PTEC strongly recommends that all pharmacy technician education and training programs seek American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ accreditation of their programs.

PTEC recommends compliance with the current ASHP model curriculum to include the following information:

Introduction to Pharmacy and the Healthcare System

Pharmacy Law and Ethics

Pharmacology, including:

Anatomy & Physiology
Prescription & OTC Medications
Chemistry

Microbiology

Pharmacy Operations including:

Drug Distribution Systems
Records Management & Inventory Control
Ambulatory & Institutional Practice

Compounding, including:

Aseptic Technique
Non-Sterile Compounding

General Education, including:

Medical Terminology
Interpersonal Relations
Communications
Computers / Keyboarding

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Experiential Training

PTEC recommends at least 320 hours be devoted to experiential contact, excluding laboratory hours. The experience should be obtained in multiple situations exposing the student to the broadest range of experience available to the training program.