Rasmussen College Pharmacy Technician Degree Program
Every day, Pharmacy Technicians help improve the quality of life for many people in their communities. Rasmussen College is proud to offer a Pharmacy Technician degree program that will teach you the skills you need to become successful in this vital industry. With Pharmacy Technician training from Rasmussen College, you can be on your way to a career helping people live healthier lives, in just two years.
Pharmacy Technicians are the Pharmacist’s "right hand", and after graduating from our Pharmacy Technician degree program, you will be ready to work alongside Pharmacists, interpreting prescriptions, counting medications and working with customers. In addition, with Pharmacy Technician training, you will be able to differentiate between different drugs, understand medical abbreviations and terminology and develop advanced customer service skills.
What Pharmacy Technicians Do
Pharmacy Technicians have many important responsibilities that affect the health of people in their communities and beyond.
- Manage pharmacy aides/assistants
- Accept/interpret prescriptions for filling
- Compound pharmaceuticals or medical preparations
- Stock, organize, or label pharmaceutical supplies
- Maintain customer records, reports, or files
- Store pharmaceutical supplies or filled prescriptions
- Establish procedures concerning quality assurance
- Keep record of medication or equipment dispensed to patient
- Measure, weigh, or count products or materials
- Mix ingredients or chemicals according to specifications
- Understand drug products
- Insurance company billing
- Understand government health regulations
- Understand properties or composition of drugs, including multiple interactions
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