Course Description

The Pharmacy Technician Training Program offers a comprehensive course of study that combines theory and practical pharmacy procedures designed to prepare students to meet entry level position requirements in the various specialty areas of pharmacy technology.

The Pharmacy Technician Program is designed to efficiently train students in the competent performance of the duties of a pharmacy technician in the most common pharmacy settings such as retail pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, home health pharmacies, and compounding pharmacies.

The students will learn pharmacy law, ethics, role of the pharmacy technician, pharmacology, drugs that affect the body systems, dosage forms and routes of administration, pharmacy terminology & abbreviation, dosage calculations, and pharmacy procedures performed at various pharmacy settings. Pharmacy procedures include accurate interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders, preparation and compounding of prescribed medications including sterile products, purchasing and inventory control, and third-party billing.