Pharmacy Technician* (600 Hours) 

 

The Pharmacy Technician Program might be

your prescription for success!

 

Pharmacy Technician is one of the fastest-growing careers in the United States.  This program prepares you for employment in retail pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes.  Pharmacy Technicians assist licensed pharmacists to provide medication and other health care products.  As a Pharmacy Technician student, you will have the opportunity to gain practical experience through an externship.  The program prepares you to take the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Test.

 

The course will cover, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Medical Terminology
  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Pharmacy Technology
  • Pharmaceutical Terminology
  • Pharmaceutical Calculations
  • Medication Dispensing
  • Drug Storage
  • Office Skills
  • Recordkeeping
  • Pharmaceutical Techniques
  • Pharmacy Law and Ethics
  • Communication Skills
  • Customer Service
  • Computer Technology
  • OSHA
  • HIPAA
  • Inventory Control
  • Billing and Reimbursement
  • Health Insurance Claim Forms
  • Employability Skills
  • Sterile Admixtures Preparation
  • Extemporaneous Compounding
  • Ambulatory Pharmacy Externship

 

Students will be required to have a criminal background check and purchase their own uniforms.

Schedule/Tuition:

Day

Monday – Thursday

9:00 am – 1:00 pm

September 2, 2008 – June 30, 2009

Evening

Monday - Thursday

6:00 – 10:00 pm

September 2, 2008 – June 30, 2009

Class fee $4,081    Materials fee $375   Total $4,456

Tuition includes textbooks and certification examination fee.

 

Call Bev McGlamery at (440) 891-7697 to begin the registration process.

 

*Pell Grant eligible program.

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