Pharmacy Assistant

Pharmacy Assistants perform tasks including filling prescriptions, compounding medications, packing and labelling pharmaceutical products, maintaining inventories of medications and prescription records and conducting sale transactions.

Pharmacy Assistant Program Information

The Pharmacy Assistant diploma program at Medix provides graduates with the skills and knowledge required to qualify them for entry-level positions in pharmacies, pharmaceutical organizations or hospitals and work under the supervision of the Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist. 

Pharmacy Assistant courses include:


  • Federal and provincial legislation
  • Dispensing prescriptions
  • Medical and pharmaceutical terminology
  • Prescription interpretation and the abbreviations
  • Introduction to various dosage forms,
  • The various therapeutic classifications of drugs
  • Pharmacy Calculations
  • Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacy Compounding
  • Body systems focusing on structure, function and terminology. 
  • Trade and generic drug names
  • Strengths and dosage forms

The off-site practicum component gives students first-hand experience and allows them to begin putting into practice what they learned through the comprehensive program. 


Externship

240 hours

Delivery Model

Instructor Led

Delivery Format

Hybrid and In-Class

 

 

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Medix College Locations:

  • Brampton
  • Scarborough
  • Toronto 

 

 

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