Learn about components of the revised syllabus for the PTCB exam and prepare accordingly in this free online course. We have designed this course to help you grasp the basic concepts concerning the new syllabus of the PTCB exams. After completing this course, you will be able to adequately handle each of the four areas of the PTCB pharmacy technician exam. The course also contains a list of essential drugs and their pharmacological uses. Moreover, you will also learn to interpret the DEA numbers through the methods described in this course.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188698 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Evaluate the importance of the PTCB examination for becoming a pharmacy technician • Discuss the factors affecting the salaries of a pharmacy technician • Distinguish between the three important pharmacy laws concerning the PTCB examination • Explain the requirements of the U.S.federal laws for controlled substances • Recall the roles of different pharmaceutical regulatory bodies in the U.S. • Compute the method of formatting DEA numbers • Discuss error prevention, risk potential and pharmacist intervention • Outline the contents of event reporting • Recognize the common prescription errors • Analyze the step-by-step method of processing a medication order Indicate components of a pharmacy prescription Recall some of the most important drugs and their functions |
| Course Code | 5037 |

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