Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)

The pharmacy technician/assistant program is designed to prepare the graduate for employment in either retail, industrial or institutional pharmacy setting.

If you have strong interpersonal skills and think you would enjoy working as a team member, and with the public, then the pharmacy technician/assistant course may be right for you. We are able to provide placement assistance after graduation.
The Role of the Pharmacy Technician
Assisting the Pharmacist in:
Preparation of Prescriptions: Receiving a written prescription or request for prescription refill from the patient or representative.
Ensuring completeness of information on prescription.
Preparation of prescription labels.
Retrieving, counting, pouring, weighing, measuring and mixing medications
Reconstituting medications.
Selecting type of prescription container.
Affixing prescription and auxiliary labels to prescription containers.
Pricing prescriptions.
Filing prescriptions.
Establishing and maintaining patient profiles repackaging and labelling of medications.
Maintaining packaging and dispensing equipment.
Replenishing medications for nursing units, night cupboards, emergency boxes and cardiac arrest kits.
Preparing specialty products.
Clerical Activities:
Preparing and reconciling third party billings.
Preparing receipts, invoices, letters and memos and general filing.
Generating long-term care data (i.e. medication administration record, medication review)
Maintaining drug information files.
Billing appropriate department for medication.
Receiving and sending electronic communication.
Communication Skills:
Communicating with customers, physicians and suppliers.
Questions relating to prescriptions, drug information, poison information or any health matter must be referred to the pharmacist.
Inventory Management:
Monitoring stock levels to ensure sufficient quantities for optimal operation.
Preparing and placing orders from specified sources.
Receiving and checking supplies purchased.
Issuing supplies from the storeroom.
Maintaining storage facilities.
Maintaining inventory records, including those for narcotics and controlled drugs.
Rotating stock and monitoring expiry dates.
Identifying expired products for disposal, destruction or return to manufacturer.
Pre-packaging of medications (including unit dose packaging)
Delivery of medications (including unit dose packaging)
Delivery of medications to institutional wards.
Restocking of institutional wards with narcotics and controlled drugs.
The Responsibilities of a Pharmacy Technician Are Varied and May Include:
Assisting the pharmacist in the day to day operation of the pharmacy.
Inputting prescriptions into the computer system.
Ordering and maintaining inventory.
Dealing with clients on a one to one basis.
Graduates of This Program Will Learn:
Therapeutic classes of medications.
Compounding of medication orders.
Sterile preparations.
How to deal with the public.
Computer skills.
How to deal with insurance companies and ODP.
Clinical and brand name medications.
The Modules of Study Include:
Role of the technician/assistant.
Compounding
Jurisprudence
Communication skills
Pharmacology
Community and hospital systems and procedures
Long term care facilities
Computer systems and applications
Sterile products
Practical field experience

The Pharmacy Technician (PAT) diploma program is designed to prepare you for a challenging career in a Community/Retail Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Manufacturing Facility or Long-Term Care Facility. This 40 week diploma program is offered during the day and includes an 8 week co-op placement.
Eight weeks of co-op placement combined with 32 weeks of classroom instruction ensures you graduate with confidence in yourself and in your theoretical and practical skills.

The Pharmacy Technician programme is a 49 week diploma programme registered by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities.

The graduates of this programme will be prepared to work in a retail and hospital setting upon completion of the programme. Following the programme, graduates persue the PEBC (Pharmacy Examination Board of Canada) evaluation exam and the process of registration as a Pharmacy Technician.

Course Outline

Pharmacology and Toxicology
Microbiology
Over the counter prescriptions
Medical Terminology in Pharmacy
Basic & Advanced Aseptic Techniques
Basic & Advanced Pharmacy Math
Pharmacy Law and Ethics
Computerized Prescription Handling
Pharmacy Communications & Human Relations
Hospital Pharmacy
Retail Pharmacy
Inventory Management, Control, and Quality Assurance
Anatomy Physiology and Pathophysiology
Chemistry
Natural Medicine and Pathology
Community Health
Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dosage Forms
WHIMIS
CPR and Standard First Aid
Retail Community Pharmacy Placement (4 weeks)
Hospital Pharmacy Placement (4 weeks)

Our Pharmacy Technician Program provides both the technical and practical skills required to serve as a competent technician to a licensed pharmacist. Our curriculum is based on the competencies and outcomes set by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA), Canadian Pharmacy Technician Educators Association (CPTEA) and the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Computer skills necessary in pharmacy practice will be utilized and both pharmaceutical and medical terminology will be covered. In conjunction with a representative from the Ontario College of Pharmacists, local pharmacists, program co-coordinator and instructors, our program has achieved a high standard of education in both Technicans, and other health professionals for specialized areas. Each instructor possesses specific education and experience in the courses they teach.

The Pharmacy Technician program has 8 weeks of placement that comprises of 4 weeks in a retail environment and 4 weeks in a hospital setting. This placement is a mandatory component of the program. .

Courses Include:
Compounding Educational Success
Hospital Dispensing
Introduction To Anatomy And Physiology
Introduction To PC’s And Word Processing
Job Search Techniques And Interviewing Skills
Orientation To Pharmacy Practice
Pharmaceutical Calculations
Principles Of Microbiology
Pharmacology
Retail Dispensing
Sterile Products
Interpersonal Workplace Skills
Herbal And Homeopathic Medications
CPR and First Aid Certification Long Term Care
4 Weeks Retail Placement
4 Weeks Hospital Placement

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