This comprehensive 50-hour program, taught over 8 weeks, will prepare students to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam in order to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or another pharmacy setting.

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.

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 parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, and billing and reimbursement.

Cost: $1,399.00

A limited number of scholarships are available to applicants who meet all of the requirements.