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2010/11 Programs

Pharmacy Technician

Application Program Code: 07731

Diploma
School of Health Sciences
4 Semesters
2010/11 Availability
North CampusSeptember - OPEN
Beginning in September.

Your Career

The average Canadian fills 12 prescriptions a year; those under 30 fill five or fewer, while those 60 and over fill an average of 22. Assist registered pharmacists in community/retail and hospital pharmacies in Ontario in this growing field. Graduates may also find opportunities with long-term care facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, third-party insurance companies, computer software companies or in government or teaching.

Exciting options abound in this new and expanding profession, including narcotic destruction technician, pharmacy events co-ordinator, software specialists and a new expanded role for medication reconciliation technicians. Pharmacy technicians will soon be a regulated profession (anticipated by 2010), which will yield added responsibilities, new job opportunities and licensing.

Our Program

This unique program offers low student-teacher ratios with experts who continue to work in the field. You will learn about relevant legislation, physiology, pharmacotherapeutics, customer care, health-care ethics, hospital and retail software systems, inventory management, hospital practice, and infection control. Emphasis throughout the program is the application of theoretical knowledge to practical skills. Students interact with guest speakers, tour pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesale distributors and hospitals, and have opportunities to attend conferences.

Our Facilities

A fully equipped dispensing lab provides students with hands-on experience compounding pharmaceuticals and developing aseptic techniques.

Work Placement

Students will complete two unpaid four-week internships under the supervision of a pharmacist/technician after semester four: one in a retail/community pharmacy and one in a hospital pharmacy setting. Students, with faculty guidance, decide on a community placement in a location/city of the student's choosing. The program co-ordinator arranges the hospital pharmacy placement.

Professional Accreditation, Endorsement and Recognition

Graduates of the Pharmacy Technician program may go on to become Regulated Pharmacy Technicians with the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Our program meets the requirements set by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA), Canadian Pharmacy Technician Educators (CPTEA) and the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Humber's Pharmacy Technician program has been awarded the status of Provisional Accreditation by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs for a three-year term 2008/2011.

Admission Requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status
  • Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U). If English is not your first language refer to the English Language Proficiency Policy in this publication.
  • Grade 11 or Grade 12 Mathematics (MBF3C, MCF3M, MCR3U, MAP4C, MCT4C, MDM4U, MCB4U, MGA4U, MCV4U or MHF4U)
  • Grade 11 or Grade 12 Biology (SBI3C, SBI3U or SBI4U) or equivalent
  • Grade 11 or Grade 12 Chemistry (SCH3U, SCH4C or SCH4U) or equivalent
  • Applicants who do not possess the required courses may complete admission testing to determine equivalencies. Invitation and booking of admission testing is done using the email address provided on the online application.

Note: Refer to the Selection Procedures for more information

Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.

Additional Requirements

  • Complete immunization record including immunization against Hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, tetanus, diphtheria, influenza and negative on the Two-Step Tuberculin Skin Test
  • Police Record Check: Students in programs or occupations involving direct contact with vulnerable persons are required to undergo a Police Record Check. Refer to the Admission Information section in this publication. Humber reserves the right to deny admission to this program based on an unpardoned criminal record that would be relevant to the academic or placement requirements of the program. The Police Record Check may have to be renewed every three to six months thereafter. For more information and application instructions regarding the Police Record Check, visit oesc-cseo.org.

Fees

The 2009/2010 fee for two semesters was
- domestic $3,052.70
- international $11,730.

For further information, refer to Fees and Financial Assistance in this publication.

FINANCIAL AID >

Additional Costs

$2,500 for textbooks and supplies.

Curriculum

Semester 1
COURSE Code Course Credits
HUMA 024 Humanities: An Introduction to Arts and Science 3
LANG 101 Writing Skills for Health Sciences Students 3
PATN 101 Dispensing Lab 6
PATN 102 Pharmacy Math 1 2
PATN 103 Community Pharmacy Practices 4
PATN 106 Dispensing Theory 3
PATN 150 Basic Physiology and Pharmaco-Therapeutics 1 2
Semester 2
COURSE Code Course Credits
GNED 000 General Education Elective 3
LANG 201 Writing Skills for Health Science 2 3
PATN 201 Computer Prescriptions 1 2
PATN 209 Self-Medication 2
PATN 214 Pharmacy Management/ Inventory Control 2
PATN 215 Pharmacy Science Theory 2
PATN 216 Compounding Lab 2
PATN 250 Basic Physiology and Pharmaco-Therapeutics 2 3
Semester 3
COURSE Code Course Credits
GNED 000 General Education Elective 3
PATN 301 Computer Prescriptions 2 2
PATN 313 Hospital Pharmacy Dispensing 1 4
PATN 315 Ethics and Professionalism 2
PATN 318 Pharmacy Math 2 2
PATN 320 Hospital Practice and Infection Control 4
PATN 350 Basic Physiology and Pharmaco-Therapeutics 3 3
Semester 4
COURSE Code Course Credits
PATN 418 Sterile Compounding Lab 2
PATN 419 Customer Care in Pharmacy 3
PATN 420 Community Pharmacy Placement 4
PATN 421 Hospital Pharmacy Placement 4
PATN 422 Institutional Computer Prescriptions 3
PATN 450 Basic Physiology and Pharmaco-Therapeutics 4 2 
		  	
	      		
 
		
 
	              
      
      

	

	
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