Medication Tech = Direct Patient Care?

[FutureDrB]

I'm thinking about taking a part-time medication tech position. Basically walking around dispensing medication at an assisted living center. I enjoy working with the elderly, but do you think this will qualify as "direct patient care?" I would assume so...

 

[mikerowesvoice]

I sure hope it does. I would do it. I work in an impatient psych facility and do this as part of my job. It's helped me learn different meds and how they work

 

[pericardium]

PA programs are all about "direct patient care" and the majority of them define it as literally having your hands on the patient.

 

[costales]

Pharm tech type jobs usually don't count as clinical experience.

 

[baxt1412]

"If you are close enough to smell patients then it is a clinical experience." @LizzyM