Course Overview: This course trains students to assist licensed pharmacists with preparing medications, interacting with customers, and managing prescription records, ensuring that medications are dispensed safely and efficiently.

Demand & Relevance: The demand for pharmacy technicians is increasing as pharmacies expand their role in providing patient care, such as managing chronic diseases, immunizations, and wellness screenings.

Job Opportunities: Graduates can find employment in retail pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, long-term care facilities, and mail-order pharmacies.

Course Synopsis

This course provides the student with the skills that are important in assisting the pharmacist in the preparation and dispensing of medications. Students will be trained in how to interpret prescription hardcopies, pharmacy calculations, process a prescription, pharmacy laws, and compound and package medications. This course includes the HIPAA Privacy Act, the medication ordering process, and inventories. Upon successful completion of this course, Pee Dee Medical Training Center of LC will provide the student with a certificate of completion. Also, students who complete the course and pay the LLR fee can apply to the state for registration. This is a South Carolina register only.

Course Hours:

100 total hours of lecture / clincals

Course Schedule:

Classes meet 2 times a week.
Both day and evening classes are available.
Day Classes: 1 pm – 5 pm – Thursday & Friday
Evening Classes: 5 pm – 8 pm – Monday & Tuesday

Next Class:

Monday, January 13, 2025

Tuition:

$1250.00
Payment Options Are Available.

Additional Fees:

Tuition does not include:
Textbook, Supplies, First Aid, CPR , PPD, SLED, Drug Screen and National Exam

Note:

We will provide graduates with information on how to get on the state Pharmacy Technician Registry.