Chair: Lynne L. Steele, 847.635.1889 or lynne@oakton.edu

The Pharmacy Technician program is designed to teach fundamentals of being a pharmacy technician for those interested in becoming pharmacy technicians, pre-pharmacy students, or those with health-care backgrounds interested in strengthening skills. Classes are taught by an interim licensed or practicing Registered Pharmacist or Doctor of Pharmacy. The course covers various pharmacy practice settings, drugs, basic physiology, drug interactions and daily pharmacy operations.

Job placement assistance is available upon successful completion of the program, in career settings including retail/independent community, hospital, mail order, managed care, pharmaceutical industry, long term/home health care and nuclear pharmacy.

Prerequisite: High school diploma.

Pharmacy Technician Certificate
5 Semester Credit Hours; Curriculum: 0282

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