Pharmacy Technician Training Program
Issued by
University of Utah
This program covers Pharmacology, Pharmacy law, regulations, and standards, Business of a pharmacy (both retail and hospital), Prescriptions, Pharmaceutical Calculations, Nonsterile Compounding, etc. This program includes 400 hours of online curriculum, an externship incorporating at least 200 hours of outpatient and inpatient pharmacy work. Students are prepared to sit for the PTCB exam upon completion.
- Type Certification
- Time Months
Skills
- Automated Drug Storage And Dispensing System (ADSDSs)
- Basic Anatomy
- Basic Pharmacology
- Business Of Pharmacy
- Community Pharmacy Practice
- Computer Fundamentals
- ExCPT
- Externship
- Good Compounding Practice (GCP)
- Institutional Pharmacy Practice
- Mastering Medical Language
- Medical Word Building
- Nonsterile Compounding
- Pharmacy Calculations
- Pharmacy Lab Kit
- Pharmacy Law
- Pharmacy Regulations
- Pharmacy Standards
- Pharmacy Technician
- Prescription Abbreviations
- PTCE
- USP 795
- USP 797
- Virtual Science Labs
Earning Criteria
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Students must complete the 390 hurs of online curriculum and a 130-hour externship incorporating of outpatient and inpatient pharmacy work. Students are also required to take and pass a final exam.
Standards
PTCB’s credential programs assess the knowledge of technicians who are qualified to support pharmacists and patient care teams in all practice settings and enable technicians to work more efficiently with pharmacists to offer safe and effective patient care.