Warren Forest Higher Education Council

Mondays and Wednesdays; March 24th - May 12th 2025

5:30-9:00 pm

Student Tuition: $1,499 (Textbooks included)

Course Contact Hours: 50 hours + 80 hour externship

Pharmacy Technician Program with Clinical Externship - 50 hours

This comprehensive 50 hour program will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's PTCB exam. Course content includes: pharmacy medical terminology, the history of pharmacy, the pharmacy practice in multiple environments, pharmacy calculations and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Through classroom lecture and hands on labs, students will review dosage calculations, drug classifications, the "top 200 drugs", I.V. flow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.

Education & Certification

• Students should have or be pursuing a high school diploma or GED.
• The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's (PTCB) is the national certification exam.
• Numerous states now require PTCB certification to work as a pharmacy technician.

National Certification: This program meets the necessary requirements to take the Pharmacy Technician Certified Board (PTCB) - Certified Pharmacy Technician (PTCB) exam.

The Pharmacy Technician Program

This program will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to pursue certification including the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's PTCB exam. This course covers the following key areas and topics:

• Pharmacy calculations
• Medical terminology specific to the pharmacy
• Skills to read and interpret prescriptions
• Review of the top 200 drugs
• Skills to identify drugs by generic and brand names
• Dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding, and dose conversions
• Dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, and billing and reimbursement