Pharmacy Tech Certification Program
This comprehensive 50 hour program will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician
in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification
Board’s PTCB exam. Course content includes: pharmacy medical terminology, the history
of pharmacy, the pharmacy practice in multiple environments, pharmacy calculations
and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining drugs by generic
and brand names. Through classroom lecture and hands on labs, students will review
dosage calculations, drug classifications, the “top 200 drugs”, I.V. flow rates, sterile
compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products,
total parental nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and
billing and reimbursement. The Pharmacy Technician Program includes a graded final
exam to help prepare students for the PTCB exam.
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Educational Requirements
Students should have taken math and science in high school. A high school diploma
or GED is required to sit for the PTCB exam.
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General Course Information
Course Contact Hours: 50 hrs.
Fee: $999 (Textbooks included)
Upcoming Session: March 12, 2013 - May 7, 2013
Tuesdays and Thursdays
6:00pm-10:00pm
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- Role of the pharmacy technician
- Pharmacy history/discussion of various practice settings and the technician certification
process
- Recruiting by pharmacy specialty
- "Evolution of Pharmacy"
- Review of hospital pharmacy setting, retail practice, regulatory agencies involved
with a pharmacy practice, long term care practice setting, mail order pharmacy, home
care pharmacy practice
- Pharmacy measures, roman numerals, abbreviations
- Review of generic drugs, basic biopharmaceuticals, dosage forms, patient profiles
- Prescription label requirements, order transcription, ordering and inventory control,
drug pricing, third party reimbursement
- Formularies, unit dose systems, emergency and crash carts, house supplies, automatic
stop orders, calculating number of doses required
- All major classes of drugs including top brand names and generic drugs
- Aseptic technique, handling of sterile products including antineoplastic agent considerations
- Basics of IV solutions, calculating 24 hour supply of IV solutions, percentages and
electrolytes preparations
- The metric system
- Apothecaries' and avoirdupois systems of measurement
- Children's doses
- Allegation method, math review
- Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), demonstration of TPN admixture, hands-on practice
of IV admixture and parenteral medication preparation.
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Pharmacy Technicians work in pharmacies under the direction of a pharmacist. Their
main responsibility is filling prescriptions according to doctors' orders. Pharmacy
Technicians prepare medications for dispensing to patients. This generally includes
retrieving drugs in the correct dosage form and strength, measuring the appropriate
amount of drug and producing a prescription label. Pharmacy Technicians work with
drugs to be administered orally, topically, for the eye, nose, etc. Depending upon
the practice setting, a Pharmacy Technician is also involved in the admixture of drugs
for intravenous use. Other duties include:
- Checking inventories and ordering supplies
- Receiving and checking in supplies
- Assisting customers
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- Keeping pharmacy work areas clean
- Complete insurance forms
- Preparation of "bingo cards" for nursing home patients
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To make payment for the course, either come to our office or complete the
following form.
For more information, please contact Program Coodinator William Hamilton at (713)
313-7489.
