Middlesex Community College Offers Pharmacy Technician Course

New this spring, Middlesex Community College’s Corporate and Community Education & Training program is offering a Pharmacy Technician course. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and run Feb. 2 through May 3, on the Lowell campus.

This course consists of 60 hours of instructor-led classroom time, followed by an 80-hour externship in a pharmacy setting to prepare students to sit for the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Board exam.

Topics covered in the classroom include, pharmacy operations, pharmacy law, pharmaceutical calculations, routes of administration, medical abbreviations, medication dosage forms, interpreting drug orders, regulations, and a review of the top 200 prescription medications.

The externship portion of the course is designed to give students real-world experience working in a pharmacy setting to reinforce the topics covered in the classroom. Students will also gain information about interviewing and what employers seek in candidates.

Students must have a high school diploma or GED and must complete a CORI/SORI check to qualify.

To learn more about MCC’s Pharmacy Technician course, visit www.middlesex.mass.edu/careertraining/ or call 1-800-818-3434.

Middlesex Community College meets the evolving educational, civic and workforce needs of our local and global communities. As one of the largest, most comprehensive community colleges in the state, we educate more than 13,000 students annually on our campuses in Bedford and Lowell, and online. MCC offers more than 70 degree and certificate programs, plus hundreds of noncredit courses. At Middlesex, everyone teaches, everyone learns.