Sanford-Brown Institute has campuses in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin and offers diploma and certificate programs for pharmacy technicians. Diploma classes include pharmacy computing, medication preparation, inventory and billing, customer service and maintaining patient records. Certificate courses include lectures, laboratory and clinical components, with a final externship in a clinical environment.
Everest College has campuses in California, New Jersey and Ohio offering a diploma course in pharmacy technician. Classes include pharmacy administration, pharmaceutical calculations, anatomy and physiology, digestive, respiratory and reproductive systems, medical terminology, pharmacology and health care systems. The course can be completed in nine months and prepares students for the state exam.
Rasmussen College, with locations in Florida, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and online, offers an associate's degree and a nine-month certificate program in pharmacy technician. Classes vary by location and include general education classes plus computer applications and business systems concepts, medical law and ethics, pathophysiology, unit dose and medication preparation, introduction to pharmacy, pharmacy math and dosages and pharmacy software.
Brown Mackie College offers a pharmacy technician associate's degree at its campuses in Ohio, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky. Students study at their own pace with the objective of completing one course per month. Classes include the structure and function of the human body, pharmacy practice in community and institutional settings, medication dosage forms, routes of administration, pharmacy calculations, interpreting medication orders, drug classifications, and parameters for safe drug usage plus the fundamentals of pharmacy practice with respect to safe and accurate preparation and distribution of medications.