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Standards of Practice for the Pharmacy Technician (First Edition) Lesson Plans Chapter 8 — The Right Dosage Form and the Right Route of Administration: Working With Accuracy Goals of the Lesson: Cognitive: Students will be able to: Describe the various dosage forms available for medications and explain the routes of administration. Correlate the dosage forms with the appropriate route of administration. Utilize appropriate reference books to verify prescription information. Explain how to apply dosage form and administration route to prescription evaluation. Motor: N/A Affective: Students will understand how to adapt dosage form and administration route for special needs patients Learning Objectives: The lesson plan for each objective starts on the page shown below. 8-1 Describe the various dosage forms available for medications 3 8-2 Define the routes of administration for medications 8 8-3 Correlate the dosage forms with the appropriate route of administration 10 8-4 Apply dosage form and administration route to prescription evaluation 13 8-5 Utilize appropriate reference books to verify prescription information 15 8-6 Adapt dosage form and administration route for special needs patient 19 You Will Need: Gather the following materials and teaching aids for the following lessons: 8-1 Samples of medications; inert creams, pastes, and gels; gloves 8-2 Patient profiles on index cards, pharmacy reference texts cited in class 8-5 Inserts from a variety of prescription medications Legend: BTG: Brownstone test generator; IRCD: instructor’s resource CD-ROM; PPt: PowerPoint; QB: quiz bank; SRCD: student resource CD-ROM Objective 8-1 Describe the various dosage forms available for medications. Date: Lecture Outline Figures, Tables, and Features Resources and In-Class Activities Outside Assignments Evaluation Instructor’s Notes Content Text page PPt slide Medication administered in variety of forms Accommodate special needs