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 lectures 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 parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.  

National Certification: This program meets the necessary requirements to take the Pharmacy Technician Certified Board (PTCB) - Certified Pharmacy Technician (PTCB) exam.  There is an additional cost of $129 to take the exam that you pay separately.

Clinical Externship: As part of this Pharmacy Technician program, you will be eligible to take part in an 80-hour clinical externship.  There will be incidental costs associated with externship placement such as a background check and a drug screen that you pay separately.  

Tuesdays & Thursdays * 3/11 - 5/6 (no class 4/1 or 4/3) * 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm * $1399 * Condensed Curriculum Instructor * Schwarz 107

*NOTE: This class does NOT qualify for any discounts.