Diploma of Pharmacy Technician (On Campus)

About the Program

Pharmacy Technicians are a critical part of the health care team. They work closely with Pharmacists and ensure that the highest standards of quality and accuracy are met in the compounding and dispensing of prescription medications. Their scope of practice includes receiving and transcribing verbal prescriptions, transferring prescriptions, and performing final checks.

Stenberg’s Pharmacy Technician program is designed to prepare students for Pharmacy Technician positions in community or hospital pharmacies. Hands-on skills are developed in the lab setting and clinical competencies are mastered at affiliated clinical partner sites (hospitals and community pharmacies). It’s Stenberg College’s mission to offer an exceptional career-oriented Pharmacy Technician Program with a goal to prepare graduates who:

• Demonstrate the knowledge base, skills, and attitudes consistent with industry expectations for entry-level employment. Graduates will be able to meet competency requirements set out by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA).
• Successfully complete the regulated licensing exams and Structured Practical Training (SPT) required to become a Regulated Pharmacy Technician and qualify for registration with the College of Pharmacists in their province within 12 months of program completion.

Our program is designed with a vision to educate potential students about the career of a Regulated Pharmacy Technician (RPhT) within Canada in an accurate and transparent manner. Through this program, we want to make Pharmacy Technician training accessible to qualified applicants who prefer an in-class learning experience and graduate job-ready entry-to-practice Pharmacy Technicians who are recognized as a vital part of the health care team.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Stenberg College Pharmacy Technician Program, graduates will be able to:

• Comply with the Pharmacy Manager’s directives and demonstrate professionalism, accountability and responsibility.
• Collaborate effectively with other health professionals to provide exceptional patient care.
• Safely prepare and dispense medications within the Pharmacy Technician’s scope of practice.
• Determine patient, physician, drug, third party and government information required to maintain accurate records using
• pharmacy prescription software.
• Accurately and efficiently process a prescription in a pharmacy setting.
• Effectively support pharmacy operations including merchandising, inventory management and risk management.
• Accurately and efficiently perform pharmaceutical calculations and conversions based on prescription information.
• Demonstrate multi-tasking skills, adaptability, how to make effective decisions while using good judgement and reasoning
• and how to use critical thinking skills.
• Under the supervision of the Pharmacy Manager, understand legal and ethical behaviour that considers confidentiality, liability,
• negligence, patient rights, patient safety occupational health and safety, and consent.
• Communicate clearly and concisely with patients and other health professionals using written, verbal, non-verbal and technological
• forms of communication.
• Support public health activities in collaboration with the pharmacists.
• Accept referrals from and make referrals to the pharmacists.

Program Courses

• Orientation & Student Success Skills
• Clinical Prerequisites Certificates
• Medical Terminology/Anatomy & Physiology
• Pharmacology
• Pharmaceutical Calculations
• Law & Ethics I
• Professional Practice I
• Pharmacy Operations and Dispensing I
• Pharmacy Operations and Dispensing II
• Career Search Strategies
• Comprehensive Program Review
• Community Practicum
• Hospital Practicum

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