Certification Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)

This fully online, eight week course is designed to prepare students to take a national exam through National Healthcareer Association/NHA in order to become a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT). With instructor led classes, projects, and guest speakers; students are introduced to and learn the fundamentals of pharmacy history and pharmacy law at large. Additionally, students learn the Top 200 Drugs (brand, generic, and indication), sig codes (pharmaceutical terminology), and basic pharmacy math calculations. Upon completion of this course, students will have knowledge of sterile and nonsterile compounding basics, the dispensing process, basic pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, Federal Privacy requirements, and Unit Dose Systems and Medication Repackaging.