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Pharmacy Technician
(600 Hours) Financial Aid Eligible Program
The Pharmacy Technician program might be your prescription for success!
The Pharmacy Technician program prepares students for pharmacy career opportunities in retail, hospital, and long-term care settings. Pharmacy Technicians assist licensed pharmacists to provide medication and other health care products. Pharmacy Technician students will have the opportunity to gain practical experience through an unpaid externship. The program prepares students to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam.
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
Prior to externship participation, students will be required to have a criminal background check, pay for their mandatory drug screening, maintain 90% classroom attendance. Some healthcare systems, physician practices, and/or pharmacies may require immunizations for students participating in externships. The cost of the immunizations is the student’s responsibility. Students will also be required to purchase their own uniforms.
Schedule/Tuition:
Fall 2013
Evening
Monday – Thursday
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
September 16, 2013 – June 30, 2014 (approximate ending date)
Spring 2014
Day
Monday – Thursday
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
February 18, 2014 – December 3, 2014 (approximate ending date)
Tuition Fee: $5,995
Tuition includes textbooks and certification examination fee.
Call Elaine Byrd at (440) 891-7697 or Mary Koeka at (440) 891-7653 for more information or to begin the registration process.
Program Resources
Gainful employment information – Student & Financial Aid Consumer Handbook
Click here to view the Gainful Employment Disclosure.
