This program will prepare students for entry-level pharmacy technician positions by teaching medical and pharmaceutical terminology, basic anatomy related to the pharmacology of medications, and pharmaceutical calculations. Students will learn necessary information to process prescriptions and physician orders and apply that knowledge to fill mock prescriptions and learn the skills needed to become a Pharmacy Technician in a hospital or retail setting. The curriculum also includes the ethics of pharmacy practice and education about prescription medications, patient care and interaction, and charges and reimbursement.

 


Anatomy and Physiology
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course teaches the integumentary, musculoskeletal, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, urinary, and digestive systems.


Career Development
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course introduces students to professional environments, job search and personal requirements for career success. Students will prepare resumes, learn interview and job search techniques.


Certification Review
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course assists students with preparation to take their national and/or state certification exam.


Community and Hospital Pharmacy
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course is designed to introduce the student to community pharmacy operations, interpreting and processing prescriptions, third-party payments, merchandise handling and inventory, hospital pharmacy practice, infection control and preparing sterile IV’s, HIPPA regulations and pathogens in the pharmacy.

 


Extemporaneous Prescription, Sterile and Non-Sterile Compounding
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course teaches extemporaneous compounding, compounding of liquid, semisolid, and solid drugs as well as suppositories and parenteral products. This course also teaches parenteral preparations, types of asepsis, equipment and supplies, laminar airflow hoods, compounding of a parenteral and TPN product, preparing an IV Piggyback, large volume parenterals, preparation of IV admixtures, non-injecting products and compounding records, and policies and procedures for sterile product preparation. Students are introduced to medication and compliance, facilities and equipment, sterile and non-sterile compounding procedures, handling, packaging, storage and disposal.

 


Externship
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course provided students with hands on training in a community and hospital pharmacy practice setting. Students will complete 200 hours of externship training under the direction of a Registered Pharmacist and Infinity College.
 

Infection Control
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

Course includes infection prevention and control practices, the chain of infection, standard and transmission-based precautions, barriers and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), and strategies for preventing the spread of infectious disease to healthcare workers and patients.


Inventory Control and Management
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course teaches inventory control and management, ordering, receiving, stocking, expired stock, drug formulary, repackaging, and automated dispensing systems.

 


Keyboarding
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course teaches the introduction to basic keyboarding and typing. This course teaches writing, verbal, and non-verbal communication.


Laboratory Simulations
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course is designed to provide hands on training using electronic simulations as well as simulations within the laboratory to prepare the student for externship.

 


Mathematics and Calculations
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course introduces the student to the basic math, algebra, and pharmaceutical calculations utilized in pharmacy practices.


Medical Ethics for Pharmacy Technicians
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course teaches law and ethics in pharmacy, governing bodies, types of law and violations of the law, pharmacy law and regulation at the state and federal level, drug recall and standards, and the ethical foundation of pharmacy.

Nutrition and Drug Interactions
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course teaches pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, mechanism and causes of drug interaction, patient variables that affect drug interaction, and reducing the risk of drug interaction.

 


Patient and Medication Safety
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course teaches occupational safety and health administration standards, regulations within the pharmacy, and universal precaution and employee responsibilities

 


Pharmacology
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course teaches drug names and sources, dosage forms of drugs, and principles of drug administration.


Pharmacy Billing and Receiving
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course introduces the student to the pharmacy reimbursement process by discussing healthcare plans, reimbursement systems, third-party payments, documentation, collections and claims processing.

 

 


Pharmacy Management and Operations
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course introduces the pharmacy technician student to the operations of pharmacy. This course teaches organization of the hospital pharmacy, medication orders and medication of dispensing systems, sterile products, inventory control, automation, roles and duties of a pharmacy technician, and the policies and procedures manual and regulatory agencies. The course also teaches the prescription, organization of the retail pharmacy, and the professional characteristics of pharmacy technicians. Furthermore, the course teaches long-term care pharmacy services, home health care and home infusion pharmacy, hospice, ambulatory, mail-order, central fill and internet pharmacies


Pharmacy Management Software
Pharmacy Technician Training Program

This course is designed to facilitate the student’s mastery of computer skills needed to perform various pharmacy technician related responsibilities in community and hospital pharmacy practices. Students will also perform hands on and simulated activities where they will practice pharmacy technician skills to prepare for externship.