Pharmacy Technician Program: Course Summary

The purpose of this non-credit course is to prepare the student to enter the pharmacy field in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies, or community pharmacies as a technician working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.
The course is taught by local registered pharmacists who are members of the part-time faculty of Columbus State Community College.

Topics covered in the Pharmacy Technician Training program are:

  • Medical Terminology specific to the Photo of test tubes and
    pharmaceutical industry
  • Reading and interpreting prescriptions
  • Defining drugs by generic and brand names
  • Dosage calculations
  • IV flow rates
  • Drug compounding
  • Dose conversions
  • Dispensing of prescriptions
  • Unit Dose
  • Inventory control
  • Billing and reimbursement