EPTFrom what I understand, all you have to do if buy a book and study it and take the exam.
There are a lot of different books. can someone recommend a good one?
Pharmacy Technician
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Ichigo1234551
United States649 Posts
From what I understand, all you have to do if buy a book and study it and take the exam. There are a lot of different books. can someone recommend a good one? | ||
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Clasic
Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
On September 06 2009 03:00 Ichigo1234551 wrote: Im thinking about getting a part time job as a Pharmacy Technician since i have a lot of free time after class. Since I know there are a lot of med students here on teamliquid. Does anyone know what I need to do? From what I understand, all you have to do if buy a book and study it and take the exam. There are a lot of different books. can someone recommend a good one? Not make 2 blog posts :=) | ||
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
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Ichigo1234551
United States649 Posts
On September 06 2009 03:13 Fontong wrote: Actually, this guy always makes 2 'blogs' even if he just posts one. If you check his other 'thread' you posted there too. He's like jesus or something. yea dude lol, am I the only person that this happens to? i feel kinda special lol | ||
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Ichigo1234551
United States649 Posts
YOU just got 2posted!!! | ||
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Pengu1n
United States552 Posts
All you have to do is apply like you would for any job, for example cvs pharmacy (where i work). They will set you up with training and give you a lot of crap to read. Then you start off as a PSA (service associate) where you mostly just run the cash register and learn how things work. Next after you reach a certain ammount of hours (500? i think) you take a test to become state certified technition (the test is simple and you can keep retaking it as many times as you want until you pass). After working for a few years they told me I should become nationally certified so my company paid for me to take an exam (i did no studying at all and didnt read any books or anything) just used my knowledge that i gained from work and i passed the test and got certified. So if you have any questions feel free to ask me since i've been a tech for ~4 years now. Also the pay isn't great just a little above minimum wage, and the job is extremely boring and repetitive so i really wouldn't reccomend it to anybody. | ||
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ramen247
United States1256 Posts
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Empyrean
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacist | ||
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Ichigo1234551
United States649 Posts
On September 06 2009 03:27 Pengu1n wrote: Im a nationally certified pharmacy technition. I am not a med student and had no previous knowledge about working as a pharmacy tech. All you have to do is apply like you would for any job, for example cvs pharmacy (where i work). They will set you up with training and give you a lot of crap to read. Then you start off as a PSA (service associate) where you mostly just run the cash register and learn how things work. Next after you reach a certain ammount of hours (500? i think) you take a test to become state certified technition (the test is simple and you can keep retaking it as many times as you want until you pass). After working for a few years they told me I should become nationally certified so my company paid for me to take an exam (i did no studying at all and didnt read any books or anything) just used my knowledge that i gained from work and i passed the test and got certified. So if you have any questions feel free to ask me since i've been a tech for ~4 years now. Also the pay isn't great just a little above minimum wage, and the job is extremely boring and repetitive so i really wouldn't reccomend it to anybody. I applied only for walgreen and CVS. Should I contact the store hiring manager and talk to them about my situation? or just wait? i feel like if i wait then im not above other people but if i call them then im bothering them . | ||
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Pengu1n
United States552 Posts
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Ichigo1234551
United States649 Posts
when do they give you the drug test if they want to hire you? | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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Pengu1n
United States552 Posts
On September 06 2009 03:39 ramen247 wrote: What is the difference between a Pharmacy Technician and just a pharmacist? pharmacy techs do all the grunt work (counting pills, cash register, typing perscriptions into computer, phone calls) pharmasists go to pharmacy school for 5+ years and are responsible to check everything and make sure no interactions between peoples medications and what not. and also council patients on their meds. also pharmacists are the only ones allowed to touch and log the narcs. | ||
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Pengu1n
United States552 Posts
On September 06 2009 04:16 Ichigo1234551 wrote: Also the drug test. if im start applying now then should i stop smoking weed now? when do they give you the drug test if they want to hire you? yes they give a drug test. You will have to pee in a cup. I would stop now because my drug test was a month after my interview. my interview was about a week after i applied. | ||
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Ichigo1234551
United States649 Posts
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LuMiX
China5757 Posts
edit- ok apparently there is an exam for pharm techs lol! | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
On September 06 2009 04:17 Snet wrote: You sure you're not just trying to get this job so you have access to viagra? I'm sure they have safeguards in place to make sure drugs don't just go walkabout  | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
On September 06 2009 04:55 ahswtini wrote: I'm sure they have safeguards in place to make sure drugs don't just go walkabout To say the least, I volunteered at the local hospital's pharmacy dept once. Some of the common abusive drugs, Vicodin I think, went missing. They, as in the hospital security and local police, fucking tracked me down to one of the nearby lunch places, and started asking me if I knew what happened to them...then they found them behind a machine because someone knocked them off. :\ | ||
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Rev0lution
United States1805 Posts
On September 06 2009 03:39 ramen247 wrote: What is the difference between a Pharmacy Technician and just a pharmacist? An extra zero on your annual salary. | ||
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