Pharmacy Technician Certification

This comprehensive 72-hour course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Boards PTCB exam. A GED or High School diploma is required to sit for the 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. Students successfully completing this course will receive pre-paid vouchers to take the PTCB exams. These vouchers are valid for 90 days past the date of the last class. Exams must be taken during that time.