Pharmacy Technician Training

What you'll learn

• Understand the role and responsibilities of pharmacy technicians across different healthcare environments
• Identify common routes of drug administration, along with their benefits and limitations
• Explain methods of drug classification and their importance in pharmaceutical practice
• Recognize factors that influence drug stability and appropriate storage conditions
• Interpret the elements of a valid prescription, including standard abbreviations and symbols
• Discuss potential drug interactions and adverse drug reactions to promote safe medication use
• Describe procedures involved in sterile and non-sterile compounding
• Understand the key elements of medication education and effective patient counselling
• Apply best practices for inventory management and medication supply control
• Demonstrate effective communication techniques, especially when supporting special populations such as elderly or pediatric patients
• Explain common pharmaceutical terms and abbreviations.
• List the major organ systems and the associated drugs that affect them.
• Indicate the applications and challenges of oncology pharmacy.
• State the differences and similarities between paediatric and neonatal pharmacy.
• Distinguish between different types of dosage forms and their advantages and disadvantages.