Retail Pharmacy Technician Training

This 8-week course is designed to provide instruction in the technical procedures for preparing and dispensing drugs in the hospital and retail settings under supervision of a registered pharmacist. Topics include drug packaging and labeling, out-patient dispensing, hospital dispensing procedures, controlled substance procedures, inventory control, and non-sterile compounding.

There are no off-site clinical practice hours for this course and this course cannot take the place of any curriculum course in the pharmacy tech daytime (curriculum) program.(Does not articulate) Upon completion, students should be able to perform basic supervised dispensing techniques in a variety of pharmacy settings. Successful participants can opt to sit for the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam. https://www.ptcb.org/.

The REQUIRED book with a one-time-use digital code is to be purchased from this site www.paradigmeducation.com/davidsondavie for $124.50. The book is Cirrus 2.0 for Certification Exam Review for Pharmacy Technicians, Fifth Edition ISBN: 9798385103782 (paperback and digital access).

IMPORTANT – Registered students must attend an in-person Moodle and book orientation on Monday, August 19th at 6pm in Smith 202 with their book/code and laptop(if available). There are no scholarships available for this course at this time.

To register for this class click REGISTER and complete the forms or call 336-224-4545 Mon-Thurs 8am-5pm

This course will meet in person in the Smith building at DDCC on Monday evenings for 24 hours of instruction. The remaining 72 hours of class will be completed in Moodle over the course of 8 weeks.

Contact Info: Monica Belford at Monica_Belford@Davidsondavie.edu or 336-249-8186, Ext 4584

Course Offerings:

Course Code: PHM-3250-Y1

Cost: $186.50

Hours: 96

Location: Davidson Campus, Health Science Bldg., Room 202 & ONLINE

Start Date: September 09, 2024

End Date: October 28, 2024

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Days: Monday

Notes: This course will meet in person in the Health Science building at DDCC on Monday nights for 24 hours of instruction. The remaining 72 hours of class will be completed in Moodle over the course of 8 weeks.