Pharmacy Technician

Georgian College’s Pharmacy Technician Diploma program prepares students to work collaboratively with pharmacy teams and other health care professionals to achieve patients’ health goals and ensure continuity of care. Experiential learning practices such as simulation experiences, and placements in community, hospital, or other pharmacy sites actively engage students in the learning process.

Students enjoy the benefits of learning from expert faculty who are also practicing pharmacy professionals. Students develop knowledge, skills, and abilities in key competency areas of legal and ethical responsibilities, professionalism, patient care, product preparation, health promotion, knowledge application, communication, intra- and inter-professionalism, and safety.

What You’ll Learn

• Practice safely within a legal, ethical, and professional framework in practice settings.
• Process prescriptions accurately in compliance with pertinent legislation and established standards, policies, and procedures in practice settings.
• Prepare pharmaceutical products for dispensing in compliance with pertinent legislation and established standards, policies, and procedures in practice settings.
• Release pharmaceutical products in compliance with pertinent legislation and established standards, policies, and procedures in practice settings.