Pharmacy Technician Courses Online

Get the training you need to become a Pharmacy Technician at home, at your own pace with Penn Foster. The Penn Foster Pharmacy Technician Training Program can help you make a difference. You’ll work closely with pharmacists to provide medication and health care products to patients. Train quickly and conveniently. Learn how to:

• Receive prescriptions from doctors and hospitals.
• Prepare prescriptions for patients.
• Verify insurance and prescription information.
• Assist the pharmacist with everyday duties.

And you’ll learn it all at home – no classroom needed! You’ll get valuable information about working in a pharmacy, where skills in record keeping, calculating, and knowledge of medicines will be tested daily.

Why take a Pharmacy Technician training program? With the right credentials, you can:

• Work for a retail pharmacy, local druggist, grocery store, or hospital.
• Be an important part of a rewarding profession.

Demand for Pharmacy Technicians will rise 29% by 2012.* Because of expansion of retail pharmacies and other employment settings, good job opportunities are expected for full-time and part-time Pharmacy Technicians with formal training. That means more employment opportunity for you!

We’ll send you FREE information with absolutely no obligation! Find out more about Penn Foster's Pharmacy Technician training that includes:

• All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning aids you need.
• Work experience option.
• Toll-free instructional support.
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail.

* Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2012. Source: "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix," a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Pharmacy Technician
The healthcare field is booming. As baby boomers age and our elderly population increases, pharmacy technicians can look forward to increasing opportunities for well-paying careers.

Ashworth University will teach you the skills and techniques you must know to enter this exciting field. And there are no prerequisites to enroll in our convenient distance learning program.

·         Learn about drugs, dosage forms and the delivery system

·         The measuring of pharmaceutical dosages. Learn about fractions, proportions, ratios and percentages used in measuring.

·         The science of pharmacology – Learn key medical terms and patient rights

·         Anesthetics, analgesics and narcotics

·         The treatment of asthma, emphysema, bronchitis and other respiratory issues

·         And much more

There are over 50,000 pharmacy chains across America each using trained pharmacy technicians. Join this exciting career with career training from Ashworth University.

Distance education lets you study in the comfort of home at your own pace. Frequent course updates assure you’ll learn the latest skills and techniques. Ashworth University courses are very affordable; monthly tuition is interest-free. Ashworth University is an accredited member of the Distance Education and Training Council. The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency for distance learning schools.

What would I do if I were a pharmacy technician?

Pharmacy aides often are clerks or cashiers who primarily answer telephones, handle money, stock shelves, and perform other clerical duties. Pharmacy technicians usually perform more complex tasks than do pharmacy aides, although in some States their duties and job titles may overlap.

Technicians who work in retail or mail-order pharmacies have varying responsibilities, depending on State rules and regulations. Technicians receive written prescriptions or requests for prescription refills from patients. They also may receive prescriptions sent electronically from the doctor’s office. They must verify that the information on the prescription is complete and accurate. To prepare the prescription, technicians must retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure, and sometimes mix the medication. Then, they prepare the prescription labels, select the type of prescription container, and affix the prescription and auxiliary labels to the container. Once the prescription is filled, technicians price and file the prescription, which must be checked by a pharmacist before it is given to the patient. Technicians may establish and maintain patient profiles, prepare insurance claim forms, and stock and take inventory of prescription and over-the-counter medications. Start your pharmacy technician career with online training from top distance education schools.

In hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted-living facilities, technicians have added responsibilities, including reading patients’ charts and preparing and delivering the medicine to patients. Still, the pharmacist must check the order before it is delivered to the patient. The technician then copies the information about the prescribed medication onto the patient’s profile. Technicians also may assemble a 24-hour supply of medicine for every patient. They package and label each dose separately. The packages are then placed in the medicine cabinets of patients until the supervising pharmacist checks them for accuracy. The packages are then given to the patients.