This program prepares students to enter the pharmacy field and take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Course content includes: pharmacy medical terminology, history of pharmacy, pharmacy practice in multiple environments, pharmacy calculations and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions, and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Through classroom lecture 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 parental nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, and billing and reimbursement. This program includes 50 hours of classroom lecture and hands-on labs, textbooks and CPR training
NOTE: Upon successful completion of the 50 hours of classroom instruction, students will be eligible to sit for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) national exam. Exam fee is not included in registration fee.