Kaplan Continuing Education Health Care Programs

Kaplan Continuing Education, a part of Kaplan University, offers a wide range of certificate programs in several of today's leading global industries, including health care. In this ever-changing industry, increased training could lead to increased results. Results could benefit you, your employer, and your patients. From strategic assessment to planning and application, Kaplan Continuing Education is the right place to study the relevance of this growing field in today's marketplace.

Kaplan Continuing Education's health care certificate programs are built for health and human services professionals who operate in this diverse and rewarding arena. The programs take into account the fact that quality care, flexibility, and specialization are trademark goals within the field, applicable to nearly every concentration area of health care and human services.

Certificate programs in areas such as geriatric care management, life care planning, forensic nursing, and case management represent the varied and significant opportunities within the industry. The Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate teaches students how to manage parallel skill sets, adding the valuable ability to move between specialized law firms and health care facilities. Kaplan Continuing Education also offers programs in pharmacy technology, medical billing, medical transcription, medical office management, and medical coding for those more interested in pursuing entry-level positions in the health care field.*

Ongoing Support

From the first class to completion of your certificate, Kaplan Continuing Education's support is focused on you.

Admissions Advisors will help you compare available programs and find the right fit for your personal and career goals. It is a decision you make for yourself and one that could benefit countless others.

Pharmacy Technician Certificate

The Kaplan Continuing Education online Pharmacy Technician Certificate program (with or without externship) may prepare you to pursue a career in retail, hospital, or mail-order pharmacies.*

The program is designed for you to develop a broad understanding of medical and pharmaceutical terminology, and study the effects of medications on the human body. Students are taught to meet the highest standards of professionalism, confidentiality, and ethics.

As a pharmacy technician, you may oversee many of the daily operations of a pharmacy, allowing the pharmacist to perform more critical tasks. Some of your duties may include:

• Transcribing physicians' prescriptions
• Pricing prescriptions
• Preparing unit dose medications, IV admixtures, and sterile irrigations
• Selecting medications for dispensing, labeling, and refill authorization
• Handling and processing insurance claim forms
• Maintaining patient profiles
• Assisting with quality management and security measures

Communication skills are important to a pharmacy technician; you may be the pharmacy's key liaison to medical professionals, doctors, pharmacists, and patients. By phone or in person, you may answer simple questions from customers, locate their items, or refer them to the pharmacist for medication information.

*Kaplan Continuing Education's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, KCE does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.

Information

If you are interested in this school and would like to find out more, please Request Information from Kaplan Continuing Education - Pharmacy Technician.