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Pharmacy Technician

Certificate Program

This program prepares students for careers as pharmacy technicians in both retail and hospital environments. The curriculum covers essential topics including pharmacy theory, hands-on lab work, pharmacy operations, dosage calculations, physiology, inventory management, HIPAA regulations, and regulatory compliance. Students will complete two 25-hour internship rotations—one in a hospital setting and one in a retail pharmacy—to gain practical, real-world experience.

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be eligible to sit for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam.

Internship/clinical experience is included; hours and locations may vary from the course schedule. Prerequisites are required. Please contact your preferred campus for more information.

Offered at the following location(s): Dover, Georgetown, Stanton, Wilmington

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

• Pharmacy Technician (Retail)
• Hospital Pharmacy Technician
• Compounding Pharmacy Technician
• Long-Term Care Pharmacy Technician
• Mail-Order Pharmacy Technician
• Specialty Pharmacy Technician
• Pharmacy Inventory Technician

What You Will Learn

Measurable Performance Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will:

1. Identify and Demonstrate Pharmacy Literacy Skills:
   1. Medical conditions
   2. Medical terminology
   3. Medical abbreviations
   4. Interpretation of drug orders
   5. Prevention of medication errors
   6. Proper use of reference tools used in pharmacy practice
2. Create Administration & Dosage Forms:
   1. Drug manufacturer labels
   2. Routes of administration – PO, IV, IM, SL, SC, external
   3. Dosage forms:
      1. Solid dosage forms- capsule, tablet, granule, implant, suppository
      2. Liquid dosage forms- solution, suspension, syrup, elixir, tincture, enema, parenteral, lotion, gel, ointment, paste other- inhalants, ocular insert, spray, aerosol, transdermal
   4. Equipment used in measurement
3. Identify and Classify Medications:
   1. Nomenclature of top 200 drugs- brand and generic names
   2. Basic pharmacology of top 200 drugs
   3. Major side effects of top 200 drugs
   4. Major contraindications of top 200 drugs
4. Explain and Demonstrate the Rules/Laws of the Pharmacy Profession:
   1. Federal & state laws
      1. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
      2. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
      3. Controlled Substance Act
      4. Poison Prevention Act
      5. Combat Methamphetamine Act
   2. Regulatory agencies
   3. State Board of Pharmacy
   4. Food and Drug Administration
   5. Drug Enforcement Agency
      1. Drug Schedules
   6. Perform Basic Mathematical Calculations:
      1. Fractions
      2. Decimals
      3. Percentage
      4. Ratios and proportions
      5. Traditional to international time conversions
      6. Fahrenheit to Celsius conversions
      7. Systems of measurement- household, apothecary, metric
   7. Perform Pharmaceutical Calculations:
      1. Pediatric and adult dosages based on weight
      2. Reconstitution of solutions
      3. Concentrations and dilutions
      4. Body surface area calculations
      5. Allegations
      6. IV drip rate calculations
      7. Reducing and enlarging formulas for pharmaceutical compounding
   8. Identify & Describe Billing & Third Party Insurance:
      1. Medicare
      2. Medicaid
      3. Private insurance
      4. Usual and customary charges
      5. co pa
      6. Formulary - open and closed
   9. Perform Business Math & Calculate/Analyze Inventory
      1. Cost
      2. Markup
      3. Gross and net profit
      4. Discounts
      5. Dispensing fee
      6. Average wholesale price
      7. Managing inventory and PAR level
      8. Day supply calculation
      9. Turnover rate
   10. Demonstrate Community Pharmacy Skills:
       1. Receiving and reviewing prescriptions
       2. Preparing, checking and updating the patient profile
       3. Flow of prescription filling in retail pharmacy setting
       4. Medication error prevention
       5. Third party administration
       6. Purchasing, receiving and inventory control
       7. Equipment for weighing, measuring and compounding
   11. Demonstrate Hospital Pharmacy Skills:
       1. Medication orders and unit dose distribution
       2. Flow of prescription filling in hospital pharmacy setting
       3. Formulary
       4. Equipment used in medication delivery systems
       5. USP
       6. Universal precautions
       7. Sterilization and aseptic technique
       8. Horizontal air flow hood
       9. Vertical air flow hood
       10. Parenteral preparation guidelines
       11. IV solutions- small volume parenteral and large volume parenteral
       12. Handling of hazardous agents
       13. The Joint Commission