Enter the fastest growing industry in the country with training from Allied

Pharmacy technicians assist licensed Pharmacists and dispense medication and health care products to patients. As a pharmacy technician you’ll play a critical role in patient care. Pharmacy technicians are required to perform such tasks as:

• Counting medications
• Retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure and mix medications
• Prepare prescription labels
• Select the type of prescription container
• Affix labels to the prescription containers and bottles
• Establish and maintain patient files
• Prepare insurance forms
• Inventory prescription and over-the-counter medications

The role of a pharmacy technician is an important one. In addition to filling prescriptions with the proper dosage and labeling bottles, you’ll provide critical back office duties such as: answering phones, speaking with patients, maintaining proper inventory, and operating cash registers.

Financial Assistance Available

The first step is affording your education. We offer low-interest payment plans and deferred payment options to help you get started, at a monthly payment that works for you. Select from a wide range of financial assistance programs to take your worries away from money and help you focus on your new career.

Live Student Support

Our staff includes over 350 employees that are dedicated to the success of all of our students in every Allied course. With your pharmacy technician training, you have access to one-on-one student support through e-mail, phone and fax during regular business hours. You are not alone in your education –if you have any questions, they are available to assist you every step of the way.

 

What you will learn with Allied Medical School’s Pharmacy Technician Course

• The role of the pharmacy technician
• Origins of pharmacy and health care
• Drug regulation & public safety
• Pharmaceutical terminology
• Pharmaceutical abbreviations
• Pharmaceutical calculations
• Bio Pharmaceutics
• Job & pick-up protocol
  

Job outlook

• Pharmacy technician employment is expected to grow by 32% through 2016 (source: BLS)
• Full or Part-Time employment
• With further education and training pharmacy technicians can become pharmacists
• Mean annual salary $27,560 (source: BLS)
• Employment can be found in retail, medical facilities, & physician offices
  

The training you receive at Allied will prepare you for a successful career as a Pharmacy Technician. The pharmacy technician program consists of 8 lessons including:

• Pharmacy and Health Care
• Pharmaceutical Terminology and Prescriptions
• Calculations
• Routes and Formulations
• Parenterals and Compounding
• Basic Biopharmaceutics and Factors Affecting Drug Activity
• Inventory Management, Financial Issues and Community and Hospital Pharmacies
  

Student’s must pass all required assignments, quizzes, and online exams with a score of 70% or higher.

Required hours of study, Pharmacy Technician: 60 hours

In addition to the pharmacy technician curriculum, students must successfully complete the Pharmacy Calculations course.

The Pharmacy Calculations Course provides a comprehensive look at the various calculations required of today’s pharmacy technicians. Consisting of readings, practice exercises, step-by-step instruction and media assisted learning modules; the course will teach students all the required fundamental math skills necessary to be a pharmacy technician.

Upon completion of the 3 unit course the student will be able to: calculate solutions for pharmaceutical problems using basic arithmetic, understand, and perform calculations used in community and institutional pharmacy.

Required hours of study, Pharmacy Calculations: 60 hours

Your Career as a Pharmacy Technician

The career of a pharmacy technician holds a lot of promise. With the healthcare industry exploding, an aging population and growing reliance on prescribed medications, becoming a pharmacy technician is a solid career choice.

As a pharmacy technician you’ll provide assistance to licensed pharmacists. Pharmacy technicians working with large organizations may have the opportunity to advance to supervisory positions, mentor or train other pharmacy technicians or enter into a specialty field such as chemo therapy, or nuclear medicine. A pharmacy technician career can also provide an entry into the world of pharmaceutical sales. Those who wish to complete their education can become a licensed pharmacist with additional formal training.

Pharmacy technicians can find employment in retail and medical facilities, in mail order and internet pharmacies, with pharmaceutical wholesalers, physician offices or with the federal government.