model SAIT Credits Achieved Instructor SAIT Instructor CBE teacher for supervision and tutorials LDC Pharmaceutical Therapeutics 35 HCS 3000 Workplace Safety Systems 5 1 Content delivered through SAIT on CBE site Lab component delivered face to face in laboratory setting 6 SAIT Credits PHAR 214- Body Systems & Pharmaceutical Implications 1 PHAR 212 Order Processing 1 PHAR 227 Body Systems & Pharmaceutical Implications2 SAIT Instructor CBE teacher for supervision and tutorials and instruction of CTS course PHAR 223 Order Processing 2 Semester 3: High School Courses LDC Prescription Processing 35 HS Credits 5 Delivery Model SAIT Credits Achieved Instructor Content delivered through SAIT on CBE site Lab component delivered face to face in laboratory setting 6 SAIT Credits PHAR 236 Body Systems & Pharmaceutical Implications 3 PHAR 234 Order Processing 3 PHAR Body Systems & Pharmaceutical Implications 4 PHAR 247 Compounding and Inventory Management SAIT Instructor CBE teacher for supervision and tutorials Summer Practicum (160 hours of field work) Work Experience: 6 credits 6 Upon success completion of above courses, SAIT will place students in a pharmacy setting for a required practicum session. Integral component of certificate program no separate SAIT credits achieve. Pharmacist and Pharmacy Team SAIT Instructor for supervision CBE teacher/ Off Campus supervision Calgary Board of Education 3 7

4 Revenue Stream for Pharmacy Assistant Program Staffing Requirements Teacher Qualifications/Instructor Qualifications: What are the teacher qualifications/certifications required to offer this credential? All courses CTS, LDC and Work Experience would require a certificated teacher for curriculum support and supervision. Would an external instructor/expert be required to support delivery of this credential? The pharmacy courses housed in the LDCs must be delivered by an Instructor who is credentialed and experienced in the pharmaceutical industry. If a student were to take this program in a post-secondary program at SAIT, it would cost each student $ (March 2014). Table 2: School Jurisdiction Costs for Pharmacy Assistant Program Semester Semester 1: Semester 2: Staffing CBE Teacher and Instructor for Cohort of 24 Students/Semester CBE certificated teacher:.3 FTE per semester CBE Admin/ resources SAIT Instructor: CBE certificated teacher:.3 FTE per semester CBE Admin/ resources Costs Based on the current MOU with SAIT $15,000 $11, 000 (in kind) $12, $15,000 $11,000 (in kind) SAIT Instructor: $ 23, Semester 3: CBE certificated teacher:.3 FTE per semester CBE Admin/resources SAIT Instructor, Lab Technician and Supplies Semester 4 Practicum (160 hrs.) CBE certificated teacher..1 per semester: CBE Admin/resources SAIT practicum supervisor $15, $11,000 (in kind) $ 15, $5, $ 5,500 (in kind) $ 4, Total Costs for School Jurisdiction to offer the two year program: $ (For CBE teacher) $ (In kind CBE Administration and Resources) $ (For SAIT Instruction) Calgary Board of Education 4 7 $

5 Facility Requirements: What does the school need to do to offer this credential opportunity to students? CLASSROOM REQUIREMENTS: Computers for online course delivery Regular classroom space for tutorials and support LAB REQUIRMENTS: Opportunities for Two Different Lab Scenarios: 1. SAIT hosts Lab: This would occur in existing SAIT labs. No lab purchases would be required by CBE. Student Requirements: Students/parents will be required to cover the transportation costs to and from SAIT campus or CBE host school, text resources, scrubs and SAIT parking costs (if required). Table 4: Costs for students- Materials required for the Program: Required Items Approximate Costs Texts available through SAIT Bookstore: SAIT Course Module materials (Student Work Books) $25.00/course = $ Guide to Drugs in Canada - updated regularly so $30.00 student purchase would be ideal Math Calculations: A Work Text- for Pharmacy $ Technicians (Fulcher, Fulcher, 2nd Edition)(Elsevier) - - students can write in as a workbook Professionalism in Health Care : A Primer for Career Success (Sherry Makely - 4th edition) (Pearson) can be purchased and kept by CBE $ Scrubs required for student practicum $ Approximate Total: $ Calgary Board of Education 5 7

6 Possible Delivery Model: SAIT/CBE High School Collaboration Off-Campus (SAIT): Theory and Laboratory: At least 3 days with 3 hour lab and theory day a week would be required. This theory and lab work could be done on the SAIT campus in a simulated retail pharmacy environment. All lab equipment, required software and drugs (fake and expired) and prescription processing equipment would be available. Students could travel to SAIT for predetermined days in which the lab work components of the course would be completed. Students would have access to all equipment required for lab work: simulated pharmacy environment, specialized lab equipment, drugs for prescription filling KROLL computer software Home High School (CBE): On the days that the students are not at SAIT, students study at their home school to master the learning outcomes and complete CTS course required. Instructor Requirements: SAIT Instructor and SAIT lab technician to instruct students in lab A certified CBE teacher (Science background): o support students with their CTS courses and online LDC learning 2 days a week. o Tutorial/role play lessons could be conducted by the CBE teacher who is working collaboratively with the SAIT instructor o Support assessment of learning outcomes for this program Practicum semester: Four week practicum - unpaid work - in a pharmacy. SAIT finds the practicum positions for students. These begin in July after last semester of study. Calgary Board of Education 6 7

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