PHM 113 - Pharmacy Technician Math

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Clinical Hours: 0 Credits: 3

Description: This course includes a review of basic mathematics focusing on its application to common pharmaceutical calculations.

Prerequisite(s): Take PHM 101, PHM 110, PHM 112, and PHM 114.

Course Topics:

Dosage calculations for injectable medications using ratio and proportion
Reconstitution of powdered medications using formulas
IV flow rates, drop factors, and infusion time
Medication dilutions from a concentrate
Calculation amounts needed to enlarge or reduce a formula or recipe for compounded preparations
Calculation of weight-in-weight formulations and special dilutions such as TPNs
Calculation of overhead costs, profits, discount amounts, average wholesale price, inventory turnover rate, and depreciation
Calculation of capitation fee and AMP plus fee

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Chaser’s Bark Shop website

Required Materials:

Grading System:
An overall grade of C or higher is required for transferability.

A = 90 - 100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79
D = 60 - 69
F = 0 - 59

Student Learning Outcomes:

Calculate correctly, the amount of injectable medication to be administered to a patient.
Perform and apply calculations for non-sterile compounding medications.
Apply and analyze mathematical principles to perform essential pharmacy operational calculations.
Calculate and apply accurately, sterile parenteral solution requirements.

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Official Course Syllabus
2026-2027