PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE | NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONTINUING EDUCATION

In partnership with Condensed Curriculum International (CCI), NCC offers a Pharmacy Technician program. The course has 80 hours of instructor-led sessions in the classroom. This program will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to pursue certification including the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. This course covers the following key areas and topics: Pharmacy calculations; Medical terminology specific to the pharmacy; Skills to read and interpret prescriptions; Review of the top 200 drugs; Skills to identify drugs by generic and brand names; Dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding, and dose conversions and Dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, and billing and reimbursement. Students will be prepared to sit for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam.