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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN <br />High School Diploma or GED Required - Hybrid Program <br />PROGRAM DESCRIPTION <br />This program is designed for those students who desire knowledge and skills in the career as a Pharmacy Technician or related position. Offeredfully <br />on ground or hybrid. Upon completion of all requirements the student will be awarded a Certificate. <br />PROGRAM OBJECTIVES <br />This is an instructional program that prepares individuals to support pharmacists by providing assistance during patient consultation, counter <br />dispensing operations, and prescription preparation: keeping patient and related health record information; and by performing a wide range of <br />practice -related duties. <br />OCCUPATIONAL OBJECTIVES <br />Pharmacy Technician graduates must become licensed by the California Board of Pharmacy to qualify to work as a Pharmacy Technician in the state <br />of California. Students will need to fill out an application, complete a Live Scan, provide a current picture, produce official high school transcripts, <br />and submit to a drug screen and background check. Licensed graduates will qualify to work as an entry level Pharmacy Technician in both hospital <br />and retail drug store pharmacies. Licensed or unlicensed graduates will be qualified for employment as a pharmacy clerk. <br />EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS <br />FINANCIAL AID <br />LECTURE HOURS <br />LABORATORY <br />EXTERNSHIP <br />TOTALACADEMIC <br />UNITS <br />HOURS <br />HOURS <br />HOURS& <br />For purposes of <br />CREDITS <br />Title IV <br />eligibility & <br />COURSE TITLE/NUMBER <br />disbursements <br />CLOCK <br />CREDIT <br />CLOCK <br />CREDIT <br />CLOCK <br />CREDIT <br />CLOCK <br />CREDIT <br />FACREDIT <br />PT248 Medical Terminology, Healthcare Law <br />90 <br />6 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />6 <br />3 <br />& Ethics <br />PT241 Anatomy & Physiology <br />90 <br />6 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />6 <br />3 <br />PT242 Career & Professional Development <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />4 <br />3 <br />PT243 Pharmacology <br />90 <br />6 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />6 <br />3 <br />PT244 Pharmacy Compounding <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />4 <br />3 <br />PT245 Pharmacy Calculations <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />4 <br />3 <br />PT246 Sterile Product/Chemotherapy/ <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />4 <br />3 <br />Hazardous Products Preparation <br />PT247 Procurement & Pharmacy Informatics <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />4 <br />3 <br />/ Inventory Control & Insurance Billing <br />PT226R Pharmacy Technician Externship 1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />2 <br />90 <br />2 <br />2 <br />PT227R Pharmacy Technician Externship II <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />2 <br />90 <br />2 <br />2 <br />TOTALS <br />420 <br />28 <br />30U <br />10 <br />1a0 <br />4 <br />900 <br />42 <br />28 <br />900 HOURS CIP CODE: 51.0805 SOC- O*NET: 29-2052 <br />MAXIMUM STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO LECTURE-45:1 LAB-24:1 40 WEEKS TO COMPLETE <br />This program prepares graduates forthe following occupation: Pharmacy Technician https•//www.onetonline.org/link/summary/29-2052.00 <br />To work as a pharmacy technician in California, you must possess and keep current a license as a pharmacy technician. This license does not require <br />additional testing. To apply for licensure, you must complete at least 240 hours of instruction as specified in section 1793.6 (c) of Title 16 of the <br />California Code of Regulations. <br />CLASSROOM/LAB EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES PROGRAM -SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES <br />Tables and chairs, White Boards/ Projector, Appropriate Pill Counter, Oral Syringes, Mortar and Pestle, Conical Cylinders, <br />posters. Computer lab with computers and printer available to Graduated Cylinders, Spatulas, Pipettes, Beakers, Sterile Gloves, <br />all programs. Torsion Balance and Weights, Bottles with Child -Resistant Caps, <br />Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, Sharps Containers, Sterile Water <br />for Injection, Demo Dose Powder, Intravenous Bags, Laminar Flow <br />Hood <br />InterCoast Colleges School Catalog 64 1 Page <br />