Please note: This page is not an endorsement of any particular textbook. It is only a listing of textbooks currently in use by Pharmacy Technician Programs.
Medical Abbreviations: 15,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communications and Safety, Tenth Edition
ISBN 0-931431-10-7 by Neil M. Davis
New and included with this edition, at no extra charge, is single-user access to a searchable, updated monthly, web version of the book.
Order from Harvey Whitney Books Company online at www.hwbooks.com or at 1-877-742-7631
Certification Review for Pharmacy Technicians, Fifth Edition
ISBN 0-914373-46-3 by Noah Reifman, RPh, MS
Order from Harvey Whitney Books Company online at www.hwbooks.com or at 1-877-742-7631, or from Ark Pharmaceutical Consultants at 1-800-798-3247.
Communication Skills in Pharmacy Practice - Tindall and Beardsley
ISBN# 0-8121-1633-X, Lea and Febiger
Dosage Calculations - Pikar
ISBN#0-7688-0504-2, Delmar Press
Ethical Practices in Pharmacy for Pharmacy Technicians - Buerki and Vottero,
ISBN# 0-931292-28-X, American Int. for the History of Pharmacy
Electronic Image Collection for Pharmacology - Mosby
ISBN# 0-323-00682-5
Math Master - Compentency-based Pharmaceutical Mathematics Text/Workbook, 2001
Ark Pharmaceutical Consultants. Authored by Noah Reifman, R.Ph., M.S.
Order at 1-800-RxTechs (798-3247)
Pharmacology For Technicians - and accompanying workbook
by Ballington and Laughlin
ISBN# 0-7638-0096-1, EMC Paradigm
(Instructor also uses “Pharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple,” by Olson, as a reference; ISBN# 0-940780-17-8, MedMaster)
Pharmacy Drug Cards - Sigler and Flanders
(comes with a handy pocket Drug reference - brand/generic)
Pharmacy Practice for Technicians - Ballington
ISBN # 0-7638-0098-8, EMC Paradigm
Pharmacy Technician Training Manual
Michigan Pharmacist’s Association
Quick Drug Pocket Reference Book (brand/generic - written by my former student!)
Available at $4.50 each from TECHSOL, P.O. Box 662, Whitefish, MT, 59937
Others are available free or for a nominal cost from companies such as Geneva (800-525-8747)
Training Manual for Intravenous Admixture Personnel - Hunt
Baxter Pharmaceuticals/Precept Press
(800-225-3775)
Drug Quick Reference Guide, 3rd edition, 2001
Techsol
The Pharmacy Technician Companion
by Linda R. Harteker, 1998,
APhA
The Pharmacy Techician, 1999
Morton Publishing
Pharmacy Certified Technician Training Manual
Michigan Pharmacists Association
Medical Dosage Calculations, 7th edition, 2000
by June Looby Olsen and Anthony Patrick Giangrasso
Prentice Hall Health