This comprehensive 50 hour course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certificate Board's PTCB exam.
Technicians work in retail pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies, mail order pharmacies and other health care settings-working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Their main responsibility is filling prescriptions according to doctor's 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.
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 reimbursement. The Pharmacy Technicians Certification Program includes a graded final exam to help prepare students for the PTCB exam.
The need for the Pharmacy Technicians continues to grow with demand expected to increase. 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 aging population.
Educational Requirements:
Student should have taken math and science in high school. A high school diploma or GED is required to sit for the PTCB exam.
Tuesdays & Thursdays, October 11 - December 1, 2011
(No class Thursday, November 24, 2011)
5:45 P.M. - 9:15 P.M.
Location: Canisius Amherst Conference Center
300 Corporate Parkway
Amherst, NY 14226
Tuition: $1099 per person
