Program offered is an Associate.

Graduates of the Health Science A.S. will:

• Earn an associate degree with an area of concentration.
• Take general education courses in English, math, biology and social sciences.
• Take elective courses in topics including accounting, computers, psychology, patient relations and more.
• Prepare to sit for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam.
• Have potential for greater earnings.
• Have potential for increased employment opportunities.

The UMA Pharmacy Technician program offers a career-focused curriculum that can help you acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence to support licensed pharmacists by assisting with counter dispensing operations and prescription preparation at retail pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies, hospitals, nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. In approximately 14-22 months, you can learn how to:

• Stock and inventory prescriptive and over-the-counter medications.
• Maintain written or computerized patient medication records.
• Count or pour medications into dispensing containers.
• Manage the cash register and/or billing
• Assemble a twenty-four hour supply of medication for each patient.
• Re-package medications
• Prepare commercially unavailable medications.
• Deliver medications to patient rooms.
• Establish and maintain patient profiles.
• Prepare insurance claim forms.

For information on student graduation rates, retention and place rates, and student financial obligations, visit http://www.ultimatemedical.edu/consumerinfo.pdf

Ultimate Medical Academy is ABHES accredited. ABHES is the only agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as both an institutional and specialized accreditor focusing on health care education and training.