Since Covid-19 began, the pharmacy industry has faced a growing shortage of pharmacy technicians. While the need for pharmacy technicians consistently grows, there is a shortage of applicants.
The roles of pharmacy technicians consist of customer service, maintaining inventory, dispensing, ensuring correct medications and dosages, and so much more. As such, pharmacy technicians play a crucial role in helping to keep pharmacies running smoothly, working closely with pharmacists to assist with medication processing and streamlining workflows.
Pharmacy technician requirements depend on the state, with 18 states requiring CPhT Certification. However all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico accept certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) to work as a pharmacy tech.
KbPort offers pharmacy solutions to prepare aspiring pharmacy technicians to enter the healthcare field. Virtual Study: Pharmacy Technician Advanced Program (CPhT) has even been PTCB-recognized since its creation in 2020.
Virtual Study provides learners the opportunity to practice hands-on skills with in-depth, interactive virtual lessons, allowing them to gain knowledge required for certification. Our program is module-based, making it ideal for learners to easily digest key concepts from each lesson. Completing the Virtual Study: Pharmacy Technician Advanced Program (CPhT) will ensure learners gain training required to pass national certification exams.
We also offer Pharmacy Technician Lesson Plans, written by an expert in the field, that include in-depth hands-on training on managing inventory, medication distribution, quality control, and patient education. The lesson plans work hand in hand with our medication dispensing cabinets and MedsManager for an all-inclusive adjunct to patient care.
“The newest edition of the Pharmacy Tech program is so user friendly and works great with the added medications for your medication dispensing cabinet. Each lesson comes with a brief introduction, terms, and step by step guidance to help your students work through the assignments. Bonus this year is the instructor manual with scenarios, notes, and answer keys.”
We recognize the important role pharmacy technicians play in pharmacy and hospital settings and strive to enable both instructors and learners to collaborate on the important aspects of medication dispensation, hands-on skills, patient education, and more. As such, we offer custom pharmacy solutions from consulting services to lab build-outs, mirroring what learners will see in the real-world.
Contact us today to learn more about our pharmacy solutions.
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