PTCB-Recognized Education/Training Program

This comprehensive 50-hour program will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the earning your CPhT certification. This course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to pursue certification including the preparation to take CPhT certification from PTCB and NHA. Technicians work in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies, and other health care settings – working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

PREREQUISITES

• High School diploma or equivalency.

CERTIFICATION

You must complete all required courses listed with a grade of C or better to earn a Lehman Certificate. To request your Lehman Certificate, please email ce@lehman.cuny.edu with “Certificate Request” as the subject line.

COURSES

1. Pharmacy Technician* (PTP 200 / 17 sessions / 50 hours plus optional 80-hour externship / Hybrid)

*The course tuition includes textbooks, registration fee, certificate and materials. NO DISCOUNTS APPLY TO THIS COURSE

Beginning January 1, 2020, candidates must complete a PTCB-Recognized Education/Training Program OR equivalent work experience in order to be eligible. To be eligible for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) under the 2020 requirement, a candidate must complete one of the following:

Pathway 1: A PTCB-Recognized Education/Training Program (or completion within 60 days).
Pathway 2: Equivalent work experience as a pharmacy technician (min. 500 hours). This alternative path will serve experienced pharmacy technicians who were not in a position to attend a PTCB-recognized program.

Our Pharmacy Technician program is recognized by PTCB for CPhT exam. Please click here for the directory of PTCB-recognized programs.

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SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION

For COURSE SCHEDULES or to REGISTER click this link.

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