Pharmacy Tech Certification

Start: Mon Jun 23, 2025
End: Mon Aug 11, 2025
Meeting Days: M,W
Meeting Time: 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: HSC 1220

(3 Credits) This comprehensive 50 hour program will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Course content includes: pharmacy medical terminology; the history of pharmacy; the pharmacy practice in multiple environments; pharmacy calculations and measurements; reading and interpreting prescriptions; and defining drugs by generic and brand names. 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. In addition to classroom lecture and labs, this program includes a clinical externship through a local pharmacy. To be eligible for the clinical externship, students must successfully complete the 50 hour program, submit to a thorough background check, drug screening and meet other requirements. All materials are included in the course cost. NO REFUNDS 7 DAYS PRIOR TO CLASS START DATE.