Online Course with 80-Hour Clinical Externship
Study to become a certified Pharmacy Technician at your own pace and within your schedule. The Pharmacy Technician online course includes interactive learning modules, 24/7 mentoring, learning exercises, labs and a student portal with career resources.
Self-paced eLearning course includes 80-hour clinical externship, six months access, all eBooks, workbooks and related course material.
- Tuition: $1,499
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This comprehensive course, plus an optional 80-hour clinical externship, prepares students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam.
This online course covers the following key areas and topics:
- Pharmacy technician role and responsibilities
- Pharmacy technician certification and registration process
- Types of pharmacies including the hospital pharmacy, retail practice, long-term care practice, mail order pharmacy, home care pharmacies and others
- Drug regulation and control
- Pharmaceutical terminology and related anatomy
- Pharmacy calculations and math review
- Pharmacy measures and abbreviations
- Routes and formulations
- Parenterals and compounding
- Basic biopharmaceutics
- Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
- Basics of IV solutions and calculating 24-hour supply of IV solutions
- Factors affecting drug activity
- Information and pharmacy resources
- Inventory management and financial issues
- Brand names and generic drugs
This course includes:
- 24/7 instructor support and course mentoring
- Online healthcare content that supplements each course
- Student and instructor collaboration
- Engaging labs, student exercises, course videos and animated simulations
- Access to an online community with interactive content and robust student services
- Student pre and post assessments and online performance tracking
- National and state certification opportunities
- A secure Student Portal which includes: career guidance, resume writing and other career resources
- Includes optional 80-hour clinical externship