School: Centennial College
Program:Pharmacy Technician
Program | Pharmacy Technician | Faculty | School of Community and Health Studies |
Credential | Diploma | Duration | 2 years/ 4semesters |
Starting Month | Fall, Winter | Co-op opportunities | No |
Program Description:
Centennial College's Pharmacy Technician program offers a dynamic curriculum that is based on the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) competencies.
Advantages:
You will enjoy a mix of classroom and hands-on practical laboratory experiences at Centennial College's Morningside Campus, which features three state-of-the-art labs that include community dispensing, institution/long-term care and sterile preparations.
This Pharmacy Technician program helps you to gain knowledge of pharmacology as well as aseptic technique, pharmaceutical calculations, compounding, inventory control and community and institution dispensing skills.
You have the opportunity for three work experience placements.
The program's field placement partners help it to ensure the CCAPP standards and pharmacy competencies are met by providing opportunities through which you attain a minimum of 140 hours in each hospital/institutional and community pharmacy setting.
Faculty members are experts with experience in all areas of the pharmaceutical industry. They include
Fabiola Takla, program coordinator/professor, BSc RPhT, Kathryn Herman, professor, RPhT, Julee Joseph, professor, RPhT and Aldo Gatti, BSc Pharm, licensed pharmacist professor.
The Pharmacy Technician program employs approximately 15 part-time faculty members with expertise in their area of teaching who have RPhT or BSc Pharm designations.
Admission Requirement:
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
English Grade 12 C or U, or equivalent (minimum grade required)
Mathematics Grade 11 M or U, or 12 C or U, or equivalent (minimum grade required) or take the College CAAT D Math Skills Assessment for Admission
Senior Biology Grade 11 C or U or Grade 12 C or U or equivalent (minimum grade required)
Senior Chemistry Grade 11 C or U or Grade 12 C or U or equivalent (minimum grade required)
Science assessments will not be acceptable in place of the science requirements.
Language proficiency: The Pharmacy Technician program is accredited by the CCAPP. The English proficiency requirement can be met through:
Language proficiency test results that meet the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) Language Proficiency Requirements for Licensure as a Pharmacy Technician in Canada; or
Graduation from a high school in Canada with four consecutive, first language English courses or credits; or
An undergraduate degree or two-year college diploma from a university or college in Canada, whose instruction was provided in English.
Tuition Fees:
Student | Tuition (2 Semesters) | Incidental Fees
| Total
|
Canadian | $2935.5
| $973 | $3908.5
|
International | $13283 | $2256 | $15539 |
Career:
Graduates may find career opportunities in areas such as:
Registered pharmacy technician (RPhT)
Community pharmacy technician
Institutional pharmacy technician
Credits Transfer
Students who successfully complete this program may qualify for entry into Ontario college graduate certificates and university degree programs at institutions such as McMaster University, University of Guelph and Northern Alberta Institution of Technology.
Link to Centennial College Official Website
https://www.centennialcollege.ca/