Program offered is a Diploma.

This one-year program is designed to prepare students to gain employment as a pharmacy technician. A pharmacy technician supports and assists the licensed pharmacist with ordering, stocking, and packaging prescription and over-the-counter medications. Other duties may include inventory control, maintaining records, preparing labels, and processing insurance claims.

• Microsoft® Office
• Terminology of Body Systems
• Terminology of Body Support
• Calculations & Administration of Medicine
• Healthcare Law & Ethics
• Pharmacy and Systems of Operation
• Introduction to Pharmacology
• Body Control Systems
• Systems of Transport and Support
• Human Relations

Career Opportunities as a Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technicians work alongside Registered Pharmacists in retail pharmacies, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centers, and larger out-patient centers that have in-house pharmacies. Certification is fast becoming a key issue, and with the curriculum offered at National College, Pharmacy Technician graduates have a distinct advantage in becoming certified.

The classes in this program can prepare you to successfully complete the Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) examination.

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