Pharmacy Technician
Award: Certificate
Number of credits required: 18
Locations: La Plata Campus (LAPL)
Contact: Department Liason, 301-934-7534
Description:
This certificate program prepares pharmacy technicians to work under the direction of a licensed Pharmacist. Pharmacy technicians stock and inventory prescription and over-the- counter medications; maintain written or computerized patient medication records; count or pour medications into dispensing containers; prepare sterile intravenous medications; type prescription labels, prepare insurance claim forms; and provide direct customer service. Pharmacy technicians work in hospital pharmacies, retail pharmacies, home health care pharmacies, nursing home pharmacies, clinic pharmacies, nuclear medicine pharmacies, and in mail order prescription pharmacies. Graduates are eligible to take the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination (PTCE).
Students in this program may be required to provide proof of current health insurance and must submit a satisfactory health requirements record, a negative drug screen, and a criminal background check at their own expense. All pharmacy technician students must achieve a minimum grade of C in each course in the curriculum for successful program completion.
NOTE: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHSP) approval is pending.
This program has been designated has a Health Manpower Shortage program. For more information contact the Admissions Department.
The maximum number of credits accepted in transfer from other institutions to this program is 13.
Required Courses:
Take BIO-1040 BIO-1600 HTH-1100 HTH-1340 HTH-1350 HTH-1750 HTH-1440 HTH-1444 HTH-1540 ;Last Update: July 7, 2008