Pharmacy Technician

Dates: July 24 - September 11, 2018

Meets: 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Registration Fee: $1,099.00

Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.

Registration is not allowed at this time.
Please contact our office for more information.

 Phone: 770-995-9697

THIS IS AN INSTRUCTOR LED, VIRTUAL/HYBRID COURSE.

This comprehensive 50 hour course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's PTCB exam. Technicians work in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies and other health care settings - working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Course content includes medical terminology specific to the pharmacy, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Students will learn dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding, dose conversions, dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement. The Pharmacy Technician class includes a graded final exam to help prepare students for the PTCB exam.

Educational Requirements: Students should have taken math and science in high school. A high school diploma or GED is required to sit for the PTCB exam.

Pharmacy Technicians: Pharmacy Technicians work in pharmacies under the direction of a pharmacist. Their main responsibility is filling prescriptions according to doctors' orders. Pharmacy Technicians prepare medications for dispensing to patients. This generally includes retrieving drugs in the correct dosage form and strength, measuring the appropriate amount of drug and producing a prescription label. Pharmacy Technicians work with drugs to be administered orally, topically, for the eye, nose, etc. Depending upon the practice setting, a Pharmacy Technician is also involved in the admixture of drugs for intravenous use.

Other duties include:

*checking inventories and ordering supplies

*receiving and checking in supplies

*assisting customers

*keeping pharmacy work areas clean

*complete insurance forms

*preparation of "bingo cards" for nursing home patients

Pharmacy Technicians - Employment & Education:

Pharmacy Technicians may work in retail pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, home infusion pharmacies, long term care facilities, hospitals, clinics, pharmacy benefit managers and large industrial complexes. The demand for Pharmacy Technicians continues to grow with demand expected to increase substantially through 2012. This high demand is the result of the constant availability of new drugs, the national shortage of registered pharmacists, the establishment of certified pharmacy technicians and the aging population.

All books and materials are included with cost of class. However: the certification exam IS NOT included with the cost of class.

Fee: $1,099.00
Hours:50.00
CEUs:5.00

Date Day Time Location
07/24/2018Tuesday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
07/26/2018Thursday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
07/31/2018Tuesday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/02/2018Thursday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/07/2018Tuesday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/09/2018Thursday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/14/2018Tuesday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/16/2018Thursday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/21/2018Tuesday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/23/2018Thursday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/28/2018Tuesday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
08/30/2018Thursday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
09/04/2018Tuesday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
09/06/2018Thursday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318
09/11/2018Tuesday6 PM to 9:30 PM Bldg 900 Rm 2.318

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