Students Who Start ACC’s Pharmacy Tech Program on January 14 Will Graduate Before the Summer Solstice

(December 18, 2007 – Littleton, Colo) Some careers require training for years and years. At Arapahoe Community College, students who start their Pharmacy Technician program on January 14 can be finished with their entire program and ready to take the national certification exam before June 21 (in just 23 weeks).

ACC’s fast-track program mixes online study with real-world laboratory experience in the College’s simulated pharmacy. Following classroom training, students complete required internships in local hospital or retail pharmacies. Pharmacy Technicians have many responsibilities at hospital, chain, and neighborhood drug stores. These include: accepting and processing prescriptions; counting, pouring, and compounding medications; stocking and pricing inventory; billing and collecting payments; preparing and compounding sterile injectables including IV medications; distributing medicines to hospital stations; and preparing unit dosage packaging.

ACC’s Pharmacy Technician program is better than others because their faculty predominately consists of practicing pharmacists. According to Samrawit Ghezae, a pharmacist that teaches in ACC’s program, “The flexibility, hands on training and way the program has students complete both hospital and retail rotations makes it one of the best.” Slots are still available for the class that starts January 14. For more information on the program, contact Allen at 303-797-5944.

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