In the Penn Foster Pharmacy Technician Training Program you can get a chance to work closely with pharmacists to provide medication and health care products to patients. The Program includes all necessary books, lessons, equipment and learning aids; work experience option; unlimited instructional support; access to student services by phone, mail, fax and website.

The Program consists of 10 Instruction Sets

Instruction Set 1
Learning Strategies
The Profession of Pharmacy

Instruction Set 2
Regulations for Drug Development
Pharmacy Operations
Prescribers of Drugs
Veterinarians as Prescribers

Instruction Set 3
Drug Information Sources
Drug Manufacturers, Monographs, and Package Inserts
Label Preparation
Dosage Forms and Routes of Administration
Prescriptions

Instruction Set 4
Pre-Algebra
Pharmacy Arithmetic
Pharmaceutical Calculations

Instruction Set 5
Pharmaceutical Dispensing 1: General Considerations
Pharmaceutical Dispensing 2: Solid Dose Forms
Pharmaceutical Dispensing 3: Liquid Dose Forms - Oral
Pharmaceutical Dispensing 4: Topical Dose Forms
Pharmaceutical Dispensing 5: Miscellaneous Dose Forms

Instruction Set 6
How Drugs Work
Poison/Drug Emergencies
Addictive Drugs
Adverse Reactions/Drug Interactions
Basic Chemistry of Drug Molecules

Instruction Set 7
Compounding of Sterile Products 1
Compounding of Sterile Products 2

Instruction Set 8
Medical Terminology
Anatomy/Physiology

Instruction Set 9
Drug Classes: Prescription Drugs
Drug Classes: Over-the-Counter Drugs

Instruction Set 10
General Medical Conditions
Infectious Diseases
Cancer

Upon graduation you'll receive the Pharmacy Technician Workbook and Certification Review

Tuition – $553
Registration fee – $82
Technology fee – $35
Shipping charge – $119

Total tuition fees - $789