(600 Hours) Financial Aid Eligible Program

The Pharmacy Technician Program might be your prescription for success!

This program prepares students for jobs in retail pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes.  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 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

Students will be required to have a criminal background check, drug screening, and purchase their own uniforms.  Some healthcare systems, physician practices, and/or pharmacies may require immunizations for students participating in externships.

Schedule/Tuition:

Day
Monday – Thursday
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
February 13, 2012 – December 6, 2012 (approximate ending date)

Evening
Monday – Thursday
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
September 19, 2011 – June 30, 2012 (approximate ending date)

Tuition Fee: $5,995
Tuition includes textbooks and certification examination fee.

Call Elaine Byrd at (440) 891-7697 for more information or to begin the registration process.

Program Resources

Syllabus

Sample Assignments

Additional Information

Gainful employment information – Student and Financial Aid Consumer Handbook