IMPORTANT NOTICE: This program is scheduled as a face-to-face classroom training during the Fall 2020 semester, but may be moved online due to future recommendations for distance learning due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Any updates will be posted on this page and all enrolled students will be notified by email of any anticipated curtailments.
130 Hour Program | 50 Hour Classroom | 80 Hour Clinical Externship (Optional)
Class Dates: September 28 - November 23, 2020, Mondays & Wednesdays (6:00pm-9:30pm)
This comprehensive 50 hour program will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam.
Course content includes: pharmacy medical terminology, the history of pharmacy, the pharmacy practice in multiple environments, pharmacy calculations and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions, and defining drugs by generic and brand names.
Through classroom lecture and hands on labs, students will review dosage calculations, drug classifications, the “top 200 drugs”, I.V. flow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.
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Questions? Contact Zainab Qari at zainab.qari@unh.edu
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Detailed Course Topics Covered Will Include:
Through classroom lecture and hands on labs, students will review dosage calculations, drug classifications, the “top 200 drugs”, I.V. flow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.
All classroom sessions will be held at UNH at Manchester at 88 Commerical Street, Manchester, NH.
Enrolled students will receive location and parking information in advance of the program via email.
Classroom and lab materials, including textbooks, are included in the cost of program enrollment.
Additional costs may apply to portions of externship participation.
