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Pharmacy Technician
(Diploma – 9 months)
The American Career College Pharmacy Technician program is designed to train you to work with licensed pharmacists, performing responsibilities such as labeling and dispensing medication, updating patient information and rotating inventory.
Upon successful completion of the school’s program and earning a college diploma, graduates may pursue entry-level positions and demonstrate knowledge in the following areas:
• Understand the responsibilities and duties of the pharmacy technician, including ethical standards within the practice of pharmacy
• Know the trade and generic names of selected drugs, drug classifications, indications, routes of administration, side effects, dosages, and storage requirements
• Understand pharmacy law, basic chemistry, pharmacology, dosage calculations, inpatient pharmacy procedures, and retail pharmacy procedures
• Understand pharmaceutical and medical terminology, including abbreviations and symbols used in prescribing, dispensing and charting
• Perform pharmaceutical preparation skills, including filling prescriptions and preparing sterile products
• And have an understanding of basic anatomy and related pathological conditions
American Career College’s dynamic class curriculum also prepares you for the professional world by providing training in basic computer operations, such as data input procedures used in maintaining patients’ medication records
The focus is on your success!
The goal of our school’s program is to help you graduate with the confidence and qualifications to begin your career as a pharmacy technician*.
*American Career College cannot guarantee employment.
