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When are you starting pharmacy school? If you're starting this year, it's not worth it to get your tech license because you will be an intern soon...
I was in a phlebotomy program and quit halfway through. I could not get through it because my skills were really bad. I am planning to go to pharmacy tech school at the same place so I can prepare for pharmacy school. I would like to know if this is worthwhile knowledge to use for pharmacy school and would it help me with the application process?
I was in a phlebotomy program and quit halfway through. I could not get through it because my skills were really bad. I am planning to go to pharmacy tech school at the same place so I can prepare for pharmacy school. I would like to know if this is worthwhile knowledge to use for pharmacy school and would it help me with the application process?
1) paying over 12000 for an 8-12 month program
or
2) $35 for study materials and 2 weeks of study
both option will end the same way.
1) paying over 12000 for an 8-12 month program
I was in a phlebotomy program and quit halfway through. I could not get through it because my skills were really bad. I am planning to go to pharmacy tech school at the same place so I can prepare for pharmacy school. I would like to know if this is worthwhile knowledge to use for pharmacy school and would it help me with the application process?
Good lord, that's a scam. All you need is some arithmatic skills and ability to memorize about 100 drugs. No way you need more than a couple of weeks to study.
Wow, I've never heard about this before. Where do you live?
I called the pharmacy board in my state and they told me that they can provide me a pharm tech license if I fill out an application and send them a check. I asked them if I need to take the pharmacy tech exam. They told me that I need not. I have scheduled my exam for May 26th. So shall I cancel the exam?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
I am not sure that license and certification are the same thing. Who was the test through? The state or PTCB? If the test is through the PTCB that is how you become certified. Your state may provide you with a license to work as a technician, but that is not the same as certification the way I understand it.
Hi everyone,
In an effort to get more Pharmacy experience, i'm looking to become certified as a Pharm Tech. I'm in Vancouver, Canada, so I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this aspect. Any useful links or anecdotal experiences would be much appreciated!
Any recommendations on a study book I can possibly get somewhere like Barnes and Noble? Also, how long did it take for you to get your results from this test?
Results were instant: PASS or FAIL will be printed out on a little sheet after the exam is finished in a matter of moments. You won't receive your "official" congratulations until about 30-45 days afterward.
The best study guide is Mosby's.
http://www.amazon.com/Mosbys-Review-PTCB-Certification-Examination/dp/0323033679
For some reason I thought the whole process was much more complicated. Hopefully I can get a job in a few weeks! Thanks for the info.
Is there another test required to be CA licensed? Or just paperwork?
Recently a bill has been passed in BC that technicians can perform final checks, take verbal rxs, and more without the pharmacist checking it.
With this being done, I fear that pharmacists will no longer be needed in the future? that we will be replaced in 5 - 10 years as technicians seek to expand their scope more and more.
http://www.captvancouver.ca/PDF Files/FAQ - BC Technician Certification and Regulation.pdf
Sounds like more opportunities for an RPh to counsel patients and who knows, they might actually get to take a piss in a 12 hour shift.
Yep, because passing a certification test completely negates four years of studying the effect of drugs in the body. I wholeheartedly agree with you, we are screwed.
I have actually spoken to a few pharmacists in my community and asked for their opinion on this new tech regulation, and the responses are not very good.
The few pharmacists that I have spoken all oppose the idea and believe that with this new regulation, pharmacists will eventually be phased out and be replaced by technicians in the next 5 - 10 years. Job security and employment rate will greatly falter because of this.
And let's not forget the issue of wage, when pharmacy technicians are given more responsibility, their wage will obviously increase and consequently pharmacists will have to suffer a pay cut because of that. I'm not trying to sound greedy, but after spending about 100k for schooling for 4 years and to come out with low pay and a hard time finding a job, that is just not reasonable.
Lastly, Ontario, just search up what is happening to pharmacists there, what is being implemented there will eventually sweep province wide.
Just my two cents.
The future looks dim for pharmacists in my opinion, do any of you guys feel the same way? It's so upsetting because I really do want to be a pharmacist and for the right reasons.
Again, do you honestly believe someone with a doctorate in pharmacy is going to replaced by some 45 year old mom with a certificate?
Of course pharmacists will still be paid higher than pharmacy technicians, but due to amount of rigorous schooling and training, for them to endure a dramatic pay loss is not very pleasing to hear.
Yes, you are right we will still need pharmacists and their role will still be in place in hospitals and FDA etc. but their roles as community pharmacists will decrease and slowly be extinguished and replaced by techs who can do the same job. So, the 2800 community pharmacists in BC, where will they seek employment?