Pharmacy Technician
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The Pharmacy Technician program is designed to provide the student with techniques and practical skills necessary to obtain entry-level employment as a Pharmacy Technician in retail pharmacies, clinics, hospitals, HMOs, medical offices, medical supply houses, or pharmaceutical manufacturing firms. Pharmacy Technicians process prescriptions for patients, work with insurance companies and verify prescription information under the direct supervision of the pharmacist, as well as assist the pharmacist with everyday duties. This program covers a variety of additional topics including daily pharmacy operational procedures, systems of measure, units of measure, pharmacology, ethics, keyboarding, pharmacy computer operations, compounding, inventory control, and pharmaceutical mathematics.
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| Program Specifics |
| Name of Program: | Pharmacy Technician |
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| Campus Location: | Capital Region |
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| Program Length: | 12 Months (4 Quarters) |
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| Credential: | Graduates earn a diploma |
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| Credits: | 63 |
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| What will I study? |
Career Success Seminar
Medical Terminology
Pharmacy
Computer Fundamentals for Health Care Professionals
Pharmacological Math I
Pharmacology
Hospital Pharmacy
Pharmacological Math II
Community Pharmacy
Pharmacy Law & Ethics
Career Development
Pharmacy Business Applications
Alternative Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacy Technician Externship
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| What are some of the things I'll learn? |
How to prepare prescriptions for patients
How to establish and maintain patient / customer files
How to manufacture intravenous / intramuscular injections using aseptic techniques
Compound medications
How to work with pharmacy software programs entering patient data, insurance data and prescription data
How to generate reports requested by the Pharmacist
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| Where are the career opportunities? |
Retail Pharmacies
Home Health Centers
Hospitals
Long-Term Care and Hospice Providers
Pharmaceutical Companies
Home Infusion Pharmacy
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Occupational Outlook
Employment of pharmacy technicians is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2014 because as the population grows and ages, demand for pharmaceuticals will increase dramatically. The increased number of middle-aged and elderly people — who use more prescription drugs than younger people — will spur demand for technicians in all practice settings. With advances in science, more medications are becoming available to treat a greater number of conditions.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition, Pharmacy Technicians.
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YTI Pharmacy Technician graduates have started careers with:
Rite Aid Corporation
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Holy Spirit Hospital
CVS
Health South
Hanover Hospital
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