About
U.S. Career Institute’s Online Pharmacy Technician Certificate Program For Michigan Students is offered by U.S. Career Institute in Fort Collins, Colorado. It prepares students for pharmacy technician work in hospitals, retail pharmacies, and other healthcare settings, and leads to the U.S. Career Institute Certificate of Completion. The program also prepares students for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or the Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians through the National Healthcareer Association. Coursework is delivered online in a self-paced format with part-time study. Topics include pharmaceutical terminology, anatomy and physiology, dosage calculations, prescriptions, medication orders, inventory, compounding, vaccines, and drug actions and interactions. The page states that students should have a high school diploma or GED, but presents that education as a consideration rather than an admission requirement.
At a glance
- Format: Online
- Leads to: Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB); Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT) through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
- Payment plan: available (per the school's page)
Organization
U.S. Career Institute
U.S. Career Institute is an online career-training institution associated with Fort Collins, Colorado. Its occupational fields include Accounting, Criminal Justice, Dental Assistant, Electrician, Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), HVAC, Massage Therapist, Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Assistant, Medical Billing and Coding, Medical Transcriptionist, Paralegal, Patient Care Technician, Personal Trainer, Pharmacy Technician, Phlebotomy, Physical Therapy Technician, Plumber, Sterile Processing Technician, and Veterinary Assistant. The institute offers certificate programs across healthcare, business, legal, wellness, services, and skilled trades, along with associate degree programs and online high school options. Its program portfolio includes both clinical and administrative healthcare training, as well as technical, professional-services, and personal-wellness pathways. The school also provides tuition and financing information organized by program.