Pharmacy Technician: Pre-Certification Pathway 12 Sections41 Lessons12 Quizzes10 Weeks

Curriculum

12 Sections
41 Lessons
10 Weeks

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Module 1: The Pharmacy Technician Career Path
5 Items
What technicians do, where they work, and the certification and licensing roadmap.
Module 2: Pharmacy Practice, Ethics & Privacy
4 Items
Practice settings, the pharmacist-technician team, ethics and HIPAA.
Module 3: Medical Terminology & Abbreviations
4 Items
Word parts, body-system terms, sig codes and error-prone abbreviations.
Module 4: Pharmacology Fundamentals
5 Items
Drug names, dosage forms, routes, how drugs move through the body, and drug-name stems.
Module 5: Drug Classes by Body System
5 Items
Cardiovascular, respiratory, GI, endocrine, nervous system and anti-infective drugs.
Module 6: Pharmacy Law & Controlled Substances
5 Items
Federal drug law, DEA schedules and the rules technicians follow every day.
Module 7: Prescriptions, Order Entry & Insurance
5 Items
Reading and entering prescriptions, NDCs, and third-party billing.
Module 8: Pharmacy Calculations
5 Items
Conversions, dosing, days supply, concentrations, dilutions and IV rates.
Module 9: Medication Safety & Quality Assurance
4 Items
Medication errors, look-alike/sound-alike drugs, high-alert medications and reporting.
Module 10: Compounding, Storage & Inventory
5 Items
USP 795, 797 and 800, storage requirements and inventory management.
Module 11: Certification, Licensure & Your First Job
5 Items
PTCB and NHA exams, state licensing (California example), externships and jobs.
Final Assessment
1 Item
Comprehensive exam covering all modules. Pass to complete the course.
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  Final Exam: Pharmacy Technician Pre-Certification
  45 Minutes20 Questions

Where Pharmacy Technicians Work

Community (retail) pharmacies: chain and independent stores; fast-paced, customer-facing, heavy on insurance billing.
Hospital (institutional) pharmacies: unit-dose and IV preparation, automated dispensing cabinets, sterile compounding.
Mail-order and central-fill pharmacies: high-volume, automated dispensing.
Specialty pharmacies: high-cost drugs for conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis or HIV; lots of prior authorization work.
Long-term care pharmacies: serve nursing homes and assisted living with multi-dose packaging.
Compounding pharmacies, nuclear pharmacies, home infusion and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Hospital and specialty settings often prefer or require national certification and offer higher pay and advanced roles such as sterile compounding, pharmacy buyer or technician supervisor.

What a Pharmacy Technician Does

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Pharmacy Technician: Pre-Certification Pathway 12 Sections41 Lessons12 Quizzes10 Weeks

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Where Pharmacy Technicians Work

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