Pharmacy Technician Certification

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN NATIONAL CERTIFICATION

Pharmacy technicians assist licensed pharmacists in serving patients, maintaining medication and inventory control systems, and participating in the administration and management of the pharmacy practice. This course prepares you to take the National Pharmacy Technician Certification exam (CPhT). For more information on the ExCPT exam, contact: www.nationaltechexam.org.

Topics include:

• The foundation of pharmaceutical care
• Law and ethics for technicians
• pharmaceutical terms and abbreviations
• medication dosage forms
• administration
• classifications.

In-class labs cover:

• counting
• crushing
• mixing
• hospital environments
• drug classes
• sterile products and more

Textbook and materials included. Cost of the exam is not included. For more information about certification and the exam, visit www.ptcb.org. Prerequisite: Students must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent and be a minimum of 18 years of age. A basic math foundation (including high school algebra) will support your understanding of measurement systems and how to perform dosing calculations. Instructor: Shannon Skilskyj, RPh
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