| It seems everybody is saying that non-certified | | | | control systems, and participating in the administration |
| technicians should get their pharmacy technician | | | | and management of pharmacy practice. The exam is |
| certification. These professionals may not fully | | | | computer-based although candidates can take the |
| understand the importance of a certification unless he | | | | exam even if the candidate has minimal computer |
| knows the definition of it. According to the American | | | | experience and typing skills. Don't worry because you |
| Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Task | | | | will be given a tutorial before taking the exam. Even |
| Force of Personnel in Pharmacy, a certification is a | | | | though examinees will be given an exam on the same |
| process sought by an individual in order for him to be | | | | subject matters, each examinee will have his own |
| recognized by a nongovernmental agency or | | | | unique set of test items. |
| organization as someone who has met predetermined | | | | Two hours is the allotted time to finish the exam which |
| qualifications specified by that agency or association. | | | | consist of 80 multiple-choice questions plus an |
| This certification indicates that individual has achieved a | | | | additional ten pre-test questions. You need to answer |
| certain level of skill and knowledge. Although, it isn't a | | | | all of them even to the point of guessing for the |
| requirement yet, most States will soon require | | | | correct answer if you don't know it. The total number |
| certification from pharmacy technicians. | | | | of your correct answers will be the basis for your |
| If you want to acquire a certification, you should sit for | | | | certification exam's final score. Take note though, that |
| and pass the certification exam given by the | | | | your final score will not be affected by the ten pre-test |
| Pharmacy Technician Certification Board. Since its | | | | questions because they're not counted towards your |
| establishment in 1995, the PTCB has awarded | | | | score. The PTCB and its testing providers will only use |
| certification to thousands of pharmacy technicians and | | | | those sets of information in designing future |
| is a nationally-recognized certifying body. You only | | | | examinations. |
| need to have at least a high school diploma or GED in | | | | All pharmacy technicians who received their |
| order to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification | | | | certification are required to have themselves |
| Exam, because there's no formal training required. | | | | recertified every two years from the date of their |
| Aside from your high school diploma, you also need to | | | | certification. Twenty hours of continuing education that |
| have no criminal or drug-related convictions. The PTCB | | | | is pharmacy related is needed in order to be |
| has the right deny certification to any individual who | | | | recertified, with an hour of these focusing on |
| are found ineligible after a criminal background | | | | pharmacy law. Your college courses can be |
| investigation. | | | | considered in your continuing education hour |
| The Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam is a test | | | | requirement but only if the course is in Life Science |
| on your knowledge and skill in working in a pharmacy | | | | such as Chemistry, Biology, and Anatomy, or a course |
| and assisting pharmacists in various capacities. The | | | | in Math. These college courses that qualifies is counted |
| certification exam is made up of three basic | | | | as 15 hours of continuing education, but you can only |
| knowledge functions, assisting the pharmacist in | | | | use one college course during your two-year |
| serving patients, maintaining medication and inventory | | | | recertification process. |