Pharmacy technician certification

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board. PTCB and NABP working together fact sheet, 2002, pp. 1-3. Available at www.ptcb.org/releases/ PTCB%20NABP%20Q A.html, accessed August 20, 2002. 

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board established Created a credentialing body for phamiacy technician practices Allowed pharmacists to engage in pharmaceutical care more readily... 

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, http //www.ptcb.org, accessed June 25, 2003. 

To better support the success of its members, ASHP works with other pharmacy organizations, such as the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners, the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, and the International Pharmaceutical Federation. 

The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) was established in 1995 as a national voluntary certification program for pharmacy technicians. Its founders were the American Pharmaceutical Association, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Michigan Pharmacists Association. 

In collaboration with testing experts, the PTCB developed a national examination, the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination (PTCE). The examination is designed to assess the candidate s knowledge and skill base for activities that are most commonly performed by a pharmacy technician, as determined by a national task analysis. 

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) 2215 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20037-2985 (202) 429-7576 www.ptcb.org... 

Robert Allen recently earned his certification as a certified pharmacy technician (C.Ph.T.) and has been working as a technician in the pharmacy department for the past 3 years. Robert is rightly proud of his accomplishment and recently has expressed interest in applying for admission to pharmacy school. Today,... 

Certification Board (PTCB). It is widely believed that standardized education for pharmacy technicians, enabled by PTCB, will facilitate pharmacists in delegating more distributive roles to technicians and in expanding clinical roles for pharmacists. 

The education and training, certification, and continuing education of pharmacy technicians are similar in some ways to those of pharmacists. 

The Board administers the PTCE three times a year at more than 120 sites across the nation. A technician who passes the PTCE is designated as a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT). As of June 2002, more than 100,000 pharmacy technicians have earned PTCB certification. 

Pharmacy technicians must renew their certification every two years. To qualify for recertification, they must participate in at least 20 hr of pharmacy-related continuing education that includes an hour of pharmacy law. 

Certification bodies for pharmacists or pharmacy technicians (may be multidisciplinary)... 

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