Course Description
The Pharmacy Technician program is designed to prepare you for employment in community, industrial or institutional pharmacy settings. Your program combines theoretical classroom learning with practical hands-on training, ensuring that you become well-versed in all
aspects of the pharmaceutical industry. Focused on comprehensive learning objectives and hands-on training, that address the knowledge, skills and competencies outlined by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA), students learn in our state-of-the-art simulated lab, with low student/teacher ratios and with expert faculty actively employed in the pharmacy industry. Graduates from the Pharmacy Technician program must be registered with the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) to practice as Pharmacy Technicians in the province of Ontario.DURATION
51 weeks or 8 hours per day.
MODULES
- MS office word – level I
- MS office word level II
- MS office Powerpoint
- MS office excel – level I
- Keyboarding accuracy
- Student success strategies
- Business communications
- Ethics, professionalism and healthcare law
- Fundamentals of bookkeeping
- Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology I
- Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology II
- Medical office administration
- EMR and medical billing
- Medical transcription
- The clinical environment
- Introduction to hospital administration
- Employment success strategies
- CPR, first aid and safety training
- Practicum
