Program Description Centennial College's Pharmacy Technician program offers a dynamic curriculum that is based on the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) competencies.
The learner-centred environment fostered in this pharmacy diploma program's courses allows you to gain the scope of skills needed for the profession, including: Receiving, ordering and managing inventory. Preparing, dispensing and compounding medications. Interacting with patients and a variety of health care providers. Assisting in the provision of pharmaceutical care and pharmacy services. This School of Community and Health Studies program also focuses on inspiring you to embrace the philosophy of lifelong learning by pursuing the designation of Regulated Pharmacy Technician.
In order to practice as a Pharmacy Technician in Ontario, graduates from Centennial’s accredited Pharmacy Technician Program must complete the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada Exam (PEBC) and register with the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) according to their licensing requirements. Pharmacy technicians are considered valued and essential members of Ontario's interprofessional health care team.
Mission Statement: Educating Students for career success as Registered Pharmacy Technicians, RPhT
Vision Statement: To inspire students to pursue the designation of Regulated Pharmacy Technician and embrace the philosophy of lifelong learning.
Goal Statement: To promote learning, professionalism and development through excellence in education, supporting licensure and employment.
Program Highlights You will enjoy a mix of classroom and hands-on practical laboratory experiences at Centennial College's Morningside Campus, which features three state-of-the-art labs that include community dispensing, institution/long-term care and sterile preparations. This Pharmacy Technician program helps you to gain knowledge of pharmacology as well as aseptic technique, pharmaceutical calculations, compounding, inventory control and community and institution dispensing skills. You have the opportunity for three work experience placements. The program's field placement partners help it to ensure the CCAPP standards and pharmacy competencies are met by providing opportunities through which you attain a minimum of 160 hours in each hospital/institutional and community pharmacy setting. Faculty members are experts with experience in all areas of the pharmaceutical industry. They include Fabiola Takla, program coordinator/professor, BSc RPhT, Kathryn Herman, professor, RPhT, Julee Joseph, professor, RPhT and Aldo Gatti, BSc Pharm, licensed pharmacist professor, Cindy Xinying Teng, professor, BSc RPhT.
The Pharmacy Technician program employs approximately 10 part-time faculty members with expertise in their area of teaching who have RPhT or BSc Pharm designations. They include Elizabeth D’Addetta, professor, RPhT, Sayada Ahmed, professor, RPhT, Christa Asselstine, professor, BBA (hons) RPhT, Michelle Lee, professor, BSc RPhT, Nicole Thomson, professor, BSc RPhT, Rosamaria Torchia, professor, RPhT, Brian Lam, professor RPhT, Kristoffer Ilagan, professor, RPhT and Lolita Makund, professor, RPhT.
Pharmacy Technician graduates will have the ability to: Communicate effectively with patients, pharmacists, other colleagues and health care providers within the scope of the profession. Receive and prioritize written prescriptions and verbal requests, and dispense pharmaceutical products accurately in compliance with legislation and established standards, policies and procedures. Release pharmaceutical products in compliance with legislation and established standards, policies and procedures.
Students in this program will develop a portfolio documenting their engagement with the College's signature global citizenship and equity competencies. For more information on Global Citizenship, Education and Inclusion, the GCEI Portfolio and the available supports, please visit www.centennialcollege.ca/citizenshipandequity.
Please note: Due to the challenging nature of this profession, applicants should have strong critical thinking, mathematical and English communication skills and a commitment to self-directed thinking.
The Pharmacy Technician Program of Centennial College has been awarded Accreditation Status by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs for a five year term January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023.
