2024-2025 Surry Community College Catalog 
    
    May 09, 2025  
2024-2025 Surry Community College Catalog
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PHM - 3250 Pharmacy Technician Training (WTCE)


Contact Hours: 204
When Offered: Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): HSD or HSE required to take certification exam
Corequisite(s): None
Local Prerequisite(s): None
Local Co-requisite(s): None

This course is designed to provide instruction in the technical procedures for preparing and dispensing drugs in the hospital and retail settings under supervision of a registered pharmacist. Topics include drug packaging and labeling, out-patient dispensing, hospital dispensing procedures, controlled substance procedures, inventory control, and non-sterile compounding. Upon completion, students should be able to perform basic supervised dispensing techniques in a variety of pharmacy settings. Students are eligible to sit for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam for certification.



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