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A pharmacy technician assists the pharmacists with the preparation of prescription medications for customers, patients or health professionals. Expanding pharmacy technician roles is critical to evolving the pharmacy practice model. In a hospital setting, the pharmacy technician helps fill orders for patients and ensures that they are delivered to the right units.

They also help the pharmacist ensure that the pharmacy has the right amount of stock to meet patient needs.  As a pharmacy technician, one must be extraordinarily compassionate, knowledgeable of the illnesses that are associated with the top 200 medications, and be as accurate as they are amiable.

Pharmacy Students Will Learn:

• Basic safety and standards.
• Communication and customer service.
• Introductions to pharmacology

       (including drug classifications, pharmaceutical calculations and measurements).

• Pharmacy laws, regulatory agencies and ethics.
• Body Systems and Introductions to Pharmacokinetics.
• Sterile and Non-sterile compounding.
• Processing and handling of medications and medication orders.
• Procurement, billing, reimbursement, and inventory management.