Pharmacy technicians perform a variety of roles including ensuring patients’ medical needs are met and prescriptions are accurate. Pharmacy technicians also perform other functions such as filling prescription requests, prepacking bulk medicines, responding to patient questions, maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs, establishing and maintaining patient profiles, and maintaining adequate supplies of medications. In the Pharmacy Technician Certificate program, students will learn pharmacology, medical terminology and abbreviations, pharmacy law and ethics, pharmacy mathematics and dosage calculations, medication preparation, prescription processing, inventory, insurance billing, communication, and customer service skills. The program length is 32 weeks.
The overall program goal is to provide students with the knowledge of pharmacy practices and familiarize them with pharmacological concepts and processes including using math to perform pharmacy calculations when preparing prescriptions.
Upon completion of this certificate program, students are expected to able to:
- Identify the knowledge, skills, and job responsibilities of a pharmacy technician
- Use standard pharmacy reference sources
- Identify the top 200 drugs and list their uses and side effects
- Carry out dosage calculations
- Identify the information contained on medication orders, prescriptions, and drug labels
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Completion: Students must successfully complete 18 semester credit hours to earn a Pharmacy Technician Certificate.
Pharmacy Technician Certificate Program – Topics Include
Introduction to Pharmacy Practices
Medical Terminology
Communication and Customer Service
Pharmacy Law and Ethics
Regulations and Standards
Pharmacology
Medication Errors
Drug Classifications
Over-the-Counter Medications
Dosage Routes and Forms
Pharmacy Math and Dosage Calculations
Numbering and Measuring Systems
Medication Orders and Prescriptions
Mathematical Concepts
Pharmacy Practices and Employment
Retail Practice Settings
Hospital Practice Settings
Other Practice Settings
Inventory Management
Safety
Credentialing and Employment