The continued advancement of pharmacy practice demands highly skilled and
knowledgeable pharmacy technicians to enhance the services provided. As technician …

Today's medication-use systems rely heavily on pharmacy technicians. The ability of
pharmacists to focus their attention on the safe and effective use of drugs, biologicals …

Establishing a pharmacy technician training program is a direction that an organization can
take to support the development of pharmacy technicians. A pharmacy technician training …

Pharmacy technicians continue to play an integral role in supporting pharmacy practitioners
in virtually all settings. As we look at the needs of patients and at future practice models, it is …

Before the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) was established in 1995, no
nationally recognized mechanism existed for certifying pharmacy technicians and thereby …

Purpose The successful enactment of mandatory pharmacy technician certification in
Kansas is described. Methods In 2004, Kansas began requiring registration of all pharmacy …

Background: There has been considerable debate over the appropriate credentialing of
pharmacy technicians; however, there have been no previous attempts to ascribe the value …

Health care and the profession of pharmacy have changed enormously since Dr. Tice
articulated this vision more than 35 years ago. The role of the pharmacy technician has …

Will pharmacy technician training programs follow the nearly 8-decade-old pathway of
accreditation and licensure now required for pharmacists? Step 1 is in place. Founded in …

February 2017 Pharmacy Technician Stakeholder Consensus Conference. 1 This event was
the most recent in a decades-long succession of efforts—including the 1966 ASHP–AACP …