Retail Pharmacy Assistant
Post Secondary

Retail Pharmacy Assistant

One Year | Ontario College Certificate
Program Code 0811
Welland Campus



Career Opportunities

As a retail pharmacy assistant, working with a Registered Pharmacist and/or Pharmacy Technician, you will be an integral part of the health care team that aims to offer quality pharmaceutical services to customers in the community pharmacy setting.

Graduates of this program can seek employment with:

  • Retail/community pharmacies
  • Long term care speciality pharmacies
  • Pharmaceutical distribution wholesalers
  • Pharmacy application software vendors
  • Pharmacy benefits administration and consulting firms

The NC Difference

  • Program emphasizes hands-on learning through labs and field placements
  • Students complete 135 field placement hours
  • Program emphasizes Interprofessional Education
  • Curriculum covers the newest pharmaceutical product, practices and computer software
  • Graduates have an opportunity to bridge into the Pharmacy Technician Program

Testimonials and Profiles

In your time at NC, you’ll get to know your professors on a first name basis, in part because the classroom sizes are small, but also because the College is committed to hands-on instruction. You’ll work in unique learning enterprises and industry leading co-op programs that have transformed the way NC students learn.


Admission Requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, including the following required courses:
    • English - any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent.
    • Mathematics - any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent.
    • Biology - Grade 11 (C) or (U) or Grade 12 (U) OR Chemistry - Grade 11 (U) or Grade 12 (C) or (U)

Recommended Courses and/or Recommended Skills (Not Required for Admission):

  • Health Care - Grade 11 (C)
  • Information Technology in Business - Grade 11 (O)
  • Medical Technologies - Grade 12 (C)

Selection and Ranking Process:

  • For competitive programs (the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number of available places), selection will be based on the highest senior level final grade available at the time of ranking. Mid-term grades are not used for ranking purposes.

Ranking for selection is based on:

  • prior academic performance
  • pre-admission testing may be required

Note:

  • Secondary School grades from co-op courses and half credit courses are not considered.

Transportation:

  • Students are responsible for their own transportation in order to complete practical lab requirements. Niagara College cannot guarantee placements that are readily accessible by public transportation. Students are responsible for all costs connected with such transportation.

Educational Pathways

Niagara College has articulated agreements providing students with degree completion and credit transfer opportunities with many other colleges and universities.

General Information
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Tours

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Welland: 905-735-2211, ext. 7559
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Program Information

Term One
CAPL1199Computer Applications3
COMM1133Writing Strategies3
HLTH1020Introduction to Interprofessional Education and Practice3
MATH1113Health Sciences Mathematics2
PHAR1122Pharmacology I3
PHAR1123Pharmacy Business Practices I2
PHAR1224Community Pharmacy Technician Lab I3
PHAR1304Pharmacy Legislation2
Term Two
PHAR1222Pharmacology II3
PHAR1223Pharmacy Business Practices II2
PHAR1225Applied Pharmacy Calculations3
PHAR1282Non Prescription Drugs and Products2
PHAR1427Long Term Care Pharmacy1
PHAR1422Pharmaceutical Compounding4
PHAR1874Pharmacy Computers3
PRAC1264Field Placement Pharmacy3

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