Programs & Areas of Study
Diploma: Pharmacy Technician
This one-year program is designed to prepare students to gain employment as a pharmacy technician. A pharmacy technician supports and assists the licensed pharmacist with ordering, stocking, and packaging prescription and over-the-counter medications. Other duties may include inventory control, maintaining records, preparing labels, and processing insurance claims.
Program Core Courses - What You'll Study
- The Microsoft® Office
- Terminology of Body Systems
- Terminology of Body Support
- Calculations & Administration of Medicine
- Healthcare Law & Ethics
- Body Control Systems
- Pharmacy and Systems of Operation
- Introduction to Pharmacology
- Body Control Systems
- Systems of Transport and Support
- Human Relations
Career Opportunities as a Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technicians work alongside Registered Pharmacists in retail pharmacies, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centers, and larger out-patient centers that have in-house pharmacies. Certification is fast becoming a key issue, and with the curriculum offered at National College, Pharmacy Technician graduates have a distinct advantage in becoming certified.
The classes in this program can prepare you to successfully complete the Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) examination.
This program is offered at the following campuses:
In Virginia:
Bluefield, Charlottesville, Danville, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Roanoke Valley
In Kentucky:
Danville, Florence, Lexington, Louisville, Pikeville, Richmond
In Tennessee:
Bristol, Knoxville, Madison, Nashville
In Ohio:
Cincinnati, Dayton Area, Akron Area
In Indiana:
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Recent Knoxville Campus Information Systems Engineering graduate Jonus Moorehas discovered that not only does he enjoy his new career in the computer industry, it’s clearly a field that is wide open in terms of opportunity.
