Pharmacy Technician Program - Curriculum

Total Curricular Length: 420 hours

Mix of live-in-person classes, remote asynchronous self-paced classes, live simulation lab, and clinical rotations at practice sites. All classes are held in the Pharmacy Building, ßÙßÇÂþ»­ School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Johnson City, NY. This program is a noncredit micro-credential and does not provide college course credit.

  • 37% Clinical site hands-on learning at a practice site.
  • 14% live in-person laboratory skills.
  • 14% live in-person classes.
  • 35% remote asynchronous online classes through the PharmTech Ready® program.
2024 Dates  Week #  Topics
June 18th   Orientation 1
7/8/24-7/10/24 1 (0.6 week) Foundations (live in person)
7/15/24-8/9/24 2-5 (4 weeks)
  • Pharmacology
  • Calculations and Measurements
  • Processing and Handling of Medications and Medication Orders
  • Infection Control
  • Sterile Compounding
  • Nonsterile Compounding and Repackaging (remote asynchronous online with live check ins with program director)
8/12/24-8/23/24 6 and 7 (2 weeks) Simulation Lab (live in person)
8/26-24-9/27/24 8-12 (5 weeks)
  • Pharmacotherapeutics
  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Medication Safety
  • Practice Readiness (remote asynchronous online with live check ins with program director)
Office of Experiential Education Orientation 2 Start of Week 9 Remote synchronous live 
9/30/24-11/8/24

Weeks 13-17
(6 weeks)

 Experiential Rotations at Practice Sites: 80 hours Inpatient Hospital and 80 hours (40 hours per week for 4 weeks) at either community pharmacy or outpatient hospital pharmacy
11/11/24-11/21/24 Weeks 18 and 19
(1.8 weeks)		 PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) Exam Review/Preparation/Practice; Career Development Skills (Live)
Graduation Date 11/22/24 Total Weeks 19.4 Pending completion of requirements