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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
IN-PERSON
Spring, Summer, and Fall
dates are available.
Cost: $999 (textbooks included)
Course Contact Hours: 50 hours
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Clinical Externship Hours: 80 hours
REGISTER
This comprehensive 50 hour program will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail
or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certi昀椀cation Board’s PTCB exam. Course
content includes: pharmacy medical terminology, the history of pharmacy, the pharmacy practice in multiple
environments, pharmacy calculations and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions and de昀椀ning
drugs by generic and brand names. Through classroom lecture and hands on labs, students will review dosage
calculations, drug classi昀椀cations, the “top 200 drugs”, I.V. 昀氀ow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions,
aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions,
inventory control and billing and reimbursement.
Certi昀椀cation Opportunities
This program meets the necessary requirements to take the Pharmacy Technician Certi昀椀cation Board (PTCB)
Certi昀椀ed Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) exam.
Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity
As part of this Pharmacy Technician program, you will be eligible to participate in an 80 hour clinical externship.
For the most current information, visit www.sunyjefferson.edu/workforce
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